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MUSIC
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
MUSICAL ELEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY STYLES
MUSIC – Grade 10
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Musical Elements of 20th Century Styles
First Edition, 2020

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MUSIC
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
MUSICAL ELEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY STYLES
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the MUSIC 10 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Musical

Elements of 20th Century Styles !
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
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learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
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Notes to the Teacher

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that will help you in guiding the
learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Music 10 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Musical
Elements of 20th Century Styles!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

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This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills
or competencies you are expected to
learn in the module.
This part includes an activity that aims
What I Know to check what you already know about
the lesson to take. If you get all the
answers correct (100%), you may
decide to skip this module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help

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opener, an activity or a situation.
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What is It discussion of the lesson. This aims to
help you discover and understand new
concepts and skills.
This comprises activities for
What’s More independent practice to solidify your
understanding and skills of the topic.
You may check the answers to the
exercises using the Answer Key at the
end of the module.

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What I Have Learned sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
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lesson.
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knowledge or skill into real life
situations or concerns.
This is a task which aims to evaluate
Assessment your level of mastery in achieving the
learning competency.

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 Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be
given to you to enrich your knowledge
or skill of the lesson learned.

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in the module.

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included in the module.
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5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
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We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
understand the beauty of the 20th century Music. The scope of this module permits it
to be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the
diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module lesson:

• Lesson 1 – Musical Elements of the 20th century styles

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. describe distinctive musical elements of given pieces in 20th century styles;
2. identify the musical styles of the 20 th century;
3. explain the musical elements of 20th century music.

What I Know
I. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. The musical style where the sounds of different chords overlapped lightly with
each other to produce new subtle musical colors.
a. Expressionism
b. Impressionism
c. Neo- classicism
d. Avant Garde

2. It is the type of modern harmony that AVOIDS any sense of a "home" key
center.
a. modality
b. tonality
c. atonality
d. monophonic

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 3. The musical style that is tonal through the asserting of one note as more
important than the others.
a. Expressionism
b. Impressionism
c. Primitivism
d. Avant Garde

4. It was the moderating factor between the emotional excesses of the Romantic
period and the violent impulses of the soul in expressionism. It is a form that is
tightly knit to classical style while using tonal harmonies with slight
dissonance.
a. Expressionism
b. Impressionism
c. Neo- classicism
d. Avant Garde

5. It is a movement that is closely related to electronic music where it dealt with

the parameters or the dimensions of sound in space.
a. Expressionism
b. Impressionism
c. Primitivism
d. Avant Garde

Lesson
Musical Elements of the 20th
1 Century Style

The 20th century saw the rise of new musical styles that detached to the
conventional styles of early music such as those from the romantic, baroque and
classical period. These new styles that immerge during this period were:
impressionism, expressionism, neo-classicism, avant garde music, and modern
nationalism. One of the basic elements of music that was brought about by these
style boils down in the element of harmony.

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 What’s In

To fully understand this topic let us first listen to these pieces. (click the links
below)
Listen to this first: Piece No 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6354X86BkFI
Now listen to this piece:
Piece no 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3AmzhJJuM

After listening to the music above. Answer the following questions:

1. Can you tell the difference between the two pieces you have heard? Can you
site the difference?
2. Which of the two pieces do you find pleasing to the ears?
3. From your previous learnings, define tonality.
4. Define what is atonal Music.
5. Which of the two pieces do you think is tonal?
6. Which of the two pieces do you think is atonal?

Notes to the Teacher

You can also give more examples of tonal and atonal music to fully
understand difference of the 20th century styles from the other
musical Period. you can also use the Pieces by the composers
during this period.

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 What’s New

Tonality and Atonality defined

Tonal Music – principle of organizing musical compositions around a
central note, the tonic.

Atonal Music – condition of music in which the constructs of the music

do not “live” within the confines of a particular key signature,
scale, or mode. That is why when you listened to piece no. 2
from “What’s In” you may have found the music chaotic,
random noise or simply unpleasing to the Ear.

What is It

20th Century Musical Styles

Now that you have understand atonality here are the musical styles of the 20th
century music.

Impressionism - It is a French movement in the late 19th and early 20th century.
The sentimental melodies and dramatic emotionalism of the preceding Romantic
Period (their themes and melody are easy to recognize and enjoy) were being
replaced in favour of moods and impressions. There is an extensive use of colours
and effects, vague melodies, and innovative chords and progressions leading to mild
dissonances.

