1. Year 10 Music Area of Study 3: Popular Music in Context
Grace Jeff Buckley
Year 10 Music
Area of Study 3: Popular Music in Context

2. Learning Objectives To learn about the life and music of Jeff Buckley
To understand the context of his music relative to other music from the same time
To be able to recognise a verse-chorus structure
Learning Objectives

3. The 1990s Fashion Mobile phones Politics Music Nirvana U2
Metallica Green Day
Pink Floyd R.E.M.
Oasis RHCP RatM Blur
Radiohead
The 1990s

4. Grace Describe: The accompaniment Jeff Buckley’s singing
The structure of the song
The tonality (major or minor) of each section
Grace

5. Jeff Buckley Born 1966 in California Singer and guitarist
Son of Tim Buckley – a jazz/folk singer
Amazing vocal range – often used falsetto
Died in a swimming accident in 1997
Jeff Buckley

6. Grace 1994 Jeff Buckley’s only album Includes:
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Corpus Christi Carol (Benjamin Britten!)
Grace
And other tracks
Grace

7. Structure Intro Verses Choruses
What are the structural elements of a pop song?
Intro
Verses
Choruses
Bridge/Middle 8
Links
Outro
Structure

8. Typical Song Structure
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Link
Middle 8
Outro
Typical Song Structure

9. Which sections of Grace do you think are the verses and the choruses?
How many are there of each?
Verses & Choruses

10. Listen to Hallelujah, the Corpus Christi Carol and Grace from Jeff Buckley’s album Grace
Recordings on the VLE
Compare and contrast the structure, accompaniment and tonality of all three
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