WATER MUSIC

LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
TO CREATE A SHORT PIECE OF MUSIC USING
IMAGES AND WORD DESCRIPTIONS ON THE
THEME OF “WATER”
 KEY TERMS

WATER MUSIC= MUSIC INSPIRED

BY WATER
DYNAMICS= VOLUME OF THE
MUSIC (QUIET/LOUD)
TIMBRE= INSTRUMENTS AND
SOUNDS
PITCH= HIGH/LOW
 MELODIC SHAPES IN WATER
MUSIC
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
LEARN ABOUT MELODIC SHAPES AND THE AFFECT
WHICH SMOOTH AND SPIKY MELODIES HAVE ON MUSIC
 LISTENING TO SHAPES: YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO TWO DIFFERENT
PIECES OF MUSIC. AS YOU LISTEN, SEE IF YOU CAN DRAW THE SHAPE OF THE
MELODY IN THE BOXES BELOW, FOR EACH EXTRACT. YOU CAN ALSO ADD SOME
WORDS TO EACH BOX TO DESCRIBE HOW THE MELODY MOVES ABOUT.

Smetana
Czech Composer

Prokofiev
Russian Composer
 MUSIC EVALUATION
SMETANA: VLATAVA (MY COUNTRY)
 “WANDERING RIVERS”
COMPOSITION
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
PERFORM AND COMPOSE A MELODY WHICH MOVES MAINLY BY STEP
 TASK
• LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTION
CAREFULLY
• RECORD YOUR 12 NOTES MELODY
ON THE STAVE
• USE STEPS (AVOID LEAPS)!
• USE CROTCHETS

• EXTENSION: LEARN THE MOLDEAU

THEME ON THE PIANO (PIANO APP)
 G.F. HANDEL:
WATER MUSIC

LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
LEARNING ABOUT HOW
WATER CAN INSPIRE AN
ENTIRE MUSICAL
COMPOSITION
 WATER MUSIC
BY G. F. HANDEL

HANDEL COMPOSED HIS WONDERFULLY

JOLLY WATER MUSIC AROUND 1717. AND
IT WAS FIRST PERFORMED ON 17 JULY
THAT YEAR, AFTER GEORGE I
REQUESTED A CONCERT ON THE RIVER
THAMES. THE KING WATCHED FROM THE
ROYAL BARGE WITH VARIOUS DUKES
AND DUCHESSES AS THE 50 MUSICIANS
 WATER MUSIC
BY G. F. HANDEL

IT'S OFTEN PAIRED WITH HANDEL'S

OTHER CELEBRATORY ROYAL RIVER
PIECE, MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL
FIREWORKS, WRITTEN IN 1749 FOR
GEORGE II. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY WELL
PRACTISED AT WRITING MUSIC THAT
WOULD CARRY WHEN PERFORMED
OUTSIDE, USING BASSOONS, HORNS AND