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

What is a concerto?
1 In groups, a list of at least 12 questions
brainstorm
to the jazz idea of
related
and deeper questions: Why…? What
detailed
happen if…? Suppose that…? What if
would
musicians…? What if we knew what
Baroque
performers knew…? What is the purpose of
the
Can it be written down?
improvising…?
the brainstormed list and select one or more
Review
2
concerto
the Baroque era of the 17th Century, most notably
during
you finish your discussion, turn to the playlist
Before
listen to trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie’s bebop number
and
Peanuts’. This track has a characteristic refrain of
‘Salt
Peanuts based around the interval of an octave.
Salt
tune is also a contrafact of Gershwin’s song ‘I Got
The
with the same 32-bar AABA structure and
Rhythm’,
for each instrument’s solo from approximately
Listen
and describe the shape and rhythm of their playing:
1’20
3 : What new ideas do you have about the topic
continuo supporting them.
12 To what extent is Jazz actually Baroque music in disguise? 339
QUESTION STARTS
What are the thought
to improvise ?
What does it mean
create
processes, or techniques needed to
a solo?
Use
improvisation. to help you think of more
question starters
harmony.
these
b c d
piano, saxophone, trumpet, drums.
a
Reflect
that you didn’t have before?
improvisation
of
questions to discuss as a group.
Figure 12.20 ‘Salt Peanuts’ transcription with trumpet at concert pitch
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THE CONNECTIONS OF RHYTHM, HARMONY AND MELODY
The
became a foundational feature of solo works
Vivaldi established the concerto principle of a solo
instrument taking turns to
against a collective
improvise
in the solo concerti of Antonio Vivaldi for mandolin or lute.
group of instruments called the
(an Italian cooking
ripieno
Watch the first movement of Vivaldi’s ‘Mandolin Concerto
term for ‘stuffing’). If an instrument were to perform as a
If there
solo concerto .
in C major, RV 425’, written in 1725, as performed by
soloist, the composition was called a
more than one soloist, it was called a .
concerto grosso
were
mandolinist Avi Avital (b. 1978) on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/aXBWrNN64z8
Then underneath these sections of soloist and ‘stuffing’
was the
(viola da gamba and harpsichord)
basso continuo
providing the rhythmic and harmonic foundation. This is not
dissimilar from a typical jazz ensemble with a bass, piano
and drum kit acting as the backline to the frontline soloists.
In Vivaldi’s concertos, the emphasis was placed on the
importance of the soloist, with the
and
ripieno
basso
Figure 12.21 Avi Avital and mandolin
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