jueves, 22 de noviembre de 2018

Preparing the performances - MYP2

PERFORMANCE TASK (CRITERION C&D)

Students of MYP2 organized themselves in groups in order to prepare the performance task. In this Unit of Inquiry, the students learn about the universal language of music and discover music from different parts of the world such as: 'Kokoleoko' from Ghana and Huahuanacá from Bolivia.

Some pictures of the rehearsal process:











jueves, 27 de septiembre de 2018

EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL NOTATION

La notación musical ha evolucionado mucho a lo largo de la historia. en el siguiente vídeo podemos ver los cambios que ha sufrido desde los primeros neumas en la Edad Media (siglos IX-XIII aprox) hasta la notación empleada actualmente en la música contemporánea (siglos XX - XXI)










El monje benedictino Guido d'Arezzo bautizó las notas musicales basándose en el siguiente himno a San Juan Bautista:






jueves, 30 de agosto de 2018

miércoles, 15 de agosto de 2018

VOCAL ENSEMBLES

Inside music ensembles we can distinguish between instrumental ensembles and vocal ensembles.

DUO




The most common vocal ensembles are the CHOIRS and depending on the type of voice of the singers there are four different types: men's choir, women's choir , mixed choir or children's choir:

WOMEN'S CHOIR

MEN'S CHOIR

Pilgrim's chorus - Tannhäuser (Wagner)





MIXED CHOIR

Spem in alium by Tomas Tallis:


(Taken from Avrotos Klassiek Youtube channel)




CHILDREN'S CHOIR (coro de voces blancas)