**Music Before/After**

screeeewed

ChemHickey wrote: »

Freewheelin_ wrote: »

screeeewed wrote: »

Panning is when the sounds come out of different speakers..'easy come easy go'..so its not that anyway:P

Yeah, in the book it just says "bell-like arrangement of the chord Cm7 ...which is spread out over 5 voices".

Also, if you listen with headphones, the voices come in at different sides, which is arguably panning.

EDIT: Not that anyone should try to argue on the exam. I mean, the course is wrong in one aspect as it says that there is a bell tree on the bit "sent shivers down my spine" but it really is Brian May playing below the bridge on the guitar, not that I'll say that on the exam :P

To be cert call it the bell tree effect. That's what I've been calling it and then give an explanation for it. eg, he plays the area behind the bridge to produce a bell tree effect which aids an exquisite use of word painting.

I'm sooo confused but anyways..what would be an example ..a definate example of reverb?:P

Freewheelin_

screeeewed wrote: »

I'm sooo confused but anyways..what would be an example ..a definate example of reverb?:P

The very first line :P. "Is this the real life?". You can hear 'life' slightly echoing which is basically what reverb is.

screeeewed

Freewheelin_ wrote: »

screeeewed wrote: »

I'm sooo confused but anyways..what would be an example ..a definate example of reverb?:P

The very first line :P. "Is this the real life?". You can hear 'life' slightly echoing which is basically what reverb is.

As simple as that...:L what an eejit I am, thanks:)

dmca93

Interesting little fact, maybe ye all know it already but it's thought that the uncertain key of Bb major/ G minor is to reflect the lines "Is this the real life?" :P Probably won't get to mention that tomorrow though!

ChemHickey

dmca93 wrote: »

Interesting little fact, maybe ye all know it already but it's thought that the uncertain key of Bb major/ G minor is to reflect the lines "Is this the real life?" :P Probably won't get to mention that tomorrow though!

Cool! Hopefully it'll be Q1! It'd be lovely! =Q

Freewheelin_

Can anyone give/link to a list of instrumentation in the different sections of Tchaikovsky?

I'm awful at identifying instruments with Tchaikovsky.

Bubbleope

okay i'm just after reading "Batman Motif". apparently it's in the opera section. O: what does it even sound like!? :eek: help?

dmca93

ChemHickey wrote:

Cool! Hopefully it'll be Q1! It'd be lovely! =Q

Me too, although when my class was saying it to our teacher she was hoping it wouldn't be, but they can't asking you anything too difficult with Queen, can they? Also I hope there is minimal imputing of notes, like one at best. I absolutely despise it!

sheeba7

If I was to learn only one irish essay , which one is most likely to come up

whatsec

dmca93 wrote: »

ChemHickey wrote:

Cool! Hopefully it'll be Q1! It'd be lovely! =Q

Me too, although when my class was saying it to our teacher she was hoping it wouldn't be, but they can't asking you anything too difficult with Queen, can they? Also I hope there is minimal imputing of notes, like one at best. I absolutely despise it!

Yeah my teacher said she hoped it wouldn't be queen too, apparently queen is usually the worst answered question on the paper. I guess people think they know it and don't study it, I could understand how that would happen

M.R.B

dmca93 wrote: »

Interesting little fact, maybe ye all know it already but it's thought that the uncertain key of Bb major/ G minor is to reflect the lines "Is this the real life?" :P Probably won't get to mention that tomorrow though!

They'd probably love that type of crap, but when you think it out, it couldn't really be Gmin, because the Bb would then be minor as its the 3rd chord...

From someone who despises Barry, is there a name for the "technique" he uses in section G, the one where he mashes up the beginning and end of all the other sections ? I generally just say he "creates an interesting melange" (:p) but is there an actual term for it !?

M.R.B

whatsec wrote: »

Yeah my teacher said she hoped it wouldn't be queen too, apparently queen is usually the worst answered question on the paper. I guess people think they know it and don't study it, I could understand how that would happen

Although I'd love it as the main question, I don't think they would/could put it. Generally they print off music to accompany the main question, Ive always wondered if they are allowed to print off the music seeing as its copyrighted...

