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Popular Urban Music
Worksheets
1.
Answer the questions:
a) Why were the gramophone and radio so important in the history of jazz and
popular music?
b) Who invented the gramophone?
c) And the phonograph?
Interesting links:
https://youtu.be/eoMLpYut-FA
https://youtu.be/Wmg0BD_rR6Y
https://youtu.be/DmL3inc301Y
2.
Download the activity ‘Call Our Bluff’. Play with your classmates.
Your teacher will give you a T or a F depending on your function.
If you have a T you must think of 4 sentences that are true, describing the main
characteristics of jazz music
The contrary, if you have an F: 4 false sentences.
After doing so, read it out aloud to the class. The class only will write the true
sentences. Then check with your partner or group.
The winner is the group that has written all the true sentences.
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3.
Download and play the game ‘A Word Beginning With...’.
Play this game with your partner and swap roles.
a) Write some of the styles that contributed to the birth of jazz.
Say only the first letter to your classmate who has to guess the word.
Example: blues.
- Could you say a word beginning with B that contributed to the birth of
jazz?
- Yes: the blues.
Play with your partner. Swap roles.
The winner is who guess more words.
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- Could you say a word beginning with…….
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- Could you say a word beginning with……
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- Could you say a word beginning with…..
b) The same with “Who is an important JAZZ MUSICIAN?”
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- Could you say a word beginning with…..
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- Could you say a word beginning with…..
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- Could you say a word beginning with….
c) See these and other interesting links related to the characteristics of
FOUNDATIONS OF JAZZ:
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BB King: https://youtu.be/E4tL-zeVRbk
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Louis Armstrong and his hot five: https://youtu.be/3y-d1WN2IbM
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La improvisación colectiva en el jazz: https://youtu.be/EadpcjMB_2s
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New Orleans jazz: https://youtu.be/5SS9EnD_-_Y
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El blues en el jazz: https://youtu.be/LNZIPUIwNs8
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What is the blues?: https://youtu.be/aBg_gQxAShM
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Improvisation: https://youtu.be/_fHDoJdtWwE
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Swing: https://youtu.be/31JgwfP15kw
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Free jazz: https://youtu.be/hXf7wtX4vWk
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Spirituals: https://youtu.be/vHBR03cO-dA
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Essential Ellington (by Winton Marsalis): https://youtu.be/F2CXFgx2i7E
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4.
Download and complete the sentences.
a) Rock was one of the most ...............
b) Rock is the main vehicle of .................
c) Rock was born in ..............
d) Rock was built on ............
5.
Do fun OLC activities like dancing, singing rock and roll and learning about
rock instruments.
See interesting links about rock instruments:
Electric guitar:
https://youtu.be/Py_VfFktYZs
https://youtu.be/0mo4VZuIcAM
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Bass guitar:
4 strings: https://youtu.be/XUcV9l5h7as
5 strings: https://youtu.be/9dGABIpxJ6M
6 strings: https://youtu.be/nDa3-r-0idY
Search some video about this other kind of guitar: the acoustic guitar.
Links about acoustic guitar
content
Compare the different kind of guitars fill in the chart:
Electric guitar
Bass guitar
Acoustic guitar
Same
Different
Watch some video about ROCK (search "1950 rock", "rockabilly", etc. or watch
https://youtu.be/Rf55gHK48VQ
Try to PRACTICE in class with videos like these (“rock 'n' roll first steps", etc.):
https://youtu.be/c2JnLIx2-6Q
https://youtu.be/Cpbj4LH9qfU
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6.
Download and do the activity ‘Match the Style and the Musician’.
Elvis Presley
HIPPY MOVEMENT
The Beatles
CLASSICAL ROCK
Sex Pistols
SIXTIES ROCK
The Rolling Stones
HEAVY METAL
Joan Baez
PUNK
Jimi Hendrix
SYMPHONIC ROCK
The Doors
GRUNGE
Bob Dylan
The Who
Pink Floyd
Nirvana
AC/DC
Scorpions
7.
Do the OLC ‘Sing Along’ activities and do some research about the hippie
movement, Woodstock festival and share with your partner. See the links in the
OLC.
SING ALONG ACTIVITIES
1. Sing along with your teacher and classmates an Elvis Presley song (page 138).
Go to:
https://youtu.be/lzQ8GDBA8Is
https://youtu.be/ylUAtfiLs-A
https://youtu.be/PU5xxh5UX4U
Or search for another video to sing an Elvis Presley song.
You can also research something about the biography of this singer on the
Internet (see Research Activity).
2. Sing along with your teacher and classmates to a Bob Dylan song (page 139).
https://youtu.be/OeP4FFr88SQ
https://youtu.be/hQKjp9fTL1k?t=1m3s
Or search for another video to sing a Bob Dylan song (page 140).
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3. Link to a video:
https://youtu.be/6yP1tcy9a10
4. Link to a video:
https://youtu.be/RK34uNGvMbs
Sing along with:
https://youtu.be/7FWbX5ZHOqY
Research about the meaning of the song OLC.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1. You can also learn something about the biography of Elvis Presley on the
Internet.
2. You can also do some research about the meaning of Bob Dylan Lyrics and
share the information with your partner.
3. Hippy movement and Woodstock festival.
Watch: https://youtu.be/wRhW2CyrqhQ
Do some research about this social movement and share with your partner.
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Research about the history of this festival.
8.
Think of a rock band or group on this page, but do not say the name. See
the full explanation in the OLC.
Think of a band or group of rock of this page, don´t say the word and stand up.
If the teacher says your group, sit down.
The students have to think of a word: names of rock groups of these pages
(don´t say the word). They must stand up when they have thought of it.
The teacher is going to say words trying to guess their words. If the teacher (or
some pupil with the book) says their word they can sit down. The winner is the
last person to be standing.
The teacher copies the guesses on the board and when finished all the class copy
the guesses.
9.
Prepare a word search game about the subtypes of rock: punk, grunge, etc.
Swap your work with another pair of classmates for them to solve.
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10. Also prepare a matching activity to match a representative group with each
substyle of rock.
11. Think of a pop band or group on this page, but do not say the name. See
the full explanation in the OLC.
Think of a band or group of pop of this page, don´t say it and stand up. If the
teacher says your group, sit down. The winner is the last person to sit down.
12. Prepare a word search game with your classmate and swap with another
pair of classmates to guess the pop group.
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13. Prepare a ‘Who Am I?’ activity about pop musicians or groups and ask your
partner. Swap.
Example: Who was the group that revolutionised the musical panorama of the
sixties? The Beatles.
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Who was the group that………………
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Who was the group that………….
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Who was the group that…………
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Who was the group that……………
14.
Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
a) Who do you like most? Why?
b) What instruments did they play?
c) Where did they live?
15.
See the glossary: useful expressions in regard to rhythm.
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Notice how….
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Mark the beats you hear.
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Keep marking the beat.
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Clap along to ….
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Follow it in your head (= without marking them).
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Synchronise with it.
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16. See the glossary: useful expressions in regard to tuning your voice.
Language of instructions.
A. Train your voice
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Pitch your voice correctly.
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Tune your voice correctly.
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Repeat rising by a semitone.
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Keep your voice in good form.
B. Reading music
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To read music on a stave.
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Mark the beat.
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Read silently in your head.
17.
See the glossary: useful expressions in regard to playing the recorder.
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Hold your recorder.
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"Left hand on top and right hand always ready."
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Don´t eat the mouthpiece!
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Place your fingers correctly sealing the holes: you are fingerprinted!
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Place the recorder on your chin, and first 'play' the piece by chinning it
(without blowing).
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Blow into your recorder softly.
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