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

by Dizzy Gillespie in 1945, this bebop work
Written
all the components we need to play the game
has
of sequence. Using your active-listening skills, can
out
put the piece back into the correct order? Write the
you
is it; arpeggios, bebop scales, triplet rhythms, and
This
your own solos! This mission will combine each
creating
a series of your own lines and phrases for each
prepare
of Coltrane’s ‘Equinox’. Examples have been given
chord
order into your portfolio or perform the melodic
correct
as an ensemble. You can ask a classmate to drum a
line
and rhythms, and then writing those down, should
lines
your ultimate goal.
be
you have rehearsed these and made up some of
When
own, you can teach them to a friend. Short, simple
your
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ACTIVITY: Groovin’ High
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ATL
steady quarter-note or swing pattern as accompaniment.
Collaboration skills: Encouraging others to contribute
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may want to draw a graphic version of the melody first to
You
up to the notation.
match
match them up. With this version of the game, you are
◆ Assessment opportunities
fragments
and
provided with the tune chopped up into
this activity you have practised skills that are
In
using Criterion D: Responding.
assessed
puzzle pieces separated by double barlines. Copy the measures into your portfolio in
Groovin’ High
Figure 5.45
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the correct order. (The first and last bars are already done.)
ACTIVITY: ‘Equinox’ improvisation experiments
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ATL
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skills: Combining knowledge,
Transfer
and skills to create products or
understanding
solutions
phrases, based on chord tones and scales always work best.
◆ Assessment opportunities
activity and exploration.
Using
the diagram below,
this activity you have practised skills that are
In
using Criterion B: Developing skills and
assessed
Criterion C: Thinking creatively.
that you can practise. However, making up your own
Figure 5.46 Chords from ‘Equinox’ with improvisation over chord tones and bebop scales
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