In impressionism, the sounds of different chords overlapped lightly with each

other to produce new subtle musical colors. Chords did not have a definite order and
a sense of clear resolution. Most of the impressionist works centered on nature and
its beauty, lightness, and brilliance. A number of outstanding impressionists created
works on this subject. Some of the composers that uses this style are Claude
Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenberg, and Igor Stravinsky.

Expressionism - revealed the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an

impression of the environment. It used atonality and the twelve-tone scale, lacking
stable and conventional harmonies. It served as a medium for expressing strong
emotions, such as anxiety, rage, and alienation.

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Neo- classicism - was a moderating factor between the emotional excesses of the
Romantic period and the violent impulses of the soul in expressionism. It was, in
essence, a partial return to an earlier style of writing, particularly the tightly knit form
of the Classical period, while combining tonal harmonies with slight dissonances.
The neo-classicist style was also used by composers such as Francis Poulenc, Bela
Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, and Sergei Prokofieff.

Avant Garde Music- closely associated with electronic music, the avant garde
movement dealt with the parameters or the dimensions of sound in space. The
avant garde style exhibited a new attitude toward musical mobility, whereby the
order of note groups could be varied so that musical continuity could be altered.
Improvisation was a necessity in this style, for the musical scores were not
necessarily followed as written. Some of the Avant Garde composers are George
Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass, and John Cage.

Modern Nationalism- is a looser form of 20th century music development focused

on nationalist composers and musical innovators who sought to combine modern
techniques with folk materials.

What’s More
Activity 1.1
Listen to these musical pieces through the Link provided below and identify whether
the pieces are TONAL or ATONAL. (Write your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.)
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEY9lmCZbIc
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVV0jkZC4jI
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWj_4xvVZA
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV7RkEL6oRc
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE82a2YNyMM

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 What I Have Learned
Identification: Identify the term described. (Write your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper)
1. In this musical style, the sounds of different chords
overlapped lightly with each other to produce new subtle
musical colors.

2. A style that exhibited a new attitude toward musical mobility,

whereby the order of note groups could be varied so that
musical continuity could be altered.

3. It was a moderating factor between the emotional excesses of

the Romantic period and the violent impulses of the soul in
expressionism.

4. Is a looser form of 20th century music development focused

on nationalist composers and musical innovators.

5. Is a condition of music in which the constructs of the music do

not “live” within the confines of a particular key signature,
scale, or mode.

What I Can Do

Expressionism is a 20th century musical style where the music piece revealed the
composer’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment. To
explore this style in 20 minutes, you will be tasked to create your own expression of
the song “Bahay Kubo”. You are free to create your own melody and tempo of the
song depending on how you feel or what your preference is. Record your own
expression of the song in your Phone, using the recorder app. After recording the
song, listen to your record and answer the following questions:
1. What was the whole mood of version you made?
2. How did you feel about your own version of Bahay Kubo?
3. How did you come up with this version? Do you have anything in mind while
doing this activity?

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 Assessment
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer in ¼
sheet of paper.
1. It is a condition of music in which the constructs of the music do not “live”
within the confines of a particular key signature.
a. Tonal Music
b. Atonal Music
c. Chance Music
d. None of the above
2. It is a principle of organizing musical compositions around a central note, the
tonic.
a. Tonal Music
b. Atonal Music
c. Chance Music
d. None of the above
3. The neo-classicist style was also used by
a. Francis Poulenc
b. Bela Bartok
c. Igor Stravinsky
d. All of the above
4. It is closely associated with electronic music and its movement dealt with the
parameters or the dimensions of sound in space.
a. Expressionism
b. Modern Nationalism
c. Neo-classicism
d. Avant Garde
5. These are 20th century atonal music composers EXCEPT
a. John Cage
b. Igor Stravinsky
c. Peter Ilyic Tchaikovsky
d. Claude Debussy

Additional Activity
Choose any song of your choice and create an illustration of what the emotion
of the song is trying to convey. Draw and explain your illustration in a short size bond
paper.

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What I Know What's More Assessment
1. B 1. Atonal 1. B
2. C 2. Atonal 2. A
3. C 3. Tonal 3. D
4. C 4. Tonal 4. D
5. D 5. Atonal 5. C
Answer Key
References

Raul M. Sunico, Ph.D.,Evelyn F. Cabanban,Melissa Y. Moran (2015). Horizon10 :

Music and Arts Appreciation for Young Filipinos. 102 B. Gonzales St., Xavierville II
Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108 Metro Manila, Philippines:Tawid Publications

Scott Jarrett, Holly Day.Bending an Ear to atonal Music. Retrieved from

https://www.scribbr.com/apa-examples/cite-a-
website/#:~:text=APA%20website%20citations%20usually%20include,time%2C%20
add%20a%20retrieval%20date.

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