Unit 15. Song
Full audio from Bonnie Raitt's debut album, opens with slide guitar riff.
Official classification: Song, 1970s, Audio, Blues, Rock, Curriculum support, Unit 10. Hooks and riffs, Unit 15. Song
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Full audio from 1987, features classic opening guitar riff.
Official classification: Song, 1980s, Audio, Rock, Curriculum support, Unit 10. Hooks and riffs, Unit 15. Song
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from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Aspects of Love.
Official classification: Musical, Song, 1980s, 1990s, Audio, Unit 20 Stars, hide your fires, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
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Track 15 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Traditional Spanish music from Amon Ra album 'Oboe Collection', performed by Robin Canter (1'39")
Main features: traditional European instruments of the oboe family, ostinato.
This Spanish piece features the dulzaina (a traditional folk instrument of Castile) and side drum. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and the rhythmic ostinato.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Ostinato, Key Stage 3, Spain, Western Europe, Dulzaina, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 11 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to This' for Key Stage 3. Also used as track 18 of Saydisc Percussion Around the World.
Traditional music from Rajasthan, from Saydisc album 'Rajasthani Folk Music', performed by Habib and Ramjan Khan (3'47"). Main features: pentantonic scale, drone, rondo, melodic decoration, improvisation, circular breathing.
This piece of Rajasthani folk music features the use of the dadara santara, a double flute with a drone pipe and the dholak, an Indian drum. The three learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on instrumentation, the drone and pentatonic melody.
Official classification: Listening, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, India, South Asia, Dadara Santara, Dholak, Drone, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records
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Video of The Darkness - I believe in a thing called love. Courtest of uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6-4VOLeKBOw
Valuable to compare with Carbon Monoxide cover version.
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 10. Hooks and riffs, Unit 15. Song
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Ex-Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews live on Happy Hour performing Queen hit 'Don't Stop Me Now' with Al Murray
www.youtube.com/watch?v=knaR003zCos
Valuable to compare with original Queen version.
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 15. Song
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Live video footage of 1979 hit single by Queen. Particularly valuable for comparison with Cerys Matthew's cover version.
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 15. Song
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Carbon monoxide - Ivan Figueira - Guitar, Danny Concha - Guitar, Alex Laurer - Drums, Stephen Ellis - Singer and Dance Coreographer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWPT4WmPTno
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 15. Song
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Shot by arrye123 on youtube. His comments - "Little film of some of my friends which I shot on an old cine camera at Highcliff, England in the summer of 2005. Once the film was processed I decided to edit it on the computer and this song by Nina Simone seemed to work so well with the footage. "
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDsNLnsg6lo
Official classification: Video, Key Stage 3, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 15. Song
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Video of Feeling Good cover by Muse.
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 15. Song
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Airjoy miming to Queens Don't stop me now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7vtArAuCmw
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 15. Song
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Nadine Coyle singing Fields of Gold from John Daly Show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R_HAV8rv24
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Unit 15. Song
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Track 12 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Wedding song from Rajasthan from Saydisc album 'Rajasthani Folk Music' (2'20")
Main features: instrumentation, structure. This folk song from Rajasthan features a sarangi and dholak. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure, instrumental sections, dholak and drone.
Official classification: Listening, Example Voices, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, India, Dholak, Drone, Unit 19 Songwriter, Rajasthan, Indian, Sharangi, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records
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Track 11 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Scottish song of hard times from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of Scotland' (3'09")
Main features: instrumentation, pitch. This Scottish folk song is sung by a female singer, accompanied by fiddle and guitar. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure and lyrics.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Folk, Traditional Songs, Victorian Times, Britain and Ireland, Scotland, Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. A song from the lead mines from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of England' (1'51")
Main features: pitch, structure, lyrics.
This English folk song is sung by a female singer, accompanied by recorders and guitar. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on structure and lyrics.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Folk, Traditional Songs, Victorian Times, Britain and Ireland, England, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Singer and actress Petula Clark talks about the Variety Theatre and Music Hall genre, then sings a Medley of popular songs.
QCA Schemes focussed on Songs and Songwriting at KS2&3 suggest using Music Hall as examples for lyrical content. Perhaps it is also worth focussing on some of the musical elements that typify this theatre music, such as the big band sound, use of changing tempos (particularly for emphasis) and occasional key changes. The performance element and humour of this music is important, particularly in its cultural context as popular entertainment spanning both world wars.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Theatre, Video, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, World War I, World War II, Victorian Times, England, Unit 19 Songwriter, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
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A medley of cockney songs from the very popular Television series "Ortons Music Hall" broadcast Internationally in the late 70's.
QCA Schemes focussed on Songs and Songwriting at KS2&3 suggest using Music Hall as examples for lyrical content. Perhaps it is also worth focussing on some of the musical elements that typify this theatre music, such as the big band sound, use of changing tempos (particularly for emphasis) and occasional key changes. The performance element and humour of this music is important, particularly in its cultural context as popular entertainment spanning both world wars.
Official classification: 1900-1949, 1970s, Theatre, Video, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, World War I, World War II, Victorian Times, England, Unit 19 Songwriter, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
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From the 1885 comic opera Mikado, sung by three female voices, accompanied by woodwind and string orchestra.
Example of a victorian song that became popular and regularly performed in music hall well into the twentieth century. Recommended for comparing with popular songs from other eras such as Nessun Dorma in QCA Unit 15 Song for KS3
Official classification: Opera, Song, The Romantic Period, Audio, United Kingdom, Victorian Times, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
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Luciano Pavarotti performance of Aria from Puccini's opera Turandot, made famous as the theme music to 1990 World Cup. Suggested for listening in QCA Scheme of Work Song for KS3, to listen to this and popular songs from different times to identify common traits.
Official classification: Opera, 1900-1949, 1990s, Games, Sport & Play, Singers, Classical Pieces, Audio, Male, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song, Puccini, Giacomo
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