N5 Musicals
Week One
Learning Intentions:
● To develop our music
understanding skills to be able
to identify new styles of
music.
● To learn and consolidate music
concepts.
Success Criteria:
● To have learnt about the
genre of music called Musicals.
● To have completed a range of
listening tasks being able to
identify music concepts within
the music.
What is a musical?
Can you name any?
The History of Musical Theatre
Timeline:

● Ancient Greece and Rome

○ Amphitheatres
● Medieval Times
○ Traveling Players
● 17th Century
○ Opera
● 19th Century
○ Music Halls, Vaudeville and Gilbert
and Sullivan
● 20th Century
○ Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart,
Gershwin
Features of a Musical
● A play with dialogue, singing and
dancing.
● Accompanied by an orchestra or
a band.
● Has costumes and scenery.
● Usually more light hearted than
Opera.
● Features solos, duets and a
chorus.
● Can use different styles of
music.
Vocal Ranges - How high or low someone can sing

Vocal types are traditionally described as being male or female. This is to do

with what pitches they can sing. It is very hard to pick out the exact pitch,
so it is easier to try and connect it to a voices tone.
High Timbre Voice

● Soprano: High female

Voice
● Mezzo Soprano:
Medium female voice
● Alto: Low female
voice
Low Timbre Voices

● Tenor: High Male

Voice
● Baritone: Medium
Male Voice
● Bass: Low Male Voice
Voices Together

● Solo: When one person sings on their own

● Duet: When two people sing together at the
same time
● Chorus: group of people singing together in a
musical
Voices Together
When voices sing together they
can sing in two ways:
● Unison: Where they all sing
the same note.
● Harmony: Where there are
two or more notes at the
same time.