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.
Ms.Nid is in her cave, she has stolen our instruments. We must get them back!!!
She is practicing to be a famous composer.
What sounds will she choose?
How will she organize them?
How are the sounds changing?
Sorry about this, but it had to be done ……
N I S T Song (YMCA)
Kazoo solo
Young kid, there’s no need to feel down.
I said, young kid, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young kid, ’cause you’re in a new town,
There’s no need to be unhappy.
Young kid, there’s a place you can go.
I said, young kid, when you’re feeling so low
You can learn there, and I’m sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
They have everything for us kids to enjoy,
You can hang out and make some noise
N I S T
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
You can learn some new things,
You can make some new friends,
You can do whatever you feel …
Young kid, are you listening to me?
I said, young kid, what do you want to be?
I said, young kid, you can make real your dreams.
But you’ve got to know this one thing!
No one does it all by themself.
I said, young kid, put your pride on the shelf,
And just hang there, at the N I S T
I’m sure they can help you today. X X X X X
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
They have everything for us kids to enjoy,
You can hang out and make some noise.
N I S T
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
You can learn some new things,
You can make some new friends,
You can do whatever you feel …
Young kid, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
I felt no one cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so tight …
That’s when someone came up to me,
And said, young kid, take a walk up the street.
There’s a place there called the N I S T
They can start you back on your way. X X X X X
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
You can learn some new things,
You can make some new friends,
You can do whatever you feel …
N I S T – It’s fun to learn at the N I S T
Young kid, young kid, there’s no need to feel down.
Young kid, young kid, get yourself off the ground.
Kazoo solo
N I S T !
An unseen animated graphic score was played on a projector. a crowd of around 30 people (mostly voice and 6 instrumentalists) improvised along with the visuals.
This event explored how an animated graphic score can create a musical dialogue between a group of musicians and non musicians, young and old.
Graphic score
Leafcutter John – Animated score
Ms.Nid’s Secret Cave is coming back again!!! Prepare your ears, children, to get instruments back from her….
Year 3 have been composing melodies with partners.
Year 3 – Composing melodies on PhotoPeach
Bucket Filler Song
I have a bucket that needs to be full,
And so does everyone around this school.
When it’s full I feel happy all day.
But when it’s empty I feel sad and grey ……
Hey Hey!
So be a bucket filler.
Fill, fill, fill, fill a bucket don’t
Dip, dip, dip, dip in a bucket.
Fill, fill, fill, fill a bucket don’t
Dip, dip, dip, dip in a bucket.
Give out a smile and don’t be mean,
And we’ll have the kindest school
you’ve ever seen.
Hey Hey.
Just be a bucket filler …….
(Repeat all from beginning)
Composers choose and organise sounds to communicate ideas and moods.
One of the most famous composers of all time, Ludwig van Beethoven, has a reputation for being a moody and grumpy man. He had reason to be. Although his music was amazing, he lost his hearing later in life. He could not hear the beautiful music that he continued to compose. His music often expresses his different moods, as you can hear in the music below….
What is Beethoven expressing here? Is he saying “I feel so grumpy” (ta titi ta ta)? Can you hear this rhythm in the music?
Does he relax, fall asleep and dream?
Can you be a composer? Of course you can.