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- What sounds good about the performance? Give a MUSICAL reason and why you think it sounds good.
- What do we need to work on to improve it? Why will it improve it?
- What is the name of the Blues chord structure of this piece of music? (HINT: it's to do with the number of bars).
- What is the name of the style of beat? (It sounds a bit like a horse galloping).
- What is it called when a performer makes something up on the spot?
- Make sure that you write in full sentences and in as much detail as possible
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1. The music sound good because it includes 2 different sound that play at the same time.
ReplyDelete2. The girls could have a sheet that tells us what numberers are when. This would help because sometimes some people sing the wrong number.
3. Im not sure what its called but is it a 12 chord form?
4. The style of best is something that keeps on repeating it self every so often.
5. when you make something up on the spot, its called improvisation .
Sp/Gr/P: Sound - "sounds". Best - "beat".
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Target: You've suggested a way for people to sing more confidently, but what else do you think makes a strong vocal delivery? What effect do you think this would have had on the class' performance?
3) It is called the 12-bar-blues chord structure.
Delete4) The style of beat is called a swung rhythm.
3) It is called the 12-bar-blues chord structure.
Delete4) The style of beat is called a swung rhythm.
Isobel swallow.
Delete12 bars blues is the chord structure in the song.
The beat is called swung rhythm .
The performance sounded good because of the two different sounds at the same time.
ReplyDeleteWe need to make sure that we know what we are doing at each time without the teacher.
The name of the blues structure is swing.
The name of the style of the beat is percussion.
The name of when the performer makes a beat up on the spot is Improvising or freestyle.
Lucy Howard 8HM
Corrections: Read other pupil's comments to correct your response to the name of the Blues chord structure and the name of the beat/rhythm.
DeleteTarget: What techniques could you use in your group to make sure everyone knows what to play/sing? What effect do you think this would have on the class performance?
1. 12 bar blues
Delete2. Swing
3. We can work separately until we know what we are doing and gradually bring other people in until we have the whole group ready
4. This will give us a big impact on our group as we will be in time
Hi its Ben Stark. HM
ReplyDeleteI thought it went ok because everyone was getting the pitch of their voices right. To improve, no laughing in the background and That will improve it as it will make is sound more slick. the name is 12 bar blues. The style of beat is jazz. When someone makes something up on the spot its called spontaneous.
Sp/Gr/P: Use more formal language, for example, "okay" not "ok".
DeleteCorrections: Read other pupil's comments to correct your response to the name of the blues beat/rhythm and also the name for the term when something is made up on the spot.
Target: What do you think makes a strong vocal delivery? How could this be applied to this performance?
I think that what makes a strong vocal delivery is a good singer that wants to sing, who ever is watching. We could apply this to the performance by not picking who we want to be with but by picking someone that might be good in our group.
Delete1) At the beginning i think it sounds good because we are all in time with each other and keeping to the beat.
ReplyDelete2) To improve it, we could break it down and learn it bit by bit. This will improve it because it will stop s forgetting parts as we would be learning to much at one time.
3) It is called the 12-bar-blues chord structure.
4) The style of beat is called a swung rhythm.
5) When a performer makes something up on the spot it is called improvisation.
By Thomas Westcott, HM
Target: Write more than one sentence to describe the music and make sure to use a musical keyword such as harmony, melody, vocals.
Delete1) (re-written) At the beginning of the recording I think we all did well to keep in sync with each other and keep to the beat. In addition to this, I think we kept well to the melody of the piece of music when performing this.
Delete9Add on to end of question 2) 2) I also think we could practice balancing the volume of the harmony because one side was quite often overpowering the other so you could only hear the louder side.
Thomas Westcott, HM
1)I think that our performance is good because it is recognisable as a blues tune. 2)To improve the piece we could be more in time with each other. This will improve it because when music is in time it sounds MUCH better. 3)I I I I, IV IV I I, V IV I I. 4)The rhythm is called a Swing 5)Improvising is when a performer makes something up on the spot.
ReplyDeleteSp/Gr/P: Make sure you leave a space after the question number, i.e. "1) I think..."
DeleteCorrections: Good use of the chord numbers in Q3; read other pupil responses and see if you can name that blues chord structure.
Target: What techniques could you use in your group to make sure a steady beat was kept by all members? What effect do you think this would have had on the music?
To keep a steady beat I think we could make the drummer give us a steady beat so that we know that we are in time. I think that this will effect our music by keeping us in time.