Mind you, you could probably say the same for The Beatles on the other course, but that has come up as the main question !

clairey__Ox

M.R.B wrote: »

They'd probably love that type of crap, but when you think it out, it couldn't really be Gmin, because the Bb would then be minor as its the 3rd chord...

From someone who despises Barry, is there a name for the "technique" he uses in section G, the one where he mashes up the beginning and end of all the other sections ? I generally just say he "creates an interesting melange" (:p) but is there an actual term for it !?

It's called telescoping

stall_the_ball

I'm feeling a bit doomed, you know the feeling when you realise everything you don't know will probably come up together and i need this to go decently well

PictureFrame

stall_the_ball wrote: »

I'm feeling a bit doomed, you know the feeling when you realise everything you don't know will probably come up together and i need this to go decently well

I know nothing tbh..

OMG. I've only ever heard The Bass Recitative in Bach for the 1st time this morning, my Teacher was so ridiculous it wasn't even funny. She didn't half finish Queen/Bach with us.. Useless fúck..

stall_the_ball

PictureFrame wrote: »

I know nothing tbh..

OMG. I've only ever heard The Bass Recitative in Bach for the 1st time this morning, my Teacher was so ridiculous it wasn't even funny. She didn't half finish Queen/Bach with us.. Useless fúck..

it's the worst feeling ever, bach for question 1 please God, most of the questions are just naming the pieces, barry will be a nightmare

PictureFrame

If Minor Melodies doesn't come up i'm done! They've been on 2006, 2008, 2010. Surely they have to come up? Last year they gave them a 6/8 anacrusis, so the only really tough melody left is minor! Please god!

dmca93

My teacher is a corrector and apparently they weren't happy with the 6/8 melody last year...... so it could make an appearance again!

ChemHickey

I'm praying for a 6/8 minor melody! I hate 3/4 with a passion especially with an anacrusis.

Freewheelin_

ChemHickey wrote: »

I'm praying for a 6/8 minor melody! I hate 3/4 with a passion especially with an anacrusis.

Most of the exams have been fairly easy this year other than Maths so I'm hoping for a major melody in 4/4 and no upbeat :P

PictureFrame

Freewheelin_ wrote: »

Most of the exams have been fairly easy this year other than Maths so I'm hoping for a major melody in 4/4 and no upbeat :P

There's never been a straight major melody in the last 8 years though. It's always been either anacrusis, minor or 6.8..

Freewheelin_

PictureFrame wrote: »

There's never been a straight major melody in the last 8 years though. It's always been either anacrusis, minor or 6.8..

There had never been an essay on the use/threat of violence in Ireland in History. There was this year.

JonnyMcNamee

Quick question lads.. In the aria duetto which voice is higher pitched one, soprano or alto?

leaveiton

Bubbleope wrote: »

okay i'm just after reading "Batman Motif". apparently it's in the opera section. O: what does it even sound like!? :eek: help?

I'm probably too late but what that's most likely referring to is how the melody is chromatic - easy come, easy go etc. It sounds like the "na na na na na na na na na na na na" bit in the Batman theme. :P

JonnyMcNamee wrote: »

Quick question lads.. In the aria duetto which voice is higher pitched one, soprano or alto?

Soprano :P

ehshup

this may sound stupid but what exactly should you do with the phrasing?

ismiseaoife

ehshup wrote: »

this may sound stupid but what exactly should you do with the phrasing?

Just put a phrase marking/line thing over each line, that's it!

ehshup

so we don't habe to add in extra slur marks if it's a violin or anything?

dmca93

ehshup wrote:

this may sound stupid but what exactly should you do with the phrasing?

Make sure that if there is an upbeat that you don't put the upbeat at the end of the first line under the phrase mark, it will be the begining of the second phrase... if you get what I mean.

