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

skills: Applying skills and knowledge in
Transfer
situations
unfamiliar
Using our listening skills and the two scale formulas we
1 Using the chords from the last activity, decide
2 Once you have chosen your key (C major or A minor,
1 How many riffs are there?
2 Can you perform the drum part in the chorus using
3 Using the grids below, sketch out how you want your
4 Refer to the model pieces we have studied as
this activity you have practised skills that are
In
using Criterion B: Developing skills and
assessed
Try to identify or perform the following items in the song:
To hear this in action, go to the track ‘Papaoutai’ (2013),
written by Belgian artist Stromae, on the playlist and
Hooktheory:
www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/stromae/papaoutai
It is composed in B minor and its chorus follows the
Continue listening after the sung part of the chorus.
natural minor scale formula with this repeated structure
of four chords:
body percussion?
iv VII i
(G major) (E minor) (A major) (B minor)
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Figure 4.23 Scale formulas for writing songs in major or minor
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ACTIVITY: Chords in rock and
chords to be performed. Decide in which order they
pop (part 2)
will go for the verse of 8 measures and chorus for
4 measures.
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ATL
examples to experiment with.
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Verse: _____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
Chorus: _____ _____ _____ _____
have studied so far, we will sketch out the beginnings of
our very own rock and / or pop song.
Remember: using your ears and instruments to listen is
the best way you create progressions from the formulas
whether you want to be in a major or minor key.
in Figure 4.23.
You have just written the skeleton of an original song.
for example), play through each of the chords on a
Now play it and start to think of which drum pattern you
keyboard or guitar or using the Smart Instrument
options on GarageBand.
will use.
◆ Assessment opportunities
Figure 4.24 Major or minor scale formulas can be
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Criterion C: Thinking creatively.
arranged automatically on GarageBand for iOS
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Music for the IB MYP 4&5: by Concept