1. Jazz and Blues Stage 3

2.  MUS3.1 Sings, plays and moves to a range of music, individually and in groups, demonstrating a knowledge of musical concepts.  MUS3.2 Improvises, experiments, selects, combines and orders sound using musical concepts.  MUS3.3 Notates and discusses own work and the work of others.  MUS3.4 Identifies the use of musical concepts and symbols in a range of musical styles.

3. Quality Teaching DimensionsElement descriptors Intellectual Quality Active construction Substantive Communication – listening, participation, composition, utilising various instruments - ongoing through the unit, evidenced in mind maps, classroom dialogue and assessment task Quality Learning Environment Engagement Self -direction - a variety of presentation formats – IWB, youtube, CD, hands on instruments Composition and arrangement Significance – Prior knowledge Cultural Knowledge Narrative -Pretest, cultural perspectives -the birth of these styles in historical and cultural contexts -Underground Railroad, hollar field songs

4. Music RhythmTextureTimbrePitchDynamics Beat and meter HarmonyMelodyKey

5.  Jazz This style of music was created in New York, after World War 1 in the 1920s. Style – triplets behind the beat, characterised by improvisation, syncopation, steady tempo *Swing –bigger bands, more organised and structured. *Bebop – smaller ensembles and less organised music, more solos, Jam session – the equivalent of religion, the supernatural moment when art was created. Famous performers: Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone

6.  Blues History – created in the southern states of the USA at the beginning of the 20 th century. Roots were from African American slave songs (Underground Railroad codes) Style – acoustic, electrical, Ragtime – led the way for Rock ‘n’ Roll, Famous performers: BB King, Muddy Waters, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey

7.  Pretest – mind map elements of music, jazz and blues.  Write up the elements of music diagram.  What is Jazz?  Listen – what can you hear? SummertimeSummertime, Whatever Lola wants, Feeling GoodWhatever Lola wantsFeeling Good  Write notes – what elements of music are emphasized?  Notes on what makes jazz.

8.  What is Blues?  Listen – what can you hear? Memphis BluesMemphis Blues, Crazy Blues, ThinkCrazy BluesThink Boogie Woogie  Write notes – what elements of music are emphasized?  Notes on what makes blues  Analyse – create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast these two styles of music.

9.  Perform – Jazz  It don’t mean a thing It don’t mean a thing  CD Sing  Remix Remix  Lyrics  Beat and rhythm  Ostinato

10.  Perform – Blues  Lyrics  Beat and rhythm  Ostinato  NB bring instruments for next lesson

11.  12 bar blues – repeated, 3 x 4 bar segments (1 st, 4 th, 5 th )  Listen – impro, guitar instructionsimproguitar  Theory – matching melody and harmony, restricting tempo, format AABA, 4 chords, varied rhythm  Blues scale – flattened fifth, pianopiano  Experiment – piano, keys, own instruments  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAax- 4wH0g&feature=related Boogie Woogie tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAax- 4wH0g&feature=related

12.  Improvisation  Combing melody and harmony – what chords go with what scales  Noodling – experimenting, improvise and play around until you find something you like!  AABA (8 measures in each, As have slight variation and the B serves as a bridge)  Audacity / Finale notepad /garage band /

13.  Post Test - mind map elements of music, jazz and blues.  Observation of performance – ability to move, sing, and note elements and concepts of music.  Explain to a friend / family member how to play and improvise around the 12 bar blues  Compose a piece –record and upload to wikispace!

14.  From Students:  From Teacher:  From Peers:

15.  Use windows photo story or photo peach to create a piece with jazz related pictures and jazz music in the background.  Learn and play a jazz piece – perhaps record it and load it onto the wikispace.  Find a blues song that was used for the Underground Railroad in the American civil war – can you decode it and explain to another?

16.  http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnerstheory/ a/musicelements.htm [4/10/11] http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnerstheory/ a/musicelements.htm  http://www.enotes.com/jazz/historical- background [4/10/11] http://www.enotes.com/jazz/historical- background  http://www.scaruffi.com/history/jazz8.html http://www.scaruffi.com/history/jazz8.html  http://www.kennedy- center.org/programs/jazz/ambassadors/Lesson1. html http://www.kennedy- center.org/programs/jazz/ambassadors/Lesson1. html  http://web.li.gatech.edu/~rdrury/700/write/sp 2_01/jazz/tempforjazz.htm http://web.li.gatech.edu/~rdrury/700/write/sp 2_01/jazz/tempforjazz.htm  http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_b luesong.html http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_b luesong.html  http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/lessons.html http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/lessons.html