Year 9

How can we fuse different musical styles and traditions into a new composition?

Year 9

How can we fuse different musical styles and traditions into a new composition?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to structure our ideas into a complete piece. We will then record and perform our finished fusion piece.

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7 Questions

Q1.
What styles did Mia fuse to create the song "Borders"?
Correct answer: Electronic dance and Asian folk
Electrotango
Jazz and R&B
Q2.
How did Esperanza Spalding modernise jazz in her song "Black Gold"?
Horanawa instruments from Sri Lanka
Correct answer: R&B vocals with electric bass
Using music software
Q3.
In which style is this rhythm heard?
An image in a quiz
Afrobeat
Bhangra
Correct answer: Tango
Q4.
How does the chaal rhythm differ from other rhythms we have studied?
Correct answer: It is a dotted swung rhythm
It is a straight rhythm
It is made up of semiquavers
Q5.
What does monophonic mean?
Many different layers at the same time; countermelody.
Similar movement; melody and accompaniment.
Correct answer: Solo; in unison; call and response.
Q6.
What does polyphonic mean?
Correct answer: Many different layers at the same time; countermelody.
Similar movement; melody and accompaniment.
Solo; in unison; call and response.
Q7.
What does homophonic mean?
Many different layers at the same time; countermelody.
Correct answer: Similar movement; melody and accompaniment.
Solo; in unison; call and response.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which instrument from Trinidad and Tobago did Azealia Banks use in "Jumanji"?
Drum
Correct answer: Steel Pan
Synthesiser
Q2.
Which West African drum was played on stage with Baaba Maal and Mumford and Sons?
Congas
Correct answer: Djembe drum
Snare drum
Q3.
What structure is this?
An image in a quiz
Binary
Rondo
Correct answer: Ternary
Q4.
What structure is this?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Binary with intro
Song structure
Ternary
Q5.
What structure is this?
An image in a quiz
Binary with intro
Correct answer: Song structure
Ternary
Q6.
What is fusion music?
When a producer creates a remix of a song
When new styles copy old styles
Correct answer: When two styles or traditions are combined together