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Music. Jazz and Blues Stage 3. Outcomes and Indicators. MUS3.1 Sings, plays and moves to a range of music, individually and in groups, demonstrating a knowledge of musical concepts . MUS3.2 Improvises, experiments, selects, combines and orders sound using musical concepts .

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  1. Music Jazz and Blues Stage 3

  2. Outcomes and Indicators • MUS3.1 Sings, plays and moves to a range of music, individually and in groups, demonstrating a knowledge of musical concepts. • MUS3.2 Improvises, experiments, selects, combines and orders sound using musical concepts. • MUS3.3 Notates and discusses own work and the work of others. • MUS3.4 Identifies the use of musical concepts and symbols in a range of musical styles.

  3. Unit design – Quality Teaching

  4. Elements of Music

  5. Background • Jazz This style of music was created in New York, after World War 1 in the 1920s. Style – triplets behind the beat, characterised by improvisation, syncopation, steady tempo *Swing –bigger bands, more organised and structured. *Bebop – smaller ensembles and less organised music, more solos, Jam session – the equivalent of religion, the supernatural moment when art was created. Famous performers: Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone

  6. Background • Blues History – created in the southern states of the USA at the beginning of the 20th century. Roots were from African American slave songs (Underground Railroad codes) Style – acoustic, electrical, Ragtime – led the way for Rock ‘n’ Roll, Famous performers: BB King, Muddy Waters, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey

  7. Lesson 1 • Pretest – mind map elements of music, jazz and blues. • Write up the elements of music diagram. • What is Jazz? • Listen – what can you hear? • Summertime, Whatever Lola wants, Feeling Good • Write notes – what elements of music are emphasized? • Notes on what makes jazz.

  8. Lesson 2 • What is Blues? • Listen – what can you hear? • Memphis Blues, Crazy Blues, Think • Boogie Woogie • Write notes – what elements of music are emphasized? • Notes on what makes blues • Analyse – create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast these two styles of music.

  9. Lesson 3 • Perform – Jazz • It don’t mean a thing • CD Sing • Remix • Lyrics • Beat and rhythm • Ostinato

  10. Lesson 4 • Perform – Blues • Lyrics • Beat and rhythm • Ostinato • NB bring instruments for next lesson

  11. Lesson 5 • 12 bar blues – repeated, 3 x 4 bar segments (1st, 4th, 5th) • Listen – impro, guitar instructions • Theory – matching melody and harmony, restricting tempo, format AABA, 4 chords, varied rhythm • Blues scale – flattened fifth, piano • Experiment – piano, keys, own instruments • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAax-4wH0g&feature=related Boogie Woogie tutorial

  12. Lesson 6 • Improvisation • Combing melody and harmony – what chords go with what scales • Noodling – experimenting, improvise and play around until you find something you like! • AABA (8 measures in each, As have slight variation and the B serves as a bridge) • Audacity / Finale notepad /garage band /

  13. Assessment • Post Test - mind map elements of music, jazz and blues. • Observation of performance – ability to move, sing, and note elements and concepts of music. • Explain to a friend / family member how to play and improvise around the 12 bar blues • Compose a piece –record and upload to wikispace!

  14. Evaluation • From Students: • From Teacher: • From Peers:

  15. Extension • Use windows photo story or photo peach to create a piece with jazz related pictures and jazz music in the background. • Learn and play a jazz piece – perhaps record it and load it onto the wikispace. • Find a blues song that was used for the Underground Railroad in the American civil war – can you decode it and explain to another?

  16. Sources • http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnerstheory/a/musicelements.htm [4/10/11] • http://www.enotes.com/jazz/historical-background [4/10/11] • http://www.scaruffi.com/history/jazz8.html • http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/jazz/ambassadors/Lesson1.html • http://web.li.gatech.edu/~rdrury/700/write/sp2_01/jazz/tempforjazz.htm • http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_bluesong.html • http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/lessons.html

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