This work was created and designed by M.

Andrews

Peter Gunn and Texture

Peter Gunn was a great American private detective show that ran from 1958-1961. It was later made into a
feature film. The theme song enjoyed a revival when it was used in the film The Blues Brothers.

Graphically notate the pitch movement of the riff from the ‘Peter Gunn’ theme

Listen to the Peter Gunn theme and answer the following question:
What is a riff? ________________________________________________________

Listening – Circle the right answers

1) What instrument is playing the riff? Bass Guitar Trumpet Drums
2) What is the other instrument that is also playing the riff? ____________________
3) What family of instruments is playing the melody? Strings Winds Brass Percussion
4) When the melody starts, what dynamic technique does it use?
Decrescendo (Getting softer) Piano (Quiet) Crescendo (Getting louder)
5) The melody is being played in two different pitch areas, they are? High Middle Low
6) What percussion instrument/s are being used? Triangle Drums Xylophone
7) What instrument/s are playing the melody? Trumpets Violins Guitars Voice
8) Another instrument joins in playing the riff, what is it? Clarinet Keyboard Saxophone Tuba
9) Using letters to name the different sections of the song, which is the correct order?
A B C A B A B B A C A B C B B A B A B C
10) The tempo of this song is? Slow Moderately Slow Moderately Fast Fast
11) There are a number of accents in which part of the song? Start Middle End
12) The time signature of the song is?  
13) The beat is constant except for which part of the song? Start Middle End

So far we have known texture as the layers of sound and how many instruments are
playing. We are now going to start looking at what the role of each layer of sound is.

Now, list each layer of sound (instrument) and identify its role or job in the texture.
Melody__________________________________________________________
What is accompaniment? _____________________________________________
Accompaniment____________________________________________________
Reinforcing/keeping the beat__________________________________________
The Pink Panther was written by the same man who wrote the Peter Gunn theme.
The first person to tell your teacher who that was at the start of the next lesson
will get a merit sticker. Listen to the theme and identify the role or job of each
of the instruments.
Melody: ______________________________________________________
Accompaniment: ________________________________________________
Keeping the beat: _______________________________________________
What happens to the song’s texture at the end of the section?
___________________________________________________________________
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You are going to learn the Peter Gunn riff on the guitar.

This symbol  is a sharp it ____________________________________________

This symbol  is a natural it ___________________________________________
This symbol  is a flat it ______________________________________________
Melody Line

We are going to put together a class performance of the Peter Gunn Theme.

As a class we are going to decide how to structure our piece

Section 1 - Guitars playing the riff at a piano dynamic
Section 2 - ______________________________________________________
Section 3 - ______________________________________________________
Section 4 - ______________________________________________________

What was the role of each instrument in our performance?

Melody: _____________________________________________________________
Accompaniment: _______________________________________________________
Keeping the beat: ______________________________________________________

For those who need a challenge…

The Pink Panther Theme

You will be having a class test on (day) ___________ (date) _______ (Week) ______

You should revise everything in this work booklet up to and

including this lesson. Don’t forget to revise the homework.