“Well my friends, the time has come…”FIRST LESSON BACK AT OATHALL COMMUNITY COLLEGE YEAR 10 GCSE MUSIC

JUNE 15-19, 2020

The purpose of today

is to (hopefully)

inspire you

with what you are capable of

by looking at the work

of another human

Just like you

who just makes music

with the

joy and love

of it.

Let’s just make some music first…

Your voice can also be a percussion instrument! WHAT!???

What do you mean it makes me feel good?

What culture do think this groove

might come from?

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“Oohs” and more “Oohs!” (easier version)

2

F G F C D Bb A

A F Db C A C D C G Bb A G

F Eb G F F Eb G F

These are the actual voices for the first 8 bars of Take 6…

I hope this can be our mantra/motto until the end of this course!

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“Well my friends, the time has come.

To raise the roof and have some fun.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspqYGz-Z1s

Watch whole thing please!

Activities (for at home this week)1) Listen/watch to the above “All Night Long” arrangement. Find three musical devices that you think Jacob uses

to help create energy or momentum in the piece and keep the listener’s interest. Write these three things down on a word document with a description of how you think they work.

2) This is an arrangement of a famous piece which has it’s own compositional building blocks. What linking ideas/material do you think has Jacob used make the arrangement seem like a whole new composition?

3) Write down and describe three textural instrumental contrasts that happen at the same time somewhere in the arrangement.

4) Go to the research page below and have a listen over this week of at least one of the examples given. I do recommend all of them so please do come back and visit the ones you missed over the summer.

The plan (for the course)• Solo performances recorded in September (3 minutes minimum).

• Composition 1 (free) to be completely finished by Dec 1.

• Sketch/collect out your ideas at home from now to September use me as your muse and composition mentor. Share the ideas so I can help give you encouragement and thoughts on them. These collected ideas can become the germ of your composition in September when you put them together at school (re-create them at school)

• 4 out of every 5 classes from September will be doing composition. One out of every 5 classes to work on ensemble skills, listening to music, practice writing exams questions etc.

• Students will be still need to dedicate at least one night every week after school on their compositions.

• Ensemble pieces (1 minute ensemble time minimum will be decided as soon as solo done. Plan is to record in December before Christmas break.

• Composition 2 (brief)will be started as soon as a student is satisfied with his/her work and/or Dec 1st (whichever is first). If not happy with comp 1 mark the student can continue on their own to work on comp 1 but class time post-Dec 1st must be exclusively toward completion of Comp 2.

We will prepare as if the exam board

is NOT expected to make changes or until

we hear otherwise.

Questions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAMc4K_NXsA

• LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN “All Night Long (feat. Take 6)” of Jacob Collier’s Grammy-winning arrangement.

Research Page – “To raise the roof…”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZP6nogQYPg

• SIR DUKE – Jacob Collier deconstructs a Stevie Wonder classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY8pCnKSSVg&list=RDsY8pCnKSSVg&start_radio=1&t=80

• Hideaway – Jacob Collier and the Metropole Orkest

Great learning & inspiration

”just” beautiful!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAwkGI-_adI

• All I Need – Jacob Collier (with Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign)Funny & cool!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

It doesn’t matter what you have or haven’t done until now (cause you can’t get it back anyway)

It all about what you do in the now.

Practice your instrument, write (compose) and dedicate yourself to your music.

Be kind to yourself.

ALL NIGHT LONG

Take 6 must listens….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWFOK3JQL2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-HuMGN-q84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBCu8kIxck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ene2ngaPLRM

Not everyone’s cuppa tea but … they can SING!!!!

“Feel it in your heart and feel it in your soul. Let the music take control!”