2012 Rhinegold EducationLesson objectives To learn about the style and features of jazz music To learn about the instruments used in jazz To learn about some famous jazz performers

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2012 Rhinegold EducationThe following extracts can be viewed on YouTube here:

Louis Armstrong: The Bare Necessities Leona Lewis: Summertime Scott Joplin: The Entertainer A trad jazz band Glen Miller: In The Mood Charlie Parker: Ko-Ko Miles Davis: All Blues Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Girl from Ipanema Ella Fitzgerald: One Note Samba

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Introduction 2012 Rhinegold EducationJazz developed in the USA in the early 1900s, fusing European harmonies and African rhythms with other types of music.

Jazz developed rapidly into different styles such as trad, swing, bebop, cool and Latin.

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Structure of a jazz performance 2012 Rhinegold EducationA typical jazz performance has this structure:The solos are improvised: made up on the spot.

Styles of jazz 2012 Rhinegold Education

TradEnergetic and lively, featuring thebanjo and clarinetSwingBigger bands made up largely of brass instruments

BebopFast with complex harmonies andvirtuosic solos

LatinInfluenced by Brazilian andCuban rhythmsCoolEasy-going and laid-back: a reaction against bebop1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s

Famous jazz musicians 2012 Rhinegold EducationElla Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong Charlie Parker Miles Davis19171996A great jazz singer19011971A famousjazz trumpeter19201955A virtuosicjazz saxophonist19261991Anotherfamous jazztrumpeter

Written Activity 1:test your jazz knowledge 2012 Rhinegold EducationWhen and where did jazz start to develop?Name two frontline instruments and two rhythm section instruments.Describe swing rhythm, and name a type of jazz that tends not to use it.Name a famous jazz vocalist.Name a famous jazz trumpeter.What does improvisation mean?Name a famous jazz tune.What does the term head mean in jazz?What style developed first trad jazz or swing?

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Written Activity 2: jazz features 2012 Rhinegold Education

Type of jazzDate when this style became popularMusical featuresFamous artistsTradScott JoplinSwing1930s 1940sLatinCoolMiles DavisBebopMid-1940s

Written Activity 3: describing jazz 2012 Rhinegold EducationProduce a guide to jazz for someone who has never heard it before.

Include key words, facts aboutinstruments and performers, andfeatures of different jazz styles.

Illustrate your guide with imagesif you have time.

Practical Activity 1:bass line and melody composition 2012 Rhinegold EducationPractise playing this jazz bass line (or make up your own):

Improvise some melodies over the top of your bass line, using the blues scale in the key of A:

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Practical Activity 2:experimenting with scat singing 2012 Rhinegold EducationListen to an example of scat singing such as Ella Fitzgeralds One Note Samba. Then improvise your own vocal line using syllables such as these:

Doo Shoo Ba Wap Boo

Try scat singing over this bass line:

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