Can anyone help with my son's music homework?

[molly123]

This weeks Y7 music homwork is to design an A4 poster, include binary, ternary, structure and contrast. Please could anyone explain an easy explanation what these terms mean in relation to music, so he can design his poster. I have tried looking on the web, but no joy and thought then of asking you guys on here. Thanksx And no he does not like music classes.

[The Builder]

.........poster design for a music class......mmmmmmmmm?

anyway - "binary form" is when a piece of music consists of two repeated sections..........AB AB AB perhaps

ternary is three sections..........ABA ABA possibly?

try Wikipedia..........searching for "binary form".........then "ternary form"

on a poster???.....................this is often used in dance........how about groups of two or three dancers grouped in different colours............Red/Blue........or Red/Blue/Red..................?
any graphic designers about?
Good luck :o)

[molly123]

Thankyou, yes on a A4 piece of paper he has to draw?? these terms, I keep telling him if he does not understand any of his homework that is given to him , is to ask his teacher to explian. Thanks again for your help, it is so hard to try and help him when you just have not got a clue yourself.

[Bathsheba]

Sorry molly- you lost me when you said Y7! xx

[zzxxee]

sorry cant help you with your sons homework just thought i would like to say my daughter is in year 7 also, sometimes they come home with homework you need a degree to understand it and you are right no child should come away expected to do work if they do not understand it

[molly123]

I can't agree with you enough! My god its tough on them sometimes, we are still looking and understanding it a bit more. Handing anything in will be better than nothing and getting a detention! Thanks any way for both of your support x

[zzxxee]

no problem i wish your son good luck with his homework

[Lil O'lady]

This is a clear example of a pointless task set for the sake of the teacher being able to say that a homework has been set.
Rip coloured tissue, glue it on the paper randomly. Then the homework has been done.
I would be tempted to ask the teacher for an example of the marking criteria, and how the task fits into the scheme of work and learning objectives.

[saxy_jag]

Agreed. The teacher would have made the learning much more worthwhile by asking the child to listen for, and explain examples of ternary and binary form. The whole point of music is, after all, to make and listen to it.

However, there's a start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_form

I'm sorry he doesn't like music classes. But be reassured, neither did my own lad. He took lessons in trumpet and guitar at one point, but really wasn't dreadfully interested so I just left it alone. These days, however, left to his own devices and now 25, he strums away at guitar once more and has developed a very wide ranging and eclectic taste in music.

[Lil O'lady]

Saxy, are we sharing the same son? That or mine has followed the exact same trajectory as yours. Spooky.