Reggaeton: from Puerto Rico to global phenomenon
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils develop their understanding of drum grooves, electronic dance music and how to create variation in music within a repetitive structure, extending their understanding of the importance of unity and variety in music. They develop their understanding of composing pop-syle bass lines and the importance of the tonic. They learn about the impact of the musical features on the overall effect and continue to develop their ability to use a DAW creatively.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to record and sequence basic rhythmic patterns
- Pupils know how that a bass line is based on the notes of a chord, particularly the root note
- Pupils know timbre can be altered on a DAW and the musical impact of doing so
- Pupils have experience improvising over a track
- Pupils know what a syncopated rhythm is and how to identify one
- Pupils are aware of the main features of pop music
- Pupils are aware of semiquavers
- Pupils know that the kick drum plays on beats 1 and 3 in typical drum beat and four to the floor in EDM.
- Pupils know that the hi-hat often plays quavers throughout the bar
Threads
Why this why now
In this unit, pupils develop their understanding of drum grooves, electronic dance music and how to create variation in music within a repetitive structure, extending their understanding of the importance of unity and variety in music. They develop their understanding of composing pop-syle bass lines and the importance of the tonic. They learn about the impact of the musical features on the overall effect and continue to develop their ability to use a DAW creatively.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to record and sequence basic rhythmic patterns
- Pupils know how that a bass line is based on the notes of a chord, particularly the root note
- Pupils know timbre can be altered on a DAW and the musical impact of doing so
- Pupils have experience improvising over a track
- Pupils know what a syncopated rhythm is and how to identify one
- Pupils are aware of the main features of pop music
- Pupils are aware of semiquavers
- Pupils know that the kick drum plays on beats 1 and 3 in typical drum beat and four to the floor in EDM.
- Pupils know that the hi-hat often plays quavers throughout the bar
Reggaeton: from Puerto Rico to global phenomenon
Pupils are introduced to Reggaeton, including the context of the style and the influences. They learn about the dembow beat, the tresillo and hooks and riffs. They also develop their understanding of DAW capabilities including low-pass filter sweeps.
4 lessons in unit
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