Here is an example of what year 2 have been composing in the music lab recently. We have been exploring CHANGE and CONTRAST. High/Low, Long/Short, Fast/Slow. All students have composed their own Jungle Journey with changing sounds. This is Kiley’s ……

Singalong …….

Check out this great story from Paraguay. Instruments made from materials from a landfill garbage site and played by local children and young adults.

Both are appearing this week at Muang Thong Thani (Impact Arena). Sting on Wednesday, Elton John on Thursday.

Dave Brubeck, famous American jazz pianist and composer, died today, age 91.

Here is a link for more details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20609327

Here is a video of his most famous jazz piece, ‘Take Five’.

Dave Brubeck is playing the piano, not the saxophone.

Unusually, the music is organised into groups of 5 beats.
You can count 1 2 3 4 5 throughout the music.

The saxophone player is improvising, that means he makes up his music to fit with the piano music.

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In year 2 we will be using IT to explore the decisions composers make when they create music.
Why repeat musical ideas?
Why use ideas that contrast one another?
Why are some sounds long and some sounds short?

Check out Beethoven’s famous Symphony Number 5 below and notice how some sounds are short and some long.

Why do you think he chose to organise his sounds like this?

Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question