REGGAE MUSIC MUSIC UNIT YEAR 10

IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

HISTORY

MUSICAL ORIGINS

CHARACTERISTICS

FEATURES

THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE MUSIC

YOU WILL DO THAT BY

WATCHING CLIPS

READING ABOUT THE HISTORY

LISTENING TO STORIES

PLAYING SOME SONGS

LISTENING TO SOME SONGS

ANALYSING MUSIC

LESSON 1

BEATS OF THE HEART – REGGAE DOCUMENTARY

AS YOU WATCH THIS ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

IMAGES

IN THE OPENING SCENE YOU WILL SEE SOME IMAGES AND HEAR SOME MUSIC

WRITE DOWN OR DRAW 6 IMAGES YOU SEE AND THEN DISCUSS WITH YOUR NEIGHBOUR HOW YU THINK THEY RELATE TO REGGAE MUSIC

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT..WHERE, WHY, WHO, WHAT, AND WHEN…..

NOTES

COPY THESE POINTS DOWN…

ORIGINS

WHERE DID THE JAMAICANS COME FROM?

WHO WERE THEIR GRANDPARENTS?

WHO WAS MARCUS GARVEY?

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS FACING JAMAICA?

MUSICAL ELEMENTS

TIMBRE

BEAT

LYRICS

TEMPO

FORM

MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

LESSON 2

DO NOW… QUICK 5,

KAUPAPA…To identify the sound and meaning of reggae…

YOUR GOAL…Listen

By the end of this lesson you will know how reggae is recorded and what the song buffalo soldier is about..

QUICK 5

what was the name of the poor suburb in Jamaica where Reggae was first jammed out

T………. Town

Jamaicans originally came from ……….

The beat in reggae is based on a ……….beat

Reggae came about in the 19……s

The harmony is played on the …………

Building a reggae song Cl

ip 9.30 mins

Who is the famous producer in the clip who has recorded Bob Marley and The Beatles.

……………………………………….

What instruments are recorded 1st?

…………………………………………

then what is added…

………………………………………………..

How would you describe the bass line?

……………………………………………………………..

What are some of the performance characteristics of the guitar?

………………………………….

What are some of the performance characteristics of the keyboard?

………………………………….

How does Scratch describe Reggae Music

Rhythm from the ………… Lyrics from the street

How many vocalists are there?

………………………..

One is singing the …………….., the others are singing the……………………………………

LYRICAL ANALYSIS

BUFFALO SOLDIER – BOB MARLEY

GROUP WORK

AS YOU LISTEN TO THIS SONG AND READ THE LYRICS WRITE DOWN OR DRAW WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS…

CHOOSE ONE LINE TO DISCUSS WITH THE CLASS…

Musical Elements

The best way to learn about the elements is to play them…

BEAT .The most important feature if Reggae music

is the ……………… beat

It falls on the ….. and ……. beats of a bar.

CLAP THIS BEAT

Musical Elements HARMONY

Harmony in a song is the ……. it is in and also the chords.

Most reggae songs only have three or four chords.

They are normally a mixture of …………. and ……………. chords

The major chords sound………….

the minor chords sound………………

This creates a ……………………………………………………..

STIR IT UP CHORDS

This song is on the key of …………….. Major

A major has ……….. #s

The notes of the scale are

……… ……… ………. …….. ……… ……. ……. …….

The three chords are A, D and E or chord 1, 4 and 5

They are all major chords (The formula is root, 4 the 3 semitones)

You play them like this

A= A, …. , …..

D= D, …., …..

E= E, ….., …..

LETS TRY AND PLAY ALONG…….

Musical Elements STIR IT UP BASS LINE, MELODY

A, C#, C# D, D C#

C#D , F# A A

E G# B

The guitar chords are A chord (Skank x4)

D chord (Skank x2), E chord (Skank x2)