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Film Music to discuss and perform with a handy template for creating a storyboard (some students use 2 or three of these sheets). Also helpful ideas of how to create different moods with film music.
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Film Music to discuss and perform with a handy template for creating a storyboard (some students use 2 or three of these sheets). Also helpful ideas of how to create different moods with film music.
Thanks very much. Some very popular tunes my kids will love to learn. Great!
This is a really helpful resource, thank you very much. Even if I don't use it all in class, it's good for my own reference. For anyone using this, I've highlighted the following points in the arrangement of Mission Impossible (which I already use, so know well): 1) Bar 5-7, RH: don't reiterate the note names for tied notes (as has been done in the LH riff and bars 11-13); 2) Bars 14 and 22, RH: should be Eb-D, not E-Eb; 3) Bars 15-18, RH: Where's the tune? It's an exact transposition of bars 5-8 down a perfect 5th (C minor); 4) Bars 22, LH: The bass is should be D-D-Eb-F-D___________ with no repeats. Pupils could even do an octave tremolo on the long D (not too hard, but effective) followed by a dramatic pause before the last chords; 5) The final chords are Bb/Ab - Eb/Db. You could reduce these to single notes, but at least get the top part playing F - G; 6) My last point is less crucial. The LH in bar 14 should lead the music to the next key, viz. G - G - Bb - B, i.e. breaking the pattern of the previous bars. It's something extra to remember, so might be to confusing for pupils. This has been done in bar 18, for the return to G minor, although the notes of the original are C - C - Eb - F (exactly like the preceding bar) followed by a downward leap of a 7th to the G in bar 19. I hope that's helpful.
What an wonderful surprise, this is soooooo helpful! Thank you with bells on.
Brilliant!! What a great lesson for the beginning of a new school year! Creative & informative! Our 7th graders will love this lesson! Since we don't have access to video cameras, I plan to have them divide into small groups, offer them 3 different theme song choices and let them work out a title and perform a scene (only sound will be the music) which would illustrate to a potential audience what the show belonging to the theme song will be about.
Awesome resource. I think my students will enjoy this unit.
Great resource, thanks very much!