Irene McCormack Catholic College
3B MUSIC PROGRAM Contemporary: POP
WK
UNIT
TOPIC
CULT & HIST
AURAL & THEORY
ANALYSIS (include
scores of up to 4 parts)
ARR & COMP
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Review of 3A Exams
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1950’s Pop
1960s Pop
1970’s Pop
Origins
Social aspects
Characteristics
Instruments
Elvis Presley
Major scales: treble & bass, up to 5 b & #, 2 octaves
Notate basic rock beat
Scale degree numbers
4 bar rhythms onto
sibelius (practice using
software)
Artist
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Girl Groups (doo wop)
Characteristics
Rhythmic imitation & call & response: 8 bars, simple metre
Artists
ABBA
Elton John
Characteristics
SET WORK 1:
Guitar tablature
programs & software
Rhythmic dictation: 4 – 8 bars pitch given
Transposing chords
“Good Vibrations”
Beach Boys
Transposing instruments
Scales: Chromatic, blues, Aeolian, Dorian, Ionian
Notate using sibelius an
8 bar rock shuffle
rhythm – 5 line stave:
bass drum, snare HiHat
or cymbals
Sight singing: doh – doh
Chord progression: I, ii, iii, IV, V, V7 (major key, primary
triads)
(by hand first) mode
Diatonic intervals: major keys
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1970’s Pop
continued
1980’s Pop
Movies & Music
Saturday night live
Grease
John Travolta
Influence from movie to music
MTV
Influence of a music video
Artists
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Wham!
Chord recognition: secondary triad, arpeggio
SET WORK 2:
Scoring individual
parts: rock ensemble
Chord progression: I, ii, iii, IV, V, V7
Major, minor & pentatonic scales: harmonic & natural
“Bohemian
Rhampsody”
Queen
Chromatic & blues scales
Harmonic dictation: 4 – 8 bars rhythm given, major key
SET WORK 3:
Discrepancies – treble clef
“Billie Jean”
Michael Jackson
Compose a simple
melody to a chosen
chord progression
Given a style/mood (812 bars) for solo
instrument or voice,
demonstrate contrast
through the use of
modulation (major to
ASSESS
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1990’s Pop
Boy Bands
Manufactured Artists (Mariah Carey,
Britney Spears)
Spice Girls
Characteristics
minor)
Song structure
Rhythmic dictation: 8 bars, pitch given
Melodic intervals: Major, minor, ascending, bass clef
Write rhythm & melody
to given lyrics
Scale recognition: chromatic, blues, Aeolian, dorian
AURAL 1
Sight singing: doh – doh
Loops
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2000’s Pop
Diversity & influence of many styles
Artists
Missy Higgins
Brooke Fraser
Pete Murray
Sequences
Rhythmic Dictation: 8 bars, ties
Unsighted score
analysis
Writing harmony to a
given melody
Scale recognition: chromatic, Major pentatonic, blues,
Aeolian, Dorian
MUSIC SKILLS
Natural minor scales: flat keys
Secondary triads: flat keys
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2000’s Pop
Cont.
Influence of Image on pop
Technology
Artist
Lady Gaga
Chord progression: I, ii, iii, IV, V, V7, vi
Rhythmic Dictation: 8 bars, ties
SET WORK 4:
Scale recognition: chromatic, Major pentatonic, blues,
Aeolian, Dorian
“Born This Way”
Lady Gaga
Natural minor scales: flat keys
GROUP
PERFORMANCE
Secondary triads: flat keys
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Australian
Pop
Australian
soap star =
Pop star
Pop in Australia
Characteristics
Olivia Newton-John
John Farnham
Artists
Kylie Minogue
Natalie Basingthwaite
Delta Goodram
Chord progression: I, ii, iii, IV, V, V7, vi
Melodic dictation: 8 bars, harmonic minor, ties, treble
Chord recognition: broken
Major/Minor pentatonic scales: treble & bass
Rhythmic dictation: 8 bars, syncopation
Unsighted score
analysis
Modulation: relative minor, dominant
TECHNICAL
WORK
Sight singing: doh – doh
Intervals: diatonic, ascending, melodic & harmonic
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Influence of
the TV
created pop
star
Pop stars
Australian & American Idol
Melodic dictation: 8 bars, major pentatonic
Scale recognition: Major pentatonic, minor pentatonic,
blues, chromatic, Aeolian
Unsighted score
analysis
ANALYSIS
Tonal qualities: consonance, dissonance
Modulation: relative minor
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Revision
Exam revision of all 3AB content
Afro-American Background
Afro-American Set works
Pop background
Pop set works
Melodic dictation: 8 bars, minor pentatonic
Chord recognition: minor I, iv, V7
Modulation: relative major, dominant
Mode recognition: Aeolian & dorian
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Revision
Revision
Exam revision of all 3AB content
Afro-American Background
Afro-American Set works
Pop background
Pop set works
IN-CLASS ESSAY
Exam revision of all 3AB content
Afro-American Background
Afro-American Set works
Pop background
Pop set works
AURAL 2
Exam revision of all 3AB content
Afro-American Background
Afro-American Set works
Pop background
Pop set works
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Exam revision of all 3AB content
Afro-American Background
Afro-American Set works
Pop background
Pop set works
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Exam revision of all 3AB content
Afro-American Background
Afro-American Set works
Pop background
Pop set works
IN-CLASS
PERFORMANCE
Revision of all work covered in the year.
IN-CLASS
PERFORMANCE
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20
EXAMS