Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

a riff can be fun. All that is required is a
Constructing
of willing musicians who are ready to experiment.
group
you in time. The last ingredient is something called
keep
listening. This is where you continually listen,
active
1 John Lee Hooker: ‘Boom Boom’
2 Dire Straits: ‘Money for Nothing’
your instruments, gather your ideas to construct
With
rock riff. Consider the ingredients of repetitive notes,
a
melodic phrases and a lot of repetition to make
short
own. This is called .
your
forget to record each experiment into GarageBand
Don’t
SoundTrap or onto your device. You can build on this
or
ACTIVITY: Riff construction
Listen to the track on the playlist with a partner or
ATL
■
a
■
literacy skills: Comparing, contrasting and
Media
connections among (multi)media resources
drawing
small group.
b
Can you describe the rhythm of the riff to a friend?
c
How long is the riff in measures or phrases?
playing to
It also helps if there is a drummer or
loop
active listening
write, and rehearse riffs of other musicians. Riffs which
in the assessments at the end of this chapter.
you can then
develop
to make your own.
Listen to the track on the playlist with a partner or
a
small group.
b
Can you describe the shape of the riff to a friend?
c
◆ Assessment opportunities
How does the riff provide structure to the track?
this activity you have practised skills that
In
assessed using Criterion A: Knowing and
are
understanding and Criterion C: Thinking creatively.
Think 12-bar blues.
Use the following questioning methods to structure your
Now using your answers, what is your verdict? Can you
thoughts:
identify elements that may have been developed differently
Do the two riffs use the same (for
rhythmic material
1
by Green Day?
example, the same quavers or 8th notes)?
2 Do the two riffs have the same melodic shape? (If they
the same instruments or tempo is not enough to say
Having
have ‘evidence’ of plagiarism. Look for specically repeated
you
have the same notes that is quite obvious, but does the
shape change direction? Go up and down the same
intervals, chords or phrases, then notate them to get
patterns,
nal answers. This is what would be called evidence!
your
way? Repeat the same steps or intervals?)
3 Do the two riffs have the same chord structures? (For
example, both might start in a different key but have
the same progression.) ‘Picture Book’ uses chords that
step up a perfect 4th each measure:
E – up four steps to – A – up four steps to – D – up four steps to – G, then halfsteps to E.
Whereas ‘Warning’ also starts this way, it steps up a
perfect 5th at the end:
A – up four steps to – D – up four steps to – G – steps down to – A, to start the riff anew.
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