Hello Bandwagonners!
We are very much looking forward to meeting and working with everybody.
Over the weekend will be looking at various ways to develop music in workshops with participants of various ages and abilities.
We will also learn some new pieces for performance in the Monday concert and later on in the week at the schools.
The plan for the concert -
1. We arrive in flashmob style playing a marching band riff and improvising in a raucous manner.
2. We perform a set piece.
3. Sacha leads an audience participation piece.
In the various posts below I will post a number of scores for you to look at. We will also bring all parts etc on Saturday.
See you all very soon!
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Terry Riley - In C
In C is held to be the first minimalist piece of music. Originally a reaction to the seralism style of composition it went on to become the most popular form of experimental music in the late twentieth century.
The idea of using minimal resources to make music is particularly useful in workshops where participants may have limited technique. We will be rehearsing and performing In C so download all parts here.
Here is a good (if a bit blurred) version of In C from Youtube. If you search around you can hear other performances.
Kora Tune
I had the good fortune to work with a musician who played the African Kora and wrote a simple tune to accompany one of his pieces. The tune has proved to be very effective on its own and also as a minimalist piece for use in workshop settings.
This is a performance by my big band without the Kora. The melody is cued and the players are otherwise free to ad lib. The pulse is in 4/4 but the bass is in 3/4 which adds to the dreaminess of the piece.
Listen to Kora Tune here.
We will experiment with our own version of Kora Tune.
Download all Kora parts here.
Sid
This is a performance by my big band without the Kora. The melody is cued and the players are otherwise free to ad lib. The pulse is in 4/4 but the bass is in 3/4 which adds to the dreaminess of the piece.
Listen to Kora Tune here.
We will experiment with our own version of Kora Tune.
Download all Kora parts here.
Sid
Marching Flashmob Theme
Main theme by sidpeacock
This is from the Jazz It Up Marching Band and will be ideal for the flashmob. We can mess around with it and make it our own during rehearsals.
Learn all the attached parts! It is also known as "Tapping Head". This means whenever I tap my head we return to the main theme.
We will always start with everybody on the bottom line. Then when I give two whistles half the group should move to the top line.
Remember you can harmonise the top line with the appropriate pentatonic scale... Concert - (G, Bb, C, D, F) Eb -( E , G, A, B, D) Bb - (A, C, D, E, G)
I will keep the tune moving by choosing different groups of people to improvise at different times. When you get chosen don't wait for ideas to come, just blow!!!!!!!!!
All the parts are available below in a .zip file. Just open up and choose the appropriate part for your instrument.
Click here to download parts.
This is from the Jazz It Up Marching Band and will be ideal for the flashmob. We can mess around with it and make it our own during rehearsals.
Learn all the attached parts! It is also known as "Tapping Head". This means whenever I tap my head we return to the main theme.
We will always start with everybody on the bottom line. Then when I give two whistles half the group should move to the top line.
Remember you can harmonise the top line with the appropriate pentatonic scale... Concert - (G, Bb, C, D, F) Eb -( E , G, A, B, D) Bb - (A, C, D, E, G)
I will keep the tune moving by choosing different groups of people to improvise at different times. When you get chosen don't wait for ideas to come, just blow!!!!!!!!!
All the parts are available below in a .zip file. Just open up and choose the appropriate part for your instrument.
Click here to download parts.
More Tunes
And notes about all these attachments:
As you'll see, we're going for simple, clean things so there shouldn't be anything here to alarm you. But please take a quick look at everything. In particular, check the chords (where you have to provide the voicing) and play them through on a piano if you have time. I've used jazz chord notation and you will have to fill out the chord yourself (including the arpeggios in the Bach Prelude in C if we do it). How you fill out the chord (incl the arpeggios in the Bach) is really not important for now, as long as we get the *right* chord! So.. a triangle means add a major seventh; a 7 means add a minor seventh; a circle with a 7 means a diminished 7th chord; one letter written over another (eg A/C#) simply means play an A chord and have the note C# at the bottom of the chord.
You should now have:
1: Vivaldi's La Follia
2: Ben Johnson's Drink To Me Only - a pop tune from the 17th century.
3: William Cornysh's Ah Robin - a pop tune from 16th century (or earlier).
3a: second half of same
4: Vaughan Williams - Lark Ascending. Pick a part to play in the accompaniment.
4a, b: solo violin part for this.
5: Messiaen: Le Loriot (if you don't know this piano piece have a listen - amazing). Just some of the chord sequences from it. Then we could improvise bird song around it. Also, the Bach Prelude from the Prelude and Fugue in C
6i, ii, iii, iv: The fugue from the Bach Prelude and Fugue in C, in separate voice parts: pick a part that suits your instrument (and transpose if necessary).
Download all parts here.
As you'll see, we're going for simple, clean things so there shouldn't be anything here to alarm you. But please take a quick look at everything. In particular, check the chords (where you have to provide the voicing) and play them through on a piano if you have time. I've used jazz chord notation and you will have to fill out the chord yourself (including the arpeggios in the Bach Prelude in C if we do it). How you fill out the chord (incl the arpeggios in the Bach) is really not important for now, as long as we get the *right* chord! So.. a triangle means add a major seventh; a 7 means add a minor seventh; a circle with a 7 means a diminished 7th chord; one letter written over another (eg A/C#) simply means play an A chord and have the note C# at the bottom of the chord.
You should now have:
1: Vivaldi's La Follia
2: Ben Johnson's Drink To Me Only - a pop tune from the 17th century.
3: William Cornysh's Ah Robin - a pop tune from 16th century (or earlier).
3a: second half of same
4: Vaughan Williams - Lark Ascending. Pick a part to play in the accompaniment.
4a, b: solo violin part for this.
5: Messiaen: Le Loriot (if you don't know this piano piece have a listen - amazing). Just some of the chord sequences from it. Then we could improvise bird song around it. Also, the Bach Prelude from the Prelude and Fugue in C
6i, ii, iii, iv: The fugue from the Bach Prelude and Fugue in C, in separate voice parts: pick a part that suits your instrument (and transpose if necessary).
Download all parts here.
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