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Exploring Harmony
and Accompaniments |
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This unit investigates some
of the different techniques of Musical Accompaniments through the exploration
of Folk Songs. The concept of Harmony,
relating specifically to Intervals, is reinforced through progressively more
complex Musical Accompaniments from a simple Pedal (octave), Drone and
Ostinato (fifth), to Chords as Triads, Broken Chords, Arpeggios and Alberti
Bass patterns (root, third, fifth).
The concept of Harmony is developed further in the exploration and
addition of Counter Melodies (in fourths and fifths) in Folk Songs. The unit takes “The
Wellerman” Sea Shanty as its case study where pupils sing and
perform the melody and add different forms of Musical Accompaniment patterns
and a Counter Melody using different intervals before creating their own
Musical Arrangement. Other Folk Songs
are also given in Lead Sheet notation: “Drunken
Sailor”, “Soldier Soldier”, “Scarborough
Fair” and “Early One Morning”, although teachers
may like to substitute these with regional or national Folk Songs from their
own area/country. During
this unit, pupils will develop their knowledge and understanding of Folk
Music as a “traditional” musical genre, explore the musical instruments,
timbres and sonorities commonly associated with Folk Music performance, the
texture and basic form and structure of Folk Songs and further their
knowledge of performing Chords in different Accompaniment patterns on either
keyboard/piano, guitar or ukulele. |
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Folk Music - Folk Songs
Lead Sheets |
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Folk Music - General
Resources |
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Folk Music - Cover and
Homework Activities |
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Folk Music - DOITNOW
(Starters) and Plenary Activities |
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Folk Music - “DOITNOW”
Presentation Cutting down on printables, file
storage and media files, the “new look” Musical Contexts “DOITNOW” Folk Music lesson openers Presentation
contains a wealth (only two samples
shown here), of effective “DOITNOW’s” when delivering the Folk Music unit in just one place - all audio
and video files are embedded and there’s accompanying Teacher’s Notes in the
“slide comments” section. |
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Folk Music - Plenary
Review Activities A series of lesson reviews where
pupils review their learning and understanding. |
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Folk Music - 5 Minutes
Silent Reading For teachers who prefer to begin
their lessons with quiet, focused openers.
All contain “Questions to Think About” which can also be used as Cover
or Homework tasks. |
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1. English Folk
Music |
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Folk Dance: Irish Jig and
Reel Resources Taken from the Musical
Contexts “Dance Music” unit |
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Folk Music - Scheme of
Work and Lesson Pathways |
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Folk Music - Scheme of
Work and Lesson Pathways Includes Scheme of Work Overview,
Unit Learning Objectives, Learning Outcomes and Lesson Pathways. |
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Folk Music - Sea Shanty
Case Study: “The Wellerman” |
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"The
Wellerman" includes a Song Sheet, Lyrics, Melody Lines (in Em) with and
without note names and progressive accompaniment patterns: tonic pedal,
drone, ostinato, chords (I, IV, V and III & VI in E natural minor) and
counter melody in 5ths together with thoughts on how to put together a Sea
Shanty arrangement (at home or at school). |
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Key Words,
Concepts and Musical Knowledge |
History and Types of Folk Music: Folk Song, Work
Song, Sea Shanty, Instrumental; Oral Tradition; Folk Song Accompaniments:
Pedal, Drone, Ostinato, Chords (on piano, keyboard, guitar or ukulele) as
Accompaniment: Triad, Broken Chord, Arpeggio, Alberti Bass; Harmony:
Intervals, 5ths; Arrangement, Lead Sheet; Basic Folk Song Structure:
Introduction (intro), Chorus/Refrain, Verse; Folk Song Textures: Melody,
Chords, Bass Line; Instruments of
Folk. |
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Music Theory |
Intervals |
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Links to GCSE
Music |
Traditional Music |
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Basic score analysis and listening to two
different versions of “Early One Morning”.