Delete1)the performance has a very clear 1111 44444 5555 and and a very clear bass line ( bom bom bom bom )
ReplyDelete2)we could improve by using a base guitar and the actually chords
3)a 12 chord song based on 1-4-5
4)it is called a swing rhythm
5)its called a improvisation
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DeleteCorrections: Read other pupil's comments to correct your Q3 response.
Target: What do you think makes a strong vocal delivery? How could this be applied to this performance?
3) 12 bar blues
Deletetarget: I think that balanced number of people and a balanced volume makes a strong vocal delivery.
1)There is good harmony between the girls bit and the boys bit
ReplyDelete2)The girls need to get the numbers right
3)The name of the blues chord structure is called12-bar Chrord progression
4)The name of the style of beat is called swing
5)When someone makes something up on the spot, it's called improvising
Sp/Gr/P: Make sure you leave a space after the question number, i.e. "1) There...". End your sentences with full stops (.).
DeleteTarget: What could you do in your group to make sure everyone knows when to sing their correct part and also sing at the right time? What effect do you think this would have?
To make sure everyone is on time we could have a countdown (3,2,1) or have a certain amount of beats before each verse.
DeleteTo make sure everyone sings the correct part we can learn the part and practise together.
I think it would make the performance cleaner and more powerful if we know when to sing and have accurate timing.
1. I think at the start of the recordings we had good rhythm.
ReplyDelete2. i think we need to work on timing and pitch. It will improve the performance and make it cleaner.
3. The blues chord structure is called a 4 beat chord structure.
4. The tonic scale is what the style of beat is called.
5. When someone makes up a beat on the spot is called improvising.
Sp/Gr/P: Make sure you use a capital letter when using “I” every time.
DeleteCorrections: Read other pupil's comments to correct your Q4 response.
Target: What could the class do to make sure everyone is singing the right notes? What effect do you think that would have on the performance?
4) It is called a swing rhythm.
DeleteThe class could go round in a circle and each sing the note that they think is right. This will help the pitch and tone of our performance.
i think apart from the chatting the sounds were good and recouldnisable.To improve we need people to be in time with eachother.the blues chord structure is I-IV-V.the beat is a steady but they add a slight twist to it. when a performer makes somthing on the spot its called improvisation.
ReplyDeleteSp/Gr/P: Make sure you leave a space after every full stop. Start all new sentences with capital letters.
DeleteCorrections: Read other pupil's comments to correct your response to the blues chord structure name (but you've named the correct chords - I, IV, V). Also correct the name of the blues beat/rhythm.
Target: What techniques could you use in your group to make sure a steady beat was kept by all members? What effect do you think this would have had on the music?
Sophia Sutcliffe HM
ReplyDelete1. we are all loud in our performance which was good
2. we need to be more clear if we were needing to improve
3.the 12 bars blues form
4.
5.impro is when a performer makes something up on the spot
Sp/Gr/P: Start all new sentences with capital letters. Make sure you leave a space after every question number.
DeleteCorrections: Read other pupil's comments to correct your Q4 and Q5 response.
Target: How could you have used the keyword "dynamics" when talking about being more "clear"?
corrections
DeleteThe tonic scale is what the style of beat is called.
When someone makes up a beat on the spot is called improvising
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sorry sir don't quite get what you mean i think you mean use more musical key words but don't really know
Henry Wells
ReplyDeleteI think the timing of the performance works well, the swapping groups was not noticeable
The pronouncing of the 1 is not very good it sounds like nununununun
not sure but it think it is 5 bars??
Jump or skip beat or something like that
improvising or improvisation
Sp/Gr/P: End your sentences with full stops (.).
DeleteCorrections: Read other pupil's comments to correct your response to the name of the blues chord structure and the name of the blues beat/rhythm.
Target: What do you think makes a strong vocal delivery? How could this be applied to this performance?
What I think is good about the performance is the pitch because you hear high notes and low notes.
ReplyDeleteI think we need to work on improving the timing because it sounds like an echo as the timing is off.
The name of the blues chord structure is twelve bar blues.
The name of the style of beat is called swing.
When a performer makes something up on the spot it is called improvisation.
Target: What techniques could you use in your group to make sure a steady beat was kept by all members? What effect do you think this would have had on the music?
DeleteWe could have kept a steady beat if there was one person leading the group.
DeleteIt would have made it sound smoother and it would flow a lot better
By Zoe McCandlish
I couldn't find my comment so I will reply to this one.
DeleteIn our group to make a steady beat we could use the drums this would make the music more upbeat and it could make it faster.
