Music 3.txt

Christopher Norton

• According to Christopher Norton, the piece was inspired by the characters on TV called the Wombles.
• Wombling is a word now used to describe getting somewhere using a number of different modes of transport - eg across London using busses, tube, walking etc

F major.

Bb

An acciacutura is a "crushed" note

• 4/4, common time
• 4 crotchet beats in a bar

Mf stands for mezzo-piano, or moderately soft

Swing

Christopher Norton (born 1953) is a New Zealand-born British pianist and composer. He writes the Microjazz series, for lots of different instruments with midi backing files.... one of the most popular series ever.

It means to join the notes together smoothly. It is indicated by a curved line over or under the group of notes that you need to slur.

It means that the note should be played a bit louder than the surrounding notes. It is indicated by a sideways V over / under the note.

fortissimo - very loud.

It can be used to refer to the group of notes that lie under a slur. Or a group of bars that go together - often 4 bars - to form a "sentence".

Swing is a style of jazz - developed through the 20s and 30s with a 4 beat time signature and a syncopated melody.

• A shift of accent in music that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed.
• Normally the first beat in the bar is the loudest, then the 3rd beat with the 2nd and 4th beats softer. In syncopated music this patten is changed.