Fusing together and arranging musical ideas
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can select and combine musical ideas and work effectively as part of an ensemble to create a fusion piece.
Key learning points
- Different people might have different ideas of what works well in a fusion performance.
- Everyone responds to music in different ways.
- Fusion music forms a deliberate and new synthesis of styles.
- Experimenting, developing and rejecting ideas is a crucial part of the artistic journey of creating a piece.
Keywords
Fusion - the process of blending two or more different musical styles, genres, or traditions to create a new, distinct sound
Practise - to deliberately make an effort to improve musical skills
Structure - the way the music is orgnaised
Common misconception
Fusion music always requires specific, identifiable elements from each original style.
The fusion of styles can be so integrated that the original influences become indistinguishable.
Teacher tip
Encourage pupils to experiment with ideas to build their piece. Allow them to play without the backing track if they would prefer not to.
Equipment
A class set of pitched and unpitched percussion instruments.
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