How does folk music use pentatonic scales?

How does folk music use pentatonic scales?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will use the pentatonic scale in folk music around the world and consider how to compose an effective question and answer phrase ending on the tonic and dominant.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which pitches are in the F major pentatonic scale?
DEFGA
Correct answer: FGACD
GABCD
Q2.
What is a phrase in music?
A full stop
Correct answer: A musical sentence
Singing at the same time
Q3.
If the music is marked as 'flowing', how would you perform it?
Correct answer: Legato
Pizzicato
Staccato
Q4.
What does the dynamic marking 'crescendo' mean?
Correct answer: Get gradually louder
Get gradually quieter
Play quietly
Q5.
Which of the following could you play as a simple accompaniment to 'Amazing Grace'? Choose two.
Correct answer: Drone
Melody
Correct answer: Ostinato
Q6.
What do articulation markings tell the performer?
Correct answer: How to express the music on their instrument
To play with both hands on the keyboard
What volume to play the music at

5 Questions

Q1.
Folk music can be described as...
Body percussion created by people as part of their culture and tradition
Classical music created by people as part of their culture and tradition
Correct answer: Music created by people as part of their culture and tradition
Q2.
Folk music is often...
Learnt from a score
Correct answer: Learnt from the oral tradition
Written down (notated)
Q3.
What degree of the scale is the tonic note?
Correct answer: I
V
VI
Q4.
What degree of the scale is the dominant note?
I
Correct answer: V
VI
Q5.
What is the dominant note if we are in F major?
Correct answer: C
D
F

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UnitMusic / The Power of the Pentatonic