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MOLLY ON THE SHORE – PERCY GRAINGER Performed by Queensland Symphony Orchestra Secondary Showcase Song to Symphony 5 March 2015 The resource content has been designed as teaching notes and activities for students in years 3 - 6 in preparation or as follow-up to attending a QSO Concert, viewing a live stream or as a stand-alone resource. The Composer – Percy Grainger Percy Grainger Did you know… • • Percy Grainger has had a crater on the planet Mercury named in his honour. • Percy Grainger was also a very good artist, painting in water colours. He had to decide whether to make a career in art or in music. Lucky for us he chose music. Percy Grainger was born in Victoria, Australia in 1882 and died in 1961. • He learnt piano and was so good he gave concerts around the county when he was 12 years old. • He lived in Germany, London and America during his life. • He gathered folksongs from many countries and composed using these melodies as inspiration. The Composer – Famous Compositions Percy Grainger • Country Gardens. This composition was based on the old English Song English County Gardens. • Irish Tune from County Derry. Grainger uses the Irish melody also known as Danny Boy or Londonderry Air. Performed by Melbourne String Ensemble. • Children’s March (Over the Hills and Far Away). Vision of children from around the world and though all eras. • Shepherd’s Hey. Showcase traditional style performances with piano accordion, Violin (fiddle), guitar and Irish bagpipes with orchestral accompaniment (traditional instruments start at 2:40). Listen and Watch Percy Grainger • Molly on the Shore performed on piano – follow the piano score. • Molly on the Shore performed on violin and piano. • Molly on the Shore performed by an orchestra. • Molly on the Shore performed as a Celtic reel. Molly on the Shore – The Melody Presto Molly on the Shore – The Melody • Molly on the Shore is a very old, Irish folk tune and the Irish people used to dance to this music played on the violin and accompanied by a drum. Play this melody or ask someone in your school to play it for you. • Find the musical elements. Do you know what they mean? Key of G Major 1st and 2nd time endings Anacrusis (note F#) Repeat sign Treble Clef Time Repeat sign Signature 4/4 Triplet 4th beat of this bar is the anacrusis at the beginning of the melody Musical Elements in the Melody Do you know what the musical elements mean? G Major – is the scale in which the melody is written and all Fs are sharp (#) Repeat signs tell you that a section of music has to be played again (repeated). Anacrusis are notes taken from the last bar of the music and placed before the first beat to lead in the music. Triplet is a rhythm where 3 notes must be played evenly in the one beat. There are 6 triplets rhythms in the music of Molly on the Shore (previous page). Did you find them all? Time Signature for Molly on the Shore is 4/4 which means there are 4 beats in every bar. 1st and 2nd time endings gives two different endings when a melody is repeated. Rhythms Find these rhythms in Molly on the Shore. Different countries use different names for these rhythms. Which name do you use? Quaver or 1/8 note or ti Semi-quaver or 1/16 note or tic-a Crotchet or ¼ note or ta Triplet or tuplet Clap these patterns: • With a friend • In two groups in your class • One pattern with your feet and one with your hands! • On a signal swap parts : :II Instruments - VIOLA Viola • The viola and clarinet have the melody at the beginning of Molly on the Shore. • The viola is a member of the string family. • It is slightly bigger than the violin and smaller than the cello. • It is played in the same way as a violin but the sounds are lower and richer than the violin because the instrument is bigger. • The strings are tuned to C, G, D and A. The violin does not have a low C string like the viola. and the viola does not have a high E string like the violin. Listen and Watch • Nicholas Bootiman talks about the viola and demonstrates how to play. • Frozen Medley played on viola with piano and violin accompaniment. Listen for the difference in sound between the violin and viola. Instruments - CLARINET Clarinet • The viola and clarinet have the melody at the beginning of Molly on the Shore. • The clarinet is a member of the woodwind Family. • The mouthpiece has a single reed which vibrates to create the sound. Listen and Watch • Clarinet Carrot – How to make a clarinet out of a carrot! • The famous Artie Shaw playing clarinet with a Big Band in 1940 • George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue features the clarinet at the beginning. The Beat and Tempo • Percy Grainger wrote at the beginning of the piece “Keep 4 beats (l l l l) hammering away in every bar throughout the piece, even in the soft bits.” • The strings, when they do not have the melody, use pizzicato – plucking the strings with the fingers to play the notes on the beat. • The tempo (or speed) of Molly on the Shore is Presto – Lively and fast. • Listen to Molly on the Shore and keep the following beat patterns: • The first beat of every bar II: l Z Z Z :II • Beats 1 and 3 of each bar II: l Z l Z :II • Every beat in the bar II: l l l l :II Australian Curriculum – Music Molly on the Shore – Percy Grainger Elements of Music Foundation to Year 2 Rhythm Beat Crotchet, quaver Fast Presto Pitch Pitch direction Dynamics & Expression Years 3 and 4 Years 5 and 6 Years 7 and 8 Time signature Triplet chromaticism Quaver, semi-quaver Beat sub-divisions Melodic shape Treble clef Staff G major scale Bass clef Forte, piano (de) crescendo Fortissimo, pianissimo and gradations Accent Articulation Pizzicato Aco Form and Structure Introduction Same/different patterns Repeat sign 1st & 2nd time bars Theme, motif phrase Folk Song (Reel) Anacrusis Timbre How sound is made Recognise orchestral instruments by sound Viola Clarinet Recognise instrumental groups Texture Melody accompaniment Patterns 2 or more voices Contrast of texture Responding Alto clef Identify instruments by name and sound production. Orchestration beat and rhythmic patterns Creating Performing Years 9 and 10 Keep beat Rhythmic patterns Playing melody Australian composer Historical context Celtic music . Awareness of ensemble