Ground Bass
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A good example of melodic ostinato, easy for students to have a go at playing on keyboards, ideal for use in QCA Unit 1 for Key Stage 3, Musical Processes and also as a good example of music used in adverts for Unit 13 Music and Media.
Official classification: Ostinato, Canon, Ground Bass, Classical Pieces, Audio, Curriculum support, Unit 1. Musical processes, Unit 13. Music and media
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Track 20 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Dance from Shakespeare's time, from Saydisc album 'Songs and Dances from Shakespeare', performed by The Broadside Band (1'00")
Main features: ground bass, repeating chord sequence (I, IV, V, I), variations, decoration, ornaments.
This dance features a recorder and lute. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on the ground bass, instrumentation, the sections of the piece and change in time signature.
Official classification: Soprano/descant, Listening, Variations (Divisions), Ground Bass, The Renaissance, Key Stage 3, Lute, Italy, United Kingdom, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records
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