Luno

Ah, I really could have attempted to study this for the past 8 days.

ehshup

yeah, i get you, but in all these examples there are extra articulation/slur marks between two notes, is that necessary? http://www.examinations.ie/archive/examiners_reports/cer_2007/music_lc_ce_report_2007_final_29_Jan_08.pdf
they're at the end

Killian In The Name Of

Actually getting slightly nervous about this hey.

validusername1

does anyone know what sort of phrase markings to add for Q1 on the composing paper for ordinary level? my teacher never did that with us and i was just looking at past exam papers and they all say add phrase markings.. how do i know what ones suit? fast answer would be appreciated considering the exam starts in like a half hour ha

jawn

JonnyMcNamee wrote: »

Quick question lads.. In the aria duetto which voice is higher pitched one, soprano or alto?

Soprano.

Voices in general go S, A, T, B.

Ericaa

Lucky ****ers got Queen for Q1, I'm jealous!

jawn

Ericaa wrote: »

Lucky ****ers got Queen for Q1, I'm jealous!

I would've hated that! When Bach came up as Q1 last year I high-fived the guy behind me!

Also, how did you find that out 13 mins after the exam started?

Ericaa

jawn wrote: »

Ericaa wrote: »

Lucky ****ers got Queen for Q1, I'm jealous!

I would've hated that! When Bach came up as Q1 last year I high-fived the guy behind me!

Also, how did you find that out 13 mins after the exam started?

Haha, I did it last year too, I was just glad it wasn't Gerald Barry!


I'm an attendant so I'm sitting in between two exam centres. I was listening to the fecking songs echoing each other haha

whatsec

beauuuutiful paper ! great way to end the exam. panicked a bit when I saw question 1 & 5 were both minor but it turned out okay.

checkcheek

What was the Irish dance.

taylorconor95

Does anyone know what the Irish Trad and Jazz fusion tune was? It was one of the most amazing things I ever heard!

ehshup

Yep it's by michael o suilleabhain, it's called christmas eve/oiche nollaig see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nLHWUqFDEI midway through it he plays it... what a random coincidence i happened to see it before

ChemHickey

checkcheek wrote: »

What was the Irish dance.

Slip jig.

ehshup

damn, haha i couldn't count the rhythm of it at all, because of all the ornamentation and the fact that the rhythm seemed pretty loose to me, i hadn't a clue for the dance!

Luno

Delighted that Bohemian was question one. Other than the paper was okay. I do question 1 and 5 on the composing and found the 6/8 annoying :P

whatsec

ehshup wrote: »

Yep it's by michael o suilleabhain, it's called christmas eve/oiche nollaig see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nLHWUqFDEI midway through it he plays it... what a random coincidence i happened to see it before

was a bodhràn one of the instruments ?

ChemHickey

6/8 minor q1! Lovely.

6/8 minor q4! Quite reasonable... Through in a few sexy dissonance/resolution notes to get some extra marks!

ismiseaoife

whatsec wrote: »

was a bodhràn one of the instruments ?

Nope.. don't think so, I said bones!

ChemHickey

whatsec wrote: »

ehshup wrote: »

Yep it's by michael o suilleabhain, it's called christmas eve/oiche nollaig see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nLHWUqFDEI midway through it he plays it... what a random coincidence i happened to see it before

was a bodhràn one of the instruments ?

I said bodhran too. I'm pretty certain there was one. And I had spoons down in brackets beside the question too.

leaveiton

Listening was the nicest I've ever seen, couldn't have gone better. In contrast, composing couldn't have gone worse. But I'm free, no more Leaving Cert, no more Gerald Barry, so I'm going out to get drunk tonight

PictureFrame

Yessssssssssssss. I ****ín' LOVED that paper! Composing was amazing! Loved the Melody and the Backing chords, definitely got an A in that paper! Listening was class also, really really liked it!

Did anyone else pick the Hiers De Picardie (or whatever) yoke for the Bach? :P

Bubbleope

PictureFrame wrote: »

Yessssssssssssss. I ****ín' LOVED that paper! Composing was amazing! Loved the Melody and the Backing chords, definitely got an A in that paper! Listening was class also, really really liked it!

Did anyone else pick the Hiers De Picardie (or whatever) yoke for the Bach? :P

wtf was that!? never even saw it in me life like! :pac:
i picked chaconne as a guess... :L probably wrong :pac: