Music Analysis Guide: Pateros Catholic School
Music Analysis Guide: Pateros Catholic School
Music Analysis Guide: Pateros Catholic School
MUSIC EDUCATION 9
ACTIVITY SHEET for PERFORMANCE TASK (Modular and Online)
I. TITLE:
III. INSTRUCTIONS
1. Listen to the uploaded MUSIC sample in your GENYO account or copy and paste the
following link in your respective web browser.
2. While listening on the Music Videos, make sure that you are taking down all the necessary
observations you have for answering the analysis.
You will analyze and compare two songs from different periods, examining theme, style, and
historical and technological context. Type in the box all your answers.
1. What did you like about the song's words? What were your favorite parts? Why? (Critical
thinking)
3. Is there anything in the song that reminds you of something in your own life?
(Personalization)
4. Do you find any of the words or sentences interesting? Confusing? Unusual? (Style)
5. Did the songwriter include images that you find funny? Scary? Old-fashioned?
Embarrassing? (Evaluation)
6. What senses does the songwriter use in this song? Sight? Smell? Hearing? Taste? Touch?
(Style)
RHYTHM is the repeated movement of sounds through time. In songs, the words usually
match the rhythm. Everything we sing or say has a rhythm. For example, try singing or saying
a lullaby, nursery rhyme, skipping song or rap.
Beat is the regular pulse (the ticking of a clock, the sound of a car's windshield wipers).
Accent is where the strongest emphasis is placed as in one, two, three, one, two, three.
Tempo is the speed: how fast or slow the music is.
1. Can you find the beat through clapping? Can you find the accent? What happens
when you change the tempo?
MELODY is the tune. The tune is made up of musical notes or pitches that make up a
pattern. When you add words to a melody, it becomes a song. Notes can be high, low, or in-
between. Their height is called the pitch.
Pitch determines the height of a note in relation to the others around it, which may be higher
or lower.
2. What words would you use to describe the melody or tune of this music?
TIMBRE is what makes one instrument or voice sound different from another.
3. What instruments do you recognize in this music? Why do you think these
instruments were selected?
TEXTURE is the layering of instruments and/or voices to create a light or fuller sound.
Melodies, rhythms, and timbres can be combined to create different textures. Music made by
an orchestra is an example of a full texture.
5. What words come to mind regarding this song’s texture (how are melody,
rhythm, timbre combined)?
HARMONY is when you play two or more notes at the same time.
6. Is harmony used in this music? Why do you think the composer chose to use
harmony in this music?
GENRE is the kind (or style) of music (jazz, rock, rap, classical, marches, lullabies, opera, pop,
folk, etc.)
7. How is each kind of music different? Can you give an example for each kind of
music? What type does this music fit into?
COMPARE AND CONTRAST the two given example songs (GLORIA AND THE
MESSIAH). Type the similarities and differences of each in the table below
Similarities Differences