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KNOW: Off beat rhythm, Triads, Triplets, Steel pan

KNOW: Off beat rhythm, Triads, Triplets, Steel pan BE ABLE TO: Perform your own piece of Calypso music, Off-beat, . UNDERSTAND: Walking bass line, Calypso music. Timbre & Rhythm. Vocals. There’re also heavy links with African vocal music. Steel Pans: 112. African Rhythm.

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KNOW: Off beat rhythm, Triads, Triplets, Steel pan

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  1. KNOW:Off beat rhythm, Triads, Triplets, Steel pan BE ABLE TO:Perform your own piece of Calypso music, Off-beat, . UNDERSTAND:Walking bass line, Calypso music.

  2. Timbre & Rhythm Vocals There’re also heavy links with African vocal music. Steel Pans: 112 African Rhythm With the islands being inhabited with African slaves African music has a huge influence Calypso music. The rhythms are composed using lots of polyrhythm's.

  3. Calypso Music Calypso music comes from Trinidad and Tobago. The islands have a core population of descendants of African slaves, the French brought Carnival to Trinidad, and calypso competitions held at Carnivals grew in popularity, especially after the abolition of slavery in 1834. Calypso music was the original way of spreading news around the island.

  4. PERFORMANCE TASK:CALYPSO WARS TASK 1: In three’s perform the theme on the steel pans. QUESTION: What are these things with 3’s below them? TASK 2: In three’s perform the piano accompaniment on keyboard. QUESTION: Why are these chords called triads?

  5. PERFORMANCE TASK: CALYPSO WARS TASK 3: In three’s perform the bass line on the keyboard or the guitar.

  6. COMPOSITION TASK: Off beat Rhythm:Off beat The offbeat rhythm is the essential ingredient in calypso music. It generates the feel for the piece. Listen to the specials and detect the instrument playing the offbeat rhythm. http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/cntvEDbagAw

  7. Upper case numerals (II) – the chord is major Lower case numerals (ii) – the chord is minor COMPOSITION TASK: Chords G AmBmCDEmF#dimG Tone ToneSemiToneTone Tone ToneSemiTone I ii iii IV V vi VII VIII Tonic Supertonic Mediant Sub dominant Dominant Sub-mediant Relative minor Leading tone Octave

  8. … … … … … … … … … COMPOSITION TASK: Triads TRIADS: A chord of three notes: a bass note and notes a 3rd and 5th above it. TASK: Decode the triads below The Chord of G The Chord of C The Chord of D

  9. D G A B E F G C D TASK: Perform

  10. Walking Bass line: Perform

  11. Task: Compose your own piece of calypso music • Chord progression • Well structured • Vocal line • Walking bass • Off beat • C major scale • Authentic timbre • Accurate timing

  12. LISTENING PLENARY Q1: List the Timbre heard in this extract ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Q2: Comment on the bass guitar ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Q3: What is an Off beat rhythm? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Q4: What is a Triad? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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