WELCOME
TO OUR
MUSIC
CLASS!
Opening Prayer
Thought for the Month
I can do all things through Him
who strengthens me.
Prepare your index card for your
recitation.
pl a y a
Let’s
g a m e
GUESS THE NAME OF THE
MUSICAL SYMBOLS
STAFF
FLAT
G-CLEF OR
TREBLE CLEF
EIGHTH
NOTE
SHARP
HALF
NOTE
HALF
REST
F-CLEF
OR BASS
CLEF
Lesson 1
Music of the
20 Century
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When did the 20 century
th
start?
190 - 200
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1601-1700 = 17 Century
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1701-1800 = 18 Century
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1801-1900 = 19 Century
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1901-2000 = 20 Century
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2001- 2100 = 21 Century
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OBJECTIVE
Describe the distinctive musical
elements of given pieces in
20th century styles.
Complete the missing letters to
WHAT’S
IN reveal
the timeline of musical periods.
1. RENAISSANCE
R_N__I__S__N__E (1400-1600)
2. BAROQUE
B__RO__ __E (1600-1750)
3. CLASSICAL
__L__S__ __C__L (1750-1820)
4. ROMANTIC
R__M__N__ __ __ (1820-1900)
WHAT’S
NEW
Can you guess the following musical elements?
Rearrange the letters to reveal the musical elements. Write your answers in a piece of paper.
RRHYTHM
MTYHH 1. It is formed when we organize beats into patterns. It is the time element.
MMELODY
D O L Y E____ 2. It is the tune that you recall in a song.
HHARMONY
N Y A R O M 3. It is the vertical combination of tones.
TTEXTURE
REEUTX 4. It is associated with the terms: monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic.
TTIMBRE
BREIM 5. It is the quality of sounds.
DDYNAMICS
C Y M N A I S 6. It is the softness and loudness of sounds.
FFORM
MRO 7. It is the overall structure or arrangement of the music.
WHAT IS IT
Musical elements are the building blocks
of music. Rhythm, melody, harmony, texture,
timbre, dynamics and form are the basic
musical elements.
In this lesson, we will talk about the
distinctive musical elements of 20th century
music and the innovations of the basic musical
elements that make it sound different from
other music.
The Distinctive
Musical Elements of
20 Century Music
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1. The composers came up with new rhythms and meters.
They have the following functions:
a. Polyrhythm – is the simultaneous sounding of contrasting
layers of
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rhythmic patterns.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVDGxWL9oOo
b. Unusual meters – occurs when the composer used the 5, 7,
11 or
other uncommon metric groupings.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
UA6n7iKeYQ&t=139s
c. Multimeter – occurs when changes in meter happens within a
composition.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx-4K7wlovk
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d. Syncopation – occurs when the accents are placed on the
supposedly weak beats.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbultyEVOqw
2. Created the distinctive sounds of the
melodies.
a. Whole-tone scale – a scale having whole
intervals.
b. Pentatonic scale – consists of five tones.
c. Twelve-tone system – uses the 12 chromatic
tones.
3.Vast use of dynamics, unusual
instrumental combinations and
effects are evident, and these were
another innovations made in terms of
the timbre-dynamic element.
4. Polyphonic texture intensified.
a. Polyphony is the simultaneous
sounding of two or more melodies.
5. In terms of harmony, musicians created
new chord structures.
a. Whole tone chords – formed by combining
notes having whole interval or two semitones.
b. Tone clusters – produced by sounding
adjacent notes.
WHAT’S
MORE
Activity 1.1 Understanding 20th Century
Observe the excerpts of compositions
from 20th Century composers and other
notations and try to look for the videos of it.
1. Polyrhythm
This is a figure from the musical composition of
Debussy entitled, “Prelude” from Pour Le
Piano.
https://youtu.be/hIbqQjQgUPE
Source: https://mramusicplace.net/2016/02/09/understanding-polyrhythms/
2. Unusual Meters
This is a musical piece by Bartok entitled,
“Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm”, you can
observe the use of different unusual meters,
presented by having unusual time signatures.
Time signatures are symbols used to indicate
the meters of a musical piece.
Source: http://mezzopianolessons.com.au/random-topic/dances-bulgarian-rhythm-bela-bartok/
https://youtu.be/5RMv9I9C5H4
3. Whole-tone scale
The notations below show an example of
a whole-tone scale.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztv0s1KDck4
Source: https://www.britannica.com/art/whole-tone-scale
4. Pentatonic scale
The notation below shows an example
of a pentatonic scale.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
MGpUscFY9RA
Source: https://m.basicmusictheory.com/a-major-pentatonic-scale
5. Twelve-tone system
The notation from Webern’s Piano
Variations, Op 27 shows an example of a
twelve-tone system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Har_7-S3Cgc
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