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

Which musical
features define
a style?
exploration: Notating drums
Music
has always been a dominant feature of rock
Percussion
https://youtu.be/LjvwRSKVQNs as you follow Figure 4.26,
cord or draw the beats made by you and your
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to add to your portfolio.
partner
Figure 4.26 Drum pattern sketch inspired by
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We’re Young’ by Jhené Aiko
‘While
WHAT’S IN A BEAT?
ways to connect to the audience. Figure 4.27 breaks
down the main components of a traditional rock beat in
standard drum notation.
music, and with the creation of the 808 drum machine
in the early 80s, the sounds of kicks and snares have
To see what this looks like with actual songs, research
websites that offer free transcriptions of drum parts.
continued to develop in popular genres. We now have
access to so many beatmaking tools that everyone can
For example, The Drum Ninja at
http://thedrumninj a.com/drum-transcriptions
create a beat. In this section, we will investigate what
What this leads to is finding different tracks online that
goes into performing with drums, how they provide the
power to ‘lock in’ with the band and what exactly are the
you can transcribe (or notate parts from) simply by
listening to them. Listen to Jhené Aiko’s ‘While We’re
different patterns required for the styles we love.
Drums are meant to be performed. However, we also
Young’ or watch the clip on YouTube:
want to push the idea of what is creative – finding new
inspired by the drums in the track.
Figure 4.27 Example of notating drums in a rock style
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Hiphop is an evolution of rhythm and blues, soul,
Start programming your own beats right now with a
web app called Patatap:
rock, gospel and more. Along with the art of sampling,
www.patatap.com
https://drumbit.app
the rhythmic components that make up this genre are
or Drumbit
when seen visually. Charlie Hely is the creator Sit with a partner and develop a groove of 4 to 8
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amazing
, and he uses a measures. Use the web apps or
https://hiphoptranscriptions.com
behind
pen and ruler to transcribe rhythm visually. Investigate this
for inspiration.
https://hiphoptranscriptions.com
website and choose an example to add to your portfolio.
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