Constructing chords I, IV & V in F Major and choosing suitable chords to create an effective accompaniment
using different accompaniment patterns from chords. Contains teacher’s
notes and answers. |
“Drunken Sailor” includes a Song Sheet with Lyrics and Chords,
Vocal or instrumental Harmony Riffs, Chords (Keyboard, Guitar or Ukulele) to
create an accompaniment and two Counter Melody Harmony parts for pupils to
create their own Sea Shanty musical arrangement with varying harmony
accompaniment patterns. |
Presentation containing embedded audio extracts of ensemble
arrangements of the Sea Shanty “Drunken Sailor” for pupils to peer-assess in
terms of WWW (What Went Well)/EBI (Even Better If…), graded from least to
most effective with Teacher’s Notes in slide comments. |
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Listening questions and score reading on Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” (in E
flat Major). Contains answers. |
Identifying Intervals of 4ths and 5ths in
“Apple Tree Wassail” by The Waterstones aurally and score analysis (treble
and bass clef). Contains answers. |
Listening to Folk Music by
The Corrs Sorting musical features while listening to
two contrasting pieces of Folk/Folk Rock Music by The Corrs. Contains answers. |
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Listening to an
Arrangement of “Drunken Sailor” Listening questions on Malcom Arnold’s
arrangement of “Drunken Sailor”.
Contains answers.
First Shanty from Three Shanties for
Wind Quintet - Malcolm Arnold |
Listening questions on voices, instruments,
accompaniment and form and structure of English, Irish and American Folk
Songs. Contains
answers. |
Listening questions on voices, instruments,
roles, accompaniment and chords in “Bogie’s Bonny Belle” and “Rocky Road to
Dublin” Contains
answers.
Listening to Folk Music Audio -
“Bogie’s Bonny Belle” and “Rocky Road to Dublin” |
Creating a Musical
Arrangement Concept Map covering Personal, Physical,
Technology and Musical Resources for consideration when creating a Musical
Arrangement. |
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The Acoustic Guitar
and The Guitar Family Labelling parts of the acoustic guitar, simple
guitar knowledge questions and instruments in the guitar family. Can be done without using ICT. |
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“Soldier Soldier” includes a Song Sheet with Lyrics and
Chords, Full Score Piano Accompaniment in Treble and Bass Clefs (no note
names), Chords I, I7, IV, V, V7 (and
II7) for Keyboard, Guitar or Ukulele to create an accompaniment and a bass
line part for pupils to create their own musical arrangement with varying
harmony accompaniment patterns. |
Presentation containing embedded audio extracts of 3 ensemble
arrangements of “Soldier Soldier” for pupils to peer-assess in terms of WWW
(What Went Well)/EBI (Even Better If…), graded from least to most effective. |
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“Scarborough Fair” Lead
Sheets “Scarborough Fair” includes a Song Sheet with Lyrics,
Melody Line with note names, a Counter Melody Harmony Part and, because this
is written in the D Dorian Mode, an explanation of the scale and Chord
Patterns for pupils to create their own musical arrangement with varying
harmony accompaniment patterns. |
Presentation containing embedded audio extracts of 3 ensemble
arrangements of “Scarborough Fair” for pupils to peer-assess in terms of WWW
(What Went Well)/EBI (Even Better If…), graded from least to most effective. |
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Irish Jig and Reel
Study Guide A 5-page Study Guide introducing Irish Folk Dance (Jig and Reel),
instruments of Irish Folk Music, Listening Questions and a GCSE-style
Listening Question on Irish Jig and Reel.
Contains Teacher’s Notes and Answers.
Irish Jig and Reel Video 1 - Jig and Reel Dances in Action
Irish Jig and Reel Audio 1 - Irish Folk Music Instruments
Irish Jig and Reel Audio 2 - Listening to an Irish Jig and Reel
Irish Jig and Reel Audio 3 - Simple and Compound Time in Suite No.2
(Holst)
Irish Jig and Reel Audio 4 - Beat Grouping in Simple and Compound Time
Irish Jig and Reel Audio 5 - Listening to Irish Jigs and Reels
Irish Jig and Reel Audio 6 - GCSE-Style listening question on Irish
Jigs and Reels |
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Binary Form Irish Reel melody in 2/2 time with the option to create a
(drone) accompaniment using the chords of E minor and D Major.
Audio Example on Cooley’s Reel Audio |
Binary Form Irish Jig melody in 6/8 time with 1st and 2nd time bars in
G Major. Pupils create Chords I, IV and V in G Major and create a suitable jig
accompaniment. |
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