Year 9

How can we develop ideas in fusion music?

Year 9

How can we develop ideas in fusion music?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will find our inspiration in order to create our own fusion piece. We will identify which cultural styles and ideas to develop through different composition techniques such as repetition, variation, and call and response.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Name two West African drums
Snare and bass drum
Tabla and bongos
Correct answer: Talking drum and djembe
Q2.
Where did this instrument originate?
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England
Correct answer: Ireland
Wales
Q3.
Name this set of pitches
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Correct answer: Aeolian mode on C
Bb minor
C harmonic minor
Q4.
What is a drone?
A chord played as an arpeggio throughout the song.
A chord played in a staccato rhythm.
Correct answer: A note or chord continuously sounded throughout a piece.
Q5.
What style of fusion is "Release" by Afro Celt Sound System?
American jazz and West African traditions.
Reggae and dubstep.
Correct answer: Traditional West African, Celtic and western electronic sounds.
Q6.
How did travel help Afro Celt Sound System form?
Correct answer: People from West Africa and Ireland travelled to England to experiment and find the band's sound.
Simon Emmerson liked to fly.
Travel brings people from different cultures together.

6 Questions

Q1.
How long is the piece you need to create?
Correct answer: 1 minute
2 minutes
3 minutes
Q2.
How many styles of music is the film company asking you to fuse for the travel documentary?
1
Correct answer: 2
5
Q3.
Which style of music includes this melodic feature?
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Afro Celt Sound System
Bhangra
Correct answer: Electrotango
Q4.
Which fusion includes this harmonic feature?
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Correct answer: Afro Celt Sound System
Afrobeat
Bhangra
Q5.
Which of these compositional techniques could be used to extend an idea?
Playing the same part in a different octave.
Remove some of the notes.
Correct answer: Repetition.
Q6.
What does tonal mean?
Correct answer: The parts/pitches fit with one another harmonically.
The piece is in a minor key.
The pitches create a clashing sound.