Music revision

• The instruments in the orchestra are string woodwind percussion and brass family
• Music is written on a stave which is made up of 5 horizontal lines
• Notes are placed on the line or spaces of the stave
• After G the next note is A
• Melody is the main tune
• Harmony is more than one pitch playing together, the supporting note
• Rhythm is the length of the notes
• Conjunct is when the melody moves with small or no loops
• Disjunct is when the melody moves with large loops
• Ascending is when the melody overall goes up in pitch
• Descending is when the melody overall goes down in pitch
• Synthesiser is an electronic instrument that can create a variety of sounds
• Bhangra is a type of lively popular music originating in the 1960s and 70s
• The music initially consists of rhythmic patterns from 2 instrument which are Dhol and Tumbi
• Traditional bhangra lyrics relate to significant historical moments
• Modern bhangra tells stories of traditional culture, love or story telling
• Tumbi is a stringed instrument similar to a sitar but smaller
• Dhol is a double headed drum made out of wood with animal skin stretched over it