Year 9
How can we fuse different musical styles and traditions into a new composition?
Year 9
How can we fuse different musical styles and traditions into a new composition?
Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn how to structure our ideas into a complete piece. We will then record and perform our finished fusion piece.
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7 Questions
Q1.
What styles did Mia fuse to create the song "Borders"?
Electrotango
Jazz and R&B
Q2.
How did Esperanza Spalding modernise jazz in her song "Black Gold"?
Horanawa instruments from Sri Lanka
Using music software
Q3.
In which style is this rhythm heard?
Afrobeat
Bhangra
Q4.
How does the chaal rhythm differ from other rhythms we have studied?
It is a straight rhythm
It is made up of semiquavers
Q5.
What does monophonic mean?
Many different layers at the same time; countermelody.
Similar movement; melody and accompaniment.
Q6.
What does polyphonic mean?
Similar movement; melody and accompaniment.
Solo; in unison; call and response.
Q7.
What does homophonic mean?
Many different layers at the same time; countermelody.
Solo; in unison; call and response.
6 Questions
Q1.
Which instrument from Trinidad and Tobago did Azealia Banks use in "Jumanji"?
Drum
Synthesiser
Q2.
Which West African drum was played on stage with Baaba Maal and Mumford and Sons?
Congas
Snare drum
Q3.
What structure is this?
Binary
Rondo
Q4.
What structure is this?
Song structure
Ternary
Q5.
What structure is this?
Binary with intro
Ternary
Q6.
What is fusion music?
When a producer creates a remix of a song
When new styles copy old styles