Tudor England
Use tambours or tambourines to play the accompaniment to this piece. Look at
the 16 bars as a 2-bar intro and four 4-bar phrases: rst and third phrases are the
same and simple; the second phrase is a little harder; the fourth phrase is more
di cult. (You could divide players into three/four groups.)
Notes used: G, A, B
Key: G major
Time signature: 4/4
Note values: dotted minim, minim, crotchet
Rest values: whole bar rest, crotchet rest
Anything else? untuned percussion accompaniment
Official classification: Recorder Family, Soprano/descant, Tudor England, Pieces, Resource Packs
Track 23 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. A selection of music played on a variety of popular Elizabethan instruments from Saydisc album 'Music from the Time of the Spanish Armada', performed by the York Waits (4'22")
Main features: Tudor music, early instruments.
These five dances from the sixteenth century are played on various early instruments including the pipe, tabor, shawms, Flemish bagpipe and sopranino recorder. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on instrumentation.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Tudor England, The Renaissance, Dance, Key Stage 3, Shawm, Tabor, Pipe, Sopranino Recorder, Flemish Bagpipes, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records
Track 1 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music from the court of King Henry V111, from Amon Ra album 'The
Field of Cloth of Gold', (1'52) Main features: early instruments and drum ostinato. This music is a pavane, a stately dance of Tudor England and is played by early instruments. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and drum ostinato.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Ostinato, Tudor England, Dance, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, England, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Pavan, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 4 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2 . Famous seventeenth century English tune from Amon Ra album 'John Playford's Popular Tunes' (1'53")
Main features: early instruments, descant, structure.
This piece of seventeenth century music features the mandore (type of lute similar to a mandolin), bass viol and flageolet (type of flute similar to a recorder). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, melody and arrangement.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Tudor England, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Viol, Early Music, England, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Flageolet, Mandore, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Picture of Tabor player. The tabor is a percussion instrument from Tudor times. You can listen to examples: Track 23 Dances from the Time of Queen Elizabeth I, 15 Jameko - Jamaica or Track 13 L'Hom Armé from the Saydisc material.
Official classification: Tudor England, Image, Key Stage 2, Tabor, Curriculum support, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Picture of early string instrument, for an example listen to Track 20 Bergamasca from the saydisc material
Official classification: Tudor England, Image, Lute, Curriculum support, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Image of these early brass predecessors to the modern trombone. For an example, listen to Track 13 L'Hom Armé
Official classification: Tudor England, The Renaissance, The Baroque Era, Image, Sackbut, Curriculum support
Track 23 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Dance music from the time of Queen Elizabeth 1, from Saydisc album 'Music from the time of the Spanish Armada (1'17") Main features: instrumentation, structure, drone.
This lively dance from the Tudor period features the Northumbrian bagpipes and soprano shawm. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on instrumentation, structure, drone on bagpipes and percussion sections.
Official classification: Listening, Tudor England, The Renaissance, Interactive Activities, Shawm, Drone, England, English Bagpipes, Hurdy-gurdy, Track Explorer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 11 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (3'36") Hymn by Charles Wesley. This hymn features singers accompanied by violin, bassoon, bass, lute and tabor. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks, focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Double Bass, Violin, Listening, Part-singing, Harmony, Tudor England, The Baroque Era, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Female, Male, Tabor, Lute, England, Track Explorer, Christianity, Hymnns, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (1'19") Music from the 'Golden Age' of English church music. This is an example of Tudor polyphony. The Track Explorer has one learning track focusing on the four parts.
Official classification: Listening, Part-singing, Tudor England, The Renaissance, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Female, Male, Track Explorer, Christianity, Byrd, William, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 7 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Music from the time of Henry VIII, from Amon Ra album 'The Field of Cloth of Gold' (1'58") Main features: early instruments, rhythm. These two dances played on a consort or group of viols, were popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and features of the dances.
Official classification: Rhythm, Tudor England, The Baroque Era, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Viol, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 32 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Morris Dance from the time of Elisabeth I, from Saydisc album 'Music from the time of the Spanish Armada (1'20") Main features: early instruments, structure. This music is played on early instruments such as the cornett, sackbut and bass curtal. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Form & Structure, Tudor England, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Sackbut, Cornett, Dulzaina, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 33 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. From Saydisc album 'Music from the time of the Spanish Armada (0'48") Main feature: drone. This tune, popular in Elizabethan times, is played on Flemish bagpipes and a sopranino recorder. The Track Explorer has one learning track focusing on features of the music.
Official classification: Listening, Tudor England, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Sopranino Recorder, Flemish Bagpipes, Drone, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 18 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Festive Music from the York Waits, from Saydisc album 'Music from the Time of Richard III' (1'43") Main features: early instruments, structure. This piece is played by early instruments such as the shawm (predecessor of the oboe) and busine (similar to a trumpet). The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Tudor England, Community Events & Special Occasions, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, France, Shawm, Brass, England, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Short video clip (1 min.) showing costume designs for a royal ballet in 1653. The commentary states some of the main characteristics of the new 'baroque' thinking against a background of contemporary music by Lully.
Clip from the Roland Collection of Film on Art (www.rolandcollection.com). Used with kind permission of Anthony Roland.
Official classification: Tudor England, The Baroque Era, Dance, Painting, Paintings, Video, Curriculum support, The Roland Collection of Films on Art
Allows you to isolate (solo) or mix together any combination of the 4 parts provided (tune plus 3 rhythm ostinatos). Use this app to support rehearsal towards a group or class ensemble performance. The Lilliburlero tune dates from Tudor times, but it could also be replaced with a live improvisation. The Tips & Hints button shows the music notation for each rhythm ostinato. Please refer to Saydisc Track 04 Lilliburlero for the original piece.
Official classification: Improvising, Rehearsing, Ostinato, Tudor England, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support, Saydisc Records, Channel Mixer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Rumoured to have been written by Henry VIII, this is a typical Tudor song featuring a rhythmic ostinato on tambourine with melody and accompaniment on recorders. The song is played three times on this recording, first instrumental, then sung by solo male voice and finally with a group of singers in harmony.
Official classification: Tambourine, Recorder Family, Ostinato, Tudor England, The Renaissance, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Female, Male, Curriculum support
Song for pleasure from Lambeth Music Service’s MX Sing; a child-centred approach to music teaching for Years 1 and 2, based on Kodály principles, using singing and singing games with fun and learning through play at its heart.
Official classification: Tudor England, Teaching Songs, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Voice, Lambeth Music Service, Musitrax
Song from Lambeth Music Service’s MX Sing; a child-centred approach to music teaching for Years 1 and 2, based on Kodály principles, using singing and singing games with fun and learning through play at its heart. Using notes from Do diatonic.
Official classification: Tudor England, Teaching Songs, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Voice, Lambeth Music Service, Musitrax
An example of Tudor dancing being re-enacted in a cathedral.
Official classification: Tudor England, Dance, Video, Dance, United Kingdom, Curriculum support