Teacher Cribsheet 1

Riffs and hooks using the backing track HR1 can be made up using any of the notes of the blues scale in C. Blues Scale in C

Here are some ideas of riffs that can be used.

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Making up Hook Lines

Here are some hook lines. Use any of these to make up your own hook for a song. Al l y o u p can't y eople can't y you se ou see re bab k he so e, Ho w y re bac u need you u our lo ntil yo ve's a yo U reality nt ffectin ou wa g our Miss y
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Pupil Worksheet 1
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Computer sequencing task

On your computer, load your sequencer program. If you dont know where it is, ask your teacher to help. Load the file HR3.mid Press the PLAY button on your sequencer. At the moment it sounds a mess! Youre going to make a good piece of music out of this mess! At the moment, there are 9 different riffs being played at once. You will need to MUTE each track so you can hear just one. You are going to make a piece of music using any of these riffs. You will need to know how to move and copy patterns on your sequencer. Plan your music out and select your instruments carefully. You can combine any of the patterns you like.

Planning your music Plan your music on a grid like this example below Each pattern is given a number between 1 and 9. Here, you can see that the bass plays pattern 1 until bar 12, so you need to repeat it 11 times. In this example, the Drums stop for 8 bars at bar 17.

BAR NUMBERS 1 Drums Bass Piano Synth 1 1 4 1 4 7 2 4 7 5 9 13 17 STOP 2 5 7 21 STOP 3 5 8 3 6 8 2 5 9 2 5 9 1 4 1 25 29 33 37 41

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Computer sequencing taskPLANNING SHEET

Name ___________________ Class _________

1 Drums Bass Piano Synth

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1 Drums Bass Piano Synth

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