2016 Term 1, Week 11: Anzac Day music

This week is the last week of Term 1 and we will review what we have learnt so far, as well as learning and revising the some of the music associated with Anzac Day in New Zealand:

If you go to an Anzac Day ceremony, you will hear the Last Post played - usually on a bugle, but sometimes on a trumpet.

This man is playing a bugle that was played by a soldier at Gallipoli 100 years ago.

This woman is the first female bugler to play the Last Post at Gallipoli in 2014.

In the army, the Last Post is played at the end of the day to let people know that all the work is done.  

It is also played at military  funerals, and at special events such as Anzac Day. 

It is a very special part of the Anzac ceremony where people stand very still and silent while the flag is lowered.  

This is an Anzac Ceremony in Otago in 2012

After the Last Post is played,  a short poem called The Ode is read, and at the end, everyone says, "We will remember them." 

This is called "The Ode"

Then Reveille  - or Rouse - is played. Reveille means "Wake Up" in French, and  rouse means get out of bed.  
 

The soldier is blowing the bugle to wake everybody up to start their day.

It is played in the morning to tell everyone it's time to wake up. In the Anzac ceremony, it means the service is over and it's time to get back to normal activities again. 

This is a video of the Last Post being played at the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park in London.

Here's a video of the Last Post being played at the Gallipoli Dawn Service. Can you see the flags of Australia, New Zealand and Turkey?

This is Reveille played at the 2011 dawn service at the Wellington War Memorial. 

 
 Check out our April 2014 post to learn more about what is involved in an Anzac Day ceremony.  
 

We have been learning about the form of music by following listening maps of some of the dances from the Nutcracker ballet, composed by Tchaikovsky.   Form means the shape of music and how it is planned.  We listened for introductions,  and  other parts which were repeated or different. These were called Part A (first part) Part B (second part), Part C (third part) and sometimes Part A, B or C are repeated later in the piece of music.  We also learnt that some pieces of music finish with a coda. 
 
 We used the listening maps to design our own version of each dance and  then used percussion instruments to accompany each piece of music, using the form as a guide.

Listening maps can be very different - depending on how the listener "sees" the music.  Here's another one we looked at which shows you the pitch and dynamics of the music and the instruments played.

March of the Nutcracker:
- Is there an introduction?
- Is there a coda? 
How many times is Part A repeated before and after Part B?

March of the Nutcracker

The Chinese Dance Tea):
- Is there an introduction?
- Is there a coda?
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The Chinese Dance

Russian Dance (Trepak):
Is there an introduction?
Is there a coda?
Where is the interlude (or bridge)?
How many times are  Part A  and Part B repeated?

 

Spanish Dance (Chocolate): 

Is there an introduction?
Is there a coda?

This is  visual representation of this Spanish Dance