Online Seaquence - have a go at creating digital music

Found this little site that uses only digital sounds to create music.

http://www.seaquence.org/

Another cool one

http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata

Superman March

Go to page 174 in Listen to The Music textbook and complete the questions and activities based on the Superman March by John Williams.

Year 7 - Notes on STRUCTURE

Hi Year 7,

Go here and work through the lesson on musical forms. 

Please help the kids take notes on the following structures:

 

Binary

Ternary

Rondo

Sonata – you may need to just do a simpler diagram than the one on the website.

 Each form needs to have a DESCRIPTION and a DIAGRAM

For popular music structures summarise the notes from the following page:

Mr B.

Year 7 Guitar Test

Here is the youtube clip with the backing tracks for the guitar test. Check the other posts on the blog for the guitar tab notation if you forget how to play it.

The Beast - Junior Band

Here is the online version of the song for you to practice along with at home.

Remember to start learning small 2 bar sections over and over to get it all correct.

Modern Jazz

Listen to a piece by Sydney trumpet player Simon Sweeney CAFE AU LEE.

Have a listen and see whether you can pick the FORM or STRUCTURE of this piece.... it is an extension of a very well known jazz structure.

How does this piece incorporate elements of modern styles into a very old jazz structure and instrumentation?

So What - Miles Davis

Jazz post the Bee Bop era...





Verse I
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Miles Davis walked off the stage,
Thats what the folks are all saying.
Oh yes he did leave the stage,
After his solo was all over.
Coltrane he walked off the stage
Thats what the folks are all saying.
Yes they both left the stage
Clean out of sight...

Verse II
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They felt they had to rehearse...
Although we know they are masters
They get a real Groovy sound,
*2nd* (mellow)
And you will have to admit it.

Verse III
---------

Yes they both left the stage...
Soon as their solo's were over.
And if you can't figure out,
Their groove I'd like to help you...
*2nd* Their groove I've helped you

SO WHAT!!!!

Charlie Parker - Beebop

"Ornithology" is a jazz standard by bebop alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Benny Harris. Its title is a reference to Parker's nickname, "Bird". The Charlie Parker Septet made the first recording of the tune on March 28, 1946 on the Dial label, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989.

"Ornithology" is a contrafact - that is, a newly created melody written over the chord progression of another song, in this case the standard "How High the Moon". It remains one of the most popular and frequently performed bebop tunes. Jazz vocalists scatting on "How High the Moon" (notably Ella Fitzgerald) often quote the melody of "Ornithology" (and vice versa).

Notable recordings include Bud Powell's version. Vocalese "lyrics" were also created by Babs Gonzales. "Ornithology" was prominently featured in the novel Suder by Percival Everett.

My Funny Valentine

My Funny Valentine - A couple of versions for you to listen to...

Big Band Music. In The Mood
 

Sunny Side of the Street

Check out the piece online and have a go at playing it. Remember that if you play sax or trumpet you will need to transpose it.

You will need to be able to play this in the next lesson so work hard!   

Jazz Music Timeline

Go Here for a great website that lists and explains some of the styles of Jazz music and when they developed.

Create a list of STYLES and an ARTIST mentioned from each style. You will need this later for your assessment task.

FatBoy Slim Mixing Game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/fbs/intro.htm

Music and the Christian

A Great article on music in the lives of christians.

He addresses the big questions:

Why should a Christian be interested and involved in the arts, music in particular?

Recording your project into Sound Recorder

Check out the "How To" clip I have made to help you record the audio from your completed composition into the computer and send it to me :)

Country Music

Country music is a “mash up “of the Folk music and Rock or Pop music genres. It uses a variety of instruments that are commonly used in Folk music, but also has a more rock music style STRUCTURE to the songs. Many of the themes of the lyrics are either about love and loss, or about country or agricultural themes.

Some of the instruments used in country music are:

·       Banjo

·       Mandolin

·       Slide Guitar (Lap Steel)

·       Fiddle

·       Steel stringed acoustic guitar

·       Accordion

·       Double Bass

Try your hand at mixing your own songs as a DJ...

http://mix.until.am/

Have a go at being a DJ online.

Check out some scratching...

http://www.onemotion.com/flash/dj-turntable/

A cool mashup of 50 hit songs from 2011 into one piece of music.... WOW.



An early version of a mashup by "The KLF" called Doctorin' the Tardis.



From WIKI:

The release of "Doctorin' the Tardis" followed a self-imposed break from recording of Drummond and Cauty's sampling outfit, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs). The single continued The JAMs' strategy of plagiarising and juxtaposing popular musical works. However, unlike the cultish limited releases of The JAMs, in which Drummond's Clydeside rapping and social commentary were regular ingredients, "Doctorin' The Tardis" was an excursion into the musical mainstream, with the change of name to "The Timelords" and an overt reliance on several iconic symbols of 1970s and 80s British popular culture, including Glitter, theDoctor Who theme song, references to Doctor Who's Daleks and the TARDIS, Sweet's "Blockbuster!" and Harry Enfield's character 'Loadsamoney'.^[1] The song features riffs from the 1973 hit "Block Buster!" by Sweet and from Gary Glitter's 1972 debut hit "Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2". Its name is a reference to "Doctorin' the House" by Coldcut.

Congratulations to both Year 7 classes for surviving your Assembly performances. I got some wonderful reviews from teachers and other students.

I hope that inspires you for the next one!

Coming up we will have a COMPOSITION assessment task to create a Dance Music piece using the Fat Boy Slim mixing Game as our composition tool.

If you like, go on to the site and start your creations at home, just make sure you save them somewhere you can access them at school :)



Hope your auditions for the Musical went well!