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Music for an Occasion What special occasions is music played at and why? Music for an Occasion Sometimes composers write music for special events: coronation, sporting event, opening ceremony Listening Listen to the 3 pieces of music which is connected to a special occasion, location, event or ceremony. Match them from: Describe why you made your choices for matching the music. What features of the music led you to your choices? Try to use musical terms to explain your answers a) b) c) An opera house A cathedral service Folk dancing Fanfares A fanfare is a loud short piece of music, played usually on the trumpet to introduce the arrival of someone important or a special event Since medieval times fanfares have been used to herald the entrance of a king, queen or other important person Fanfares have also been used by the military for many years and on the battle field so soldiers know what to do Listening Now listen to some examples of fanfares played by Mr Thacker on the trumpet The Harmonic Series Modern day trumpets have 3 valves to change the length of the trumpet to make different pitches In earlier times trumpets had no valves like bugles and were limited to a range of notes Most fanfares only use these notes