Minimalism Aims and Objectives of this lesson To be able to play Tubular Bells and add chords to the melody To listen to Tubular Bells and recognise minimalist features

Adding Chords to Your Melody 1 st Chord 2 nd Chord 3 rd Chord 4 th Chord 5 th chord E D C B A E D C B A C B A G F C B A G F A G F E D A G F E D

Minimalism Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield Demo track rejected by all major record companies companies Finally accepted by Richard Branson Worked on his master version for 12 months playing all 21 Instruments by himself playing all 21 Instruments by himself Used minimalist technique of LAYERING Stayed in the album charts for 264 weeks! His second album was knocked off the top spot by his first album album

Tubular Bells There are 2 versions: Original Version Orchestral version Name the instruments as you hear them entering the music What instruments does Mike Oldfield call out at the end of the original piece?

Homework Compose an 8 note melody (tune) Choose from these notes: C D E F G A B