I think it's a good performance because we planned out the timing of it and discussed it. We need to improve our voices being higher and louder so we could hear it. The blues chord is 7. The style of the beat is horse galloping. It is called impervitation.
ReplyDeleteSp/Gr/P: Improvisation.
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Target: How could you have used the keyword "dynamics" when talking about loudness?
Q3: The name of the blues chord structure is twelve bar blues.
DeleteQ4:The name of the style of beat is called swing.
Sir could you explain this to me in the lesson because I don't really understand it thank you
I felt that our performance was good as we stayed in time for the majority of it. we need to work on sounding the same as some voices really cut through and others you could barely hear. the blues chord structure is called a twelve bar progression. when a performer makes something up on the spot it is called improvisation.
ReplyDeleteTarget: What could you do in your group to make sure everyone knows when to sing their part at the right time? What effect do you think this would have?
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We could organise it and rehearse it.i think this would give us a better performance and mark because there would be no need for mistakes.
DeleteI think to help people sing all at the right time we could have someone keeping a constant beat and bringing people in. I think this will make the whole thing sound smoother and more together.
DeleteI think to help people sing all at the right time we could have someone keeping a constant beat and bringing people in. I think this will make the whole thing sound smoother and more together.
DeleteI think to help people sing all at the right time we could have someone keeping a constant beat and bringing people in. I think this will make the whole thing sound smoother and more together.
Deletejoe clarke.
ReplyDelete1.I don,t think it sounds very good but i could hear a little beat.
2. we need to improve the timing and stop people laughing.
3. 8 bar blues
4. The style of music that sounds like a horse galloping, is jazz or pop
5. It is called improvising when someone makes something up on the spot.
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Target: What techniques could you use in your group to make sure a steady beat was kept by all members? What effect do you think this would have had on the music?
To make sure everyone has a good beat you could all tap for feet in time or maybe clap in time to make sure your all singing in time with the background music or instruments and so that your singing in time with each other. This will make your piece sound a lot better because it will be in time and have a good beat
DeleteEvie
1) a good thing about the performance is the timing.
ReplyDelete2) we need to improve about keeping the same pitch when needed
3) the name of the blues structure is 12 bar blues
4) the name of the the style of the beat is de dum de dum
5) when a performer makes something up on the spot it's called improvisation
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DeleteTarget: What could the class do to make sure everyone is singing the right notes? What effect do you think that would have on the performance?
4) the style of music is called a swing
DeleteTo make sure everyone is singing the correct notes I would suggest that we put each person who is singing the same note into groups so the would know what everybody else is doing around them
It would have a good effect because the song would be more powerful and come together better
I thought the first bit of music wasn't very good and it didn't really sound like the blues however the second bit of music was good and it sounded a little bit more bluesy. The instruments in the first bit of music were just two electric guitars but in the second one there was a harmonica. The name of the blues structure is 12 bar blues. I think we stuck to that in our music and we also made our music the beat of a house galloping which is called de dum de dum. I don't think the singers were improvising which is where a person makes stuff up on the spot.
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a way that we know when we are supposed to sing could be a sound from the instruments or a stomp or clap that is a sign t start singing.
Delete1) one thing that sounds the same is the guitars and another thing is they both use drums.
ReplyDelete2) two thing that sound different is 1=one of them sing 2= the 1st one isn't as exciting.
3) I think they are different because the have a different sound i mean by this is that the 1st one is slow and not that loud, but the second one is really fast and has a different tune.
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DeleteWhat instrument and part were you playing? i was playing the piano.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you learn? how to play C,G and F
What do you need to do next lesson to either perform your part better and/or to push yourself further? I need to learn my part better by being in sink
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Delete1. I was playing the keyboard.
ReplyDelete2. I learnt to play the keys: F,C,D,E
3. I could learn how to play the keys more smoothly and fluently so it flows better.
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1. I was playing the keyboard on friday.
ReplyDelete2. I learnt to play the keys: F,C,D,E
3. Next lesson i could make sure i play the chords more fluently and smoothly so it flows better.
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I wasn't playing an instrument on Friday as I wasn't here but I would have played the guitar.in the past I've learnt that improvisation involves thinking on your feet. find improvising as you have to think about what your doing a bit harder.
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ReplyDelete1) The good thing about the performance is that at the start every one was in time but at the end it messed up.
2) The performance was quite dull there was no tune really.
3) The chord structure of the music is called 12 bar blues.
4) I am not sure what the style of the music is calle.
5) Imrovising is the word when you make something up on the spot.
well done good job carry on practicing piano
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