AREA OF STUDY

04:
TIMBRE AND
DYNAMICS
AQA GCSE Music
AREAS OF STUDY
AoS 01: Rhythm and Metre
AoS 02: Harmony and Tonality
A0S 03: Texture and Melody
AoS 04: Dynamics and Timbre
AoS 05: Structure and Form
TIMBRE
What is meant by Timbre?
The unique quality of sound produced by different instruments.
What makes instruments sound different.

TIMBRE EFFECTS
Reverb.
Electronically adding an echo effect
Distortion
Electronically making the timbre sound aggressive and harsh
Chorus
Electronically manipulating the sound to give the impression of
many sound sources

VOCAL TECHNIQUES
Four vocal ranges:
Soprano Highest
Alto Low female
Tenor High male
Bass Lowest

Falsetto Out of your Head voice range. Watch the link below to know the
difference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thy-qh5vP8I

Vibrato- Variation of pitch, sounds intense, used a lot in opera and on
string instruments
Watch the link below from 1:07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khznWuH3VTs


Task
Listen to the following piece of
music, How does Mozart use
the voices to be part of the
music.
What do you think its about?

Mozart's Requiem- Lacrimosa
INDIA
Bansuri Sitar
Dhol
(Bhangra)
Look at the separate You
tube videos explaining
Bhangra music and Indian
classical music or click on
the links.
Bhangra
Indian classical


AFRICA
Listen to Yiri
by Koko
either on the
separate
video or the
link below

West African
music

CARIBBEAN
steel pans

Congas

Guiro

Tres

WESTERN CLASSICAL
Orchestra

DYNAMICS
The measurement of volume in music LEARN THESE
WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!