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

skills: Using a variety of media to
Communication
with a range of audiences
communicate
this activity you have practised skills that
In
assessed using Criterion A: Knowing and
are
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ACTIVITY: EDM drum mapping
Latin American, hip-hop and Caribbean music). Tropical
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ATL
house sticks to the dominant kick on each down-beat,
adding percussive sounds on individual 16th-note spaces
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(semi-quavers) in each measure. See
https://splice.com/blog/tips-to-for-producing-tropical-house
By mixing traditional notation and a grid-style map that
Part 3: Transfer to body percussion
you are more likely to see in digital audio workstations
Logic Pro X or Ableton, we get to contrast many
In groups of four, choose one of these rhythms to perform
as a percussion ensemble. Divide the kick, snare, hats and
different styles of electronic drum beats. Get your
portfolio ready and take notes on how you can identify
other effects among different performers. Your aim is to
hold the entire beat as a loop, while playing only one part
most genres from their beats!
each. Reflect on how well you achieve this.
Part 1: House music
Rhythm is very important and even the smallest change
Below is the generic pattern for a
house music
beat.
produces a different groove.
Each layer of the drum kit has been rendered into a grid
format of quavers (8th notes) that you read from left to
right, for a 4-measure group.
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Part 2: World influences
Tropical House is just one variant of
house music made
popular by artists Thomas Jack and Kygo. It has a drum
understanding and Criterion B: Developing skills.
pattern similar to reggaetón (a style that is a mixture of
Figure 4.28 House pattern drawn in software called Ableton Live
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Figure 4.29
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Tropical house
beat drawn in Ableton Live. Notice the use of extra percussion in the grid