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Fanfare

The word derives from a 16 French word for a flourish of trumpets. Since that time and up to the present day fanfares are a means of signalling that something is about to happen. As such it could have a significant part of part in classroom composition. Interesting fanfares to use as listening material in order to stimulate composition are: Fanfare for the Common Man (1942 Copeland) and the William Tell Overture (1829 Rossini).

Features

Name commonly given to (usually) short sections of music which have an identifiable musical aspects such as: all ostinato, a repeated pattern, stepwise movement of notes, silence etc.

Flat

A sign in music which lowers the printed note by an half-tone (or semitone) i.e. Bb would be one small step in pitch lower than B. Sometimes the word is used in performance when the performer constantly sings or plays slightly under the correct pitch!

Found Sounds

Sounds from the environment which, when used in a musical context, contribute to and become part of a composition or performance.