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Exploring
Songs and Music from the Stage |
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New resources
are being developed for this unit and will appear soon. Please see the
older-style “Musicals” unit below for resources. |
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Musical Contexts Legacy Secondary/KS3 Unit
- Musicals |
Musical Contexts “IN ACTION” - Cellblock Tango
Hear a selection of Year 9 Mixed Ability
Classes approach the whole class performance task of
“Cellblock Tango” from
“Chicago” from Musical
Contexts.
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Supporting Activities - Cover & Homework
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Exploring Songs from the Stage |
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This unit explores songs and
music from the stage, beginning with an exploration into “What makes up a
musical?” Pupils explore the history
and developments of elements of a musical, from their origins in opera, before
exploring the impact of an “opening number” (‘All That Jazz’) in terms of
chords and vamps, putting together a group performance. Pupils move onto rehearse a full class
performance of ‘Cellblock Tango’ (also from “Chicago”), with some great
accompanying pupil audio tracks! The
unit ends with a choice of pathways - teachers can select whether pupils
compose their own scene from a musical based on visual stimuli of a slave marketplace,
or whether to continue the performance focus of the unit and allow pupils to
work on a group performance of a song from a musical - there are plenty of
arrangements in a range of difficulty levels here! |
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Key Words,
Concepts and Musical Knowledge |
Opera, Oratorio, Chorus/Company, Recitative, Solo
Songs, Arias, Duets/Trios, Ensembles, Chorus/Company Numbers, Overture,
Finale, Lyrics, Libretto, Opera Bouffe, Vaudeville, Chorus, Verse, Voice
Types and Ranges: Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass,
Through Composed, Strophic, Action Songs, Character Songs, Lyrical Melodies,
Ballads, Comedy Songs. |
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Music Theory |
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Links to GCSE
Music |
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Score
1 - “All That Jazz” - Chords & Bass Line
Score
2 - “All That Jazz” - Melody, Chords, Bass Line & Full Score
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Sheet 1 - “All That Jazz” Song Example on Audio 1 MIDI 1 - Song Melody; MIDI 2 - Chords (intro); MIDI 3 - Bass Line (intro); MIDI 4 - Chords & Bass Line
together (intro) MIDI 5 - Chords (complete); MIDI 6 - Bass Line (complete); MIDI 7 - Melody, Chords & Bass
Line together |
Song
Sheet 2 - Songs from “Chicago” (lyrics only) All That Jazz - Song Example on Audio
1 When You’re Good to Mama - Song
Example on Audio 3 They Both Reached for the Gun - Song
Example on Audio 4 Funny Honey - Song Example on Audio 5 |
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What does a Musical contain? (uses Videos 1, 2 & 3) |
“Chicago” Part 1 |
“Chicago” Part 2 |
“Chicago” Part 3 |
Songs from Musicals |
Listening to Songs from Musicals (uses Audio 7) |
Evaluating “All That Jazz” Performances |
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Learning about Opera (uses Audio 8-11 & Video 2) |
Opera Aria Example |
Opera Recitative Example |
Opera Chorus Example |
Opera Bouffe Example |
Historic Vaudeville Acts |
Composing a scene from a musical - The Marketplace |
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Scheme of
Work |
Lesson Plan
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Lesson Plan
(DOC) |
Lesson
Bundles (ZIP) Download all the resources you need for each lesson
(excluding video files) in a ZIP file. |
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Lesson 1 Exploring the origins of Musicals |
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Lesson 2 Exploring an Opening Musical Number |
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Lesson 3 Exploring a complete song from a Musical |
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Lesson 4 Exploring a Chorus song with Solos |
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Lessons 5 & 6A Composing a Scene from a Musical |
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Lessons 5 & 6B Performing a Song from a Musical |
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Chicago - Plot and Characters |
Chicago Crossword |
Musicals Word Search |
The History of the Musical |
Musicals Timeline |
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What? Where? When? Why? |
Musicals Brainstorm Template |
Musicals Picture Quiz |
Opera or Musical? Listening Quiz (uses Audio 2) |
Watching a scene from a Musical (uses Video 4) |
“Razzle
Dazzle” - Chicago on Stage |
My Musicals Learning |
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Song Sheet 3 - “Cellblock Tango” (lyrics only)
Score 3 - “Cellblock Tango” - Performing Sheet Song Example on Audio 6 MIDI 8 - Cellblock Tango Percussion
Rhythms MIDI 9 - Chorus Chords & Bass
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Song Sheet 4 - Songs from “Grease” MIDI 10 - Song Melody & Melody
Line; MIDI 11 - Chords; MIDI 12 - Bass Line: MIDI 13 - All parts together
Score 5 - “Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee” MIDI 14 - Song Melody & Melody
Line; MIDI 15 - Chords; MIDI 16 - Bass Line: MIDI 17 - All parts together MIDI 18 - Song Melody & Parts 1
& 2 together; MIDI 19 - Bass
Line: MIDI 20 - All parts together |
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Score 7 - “Any Dream Will Do” from ‘Joseph’ MIDI 21 - Melody Line: MIDI 22 - Chords MIDI 23 - Bass Line; MIDI 24 - Melody, Chords & Bass
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Score 8 - “Memory” from ‘Cats’ MIDI 25 - Melody Line: MIDI 26 - Chords MIDI 27 - Bass Line; MIDI 28 - Melody, Chords & Bass
Line |
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