©beth hammett let’s all sing the blues working with patterns in writing scat meets ela ccss
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Who are the Blues/Jazz Greats? BB King Billie Holiday Count Basie Dizzy Gillespie Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald Jelly Roll Morton John Coltrane Louis Armstrong Miles Davis Ray Charles Others? ©Beth Hammett Activity: In small groups, choose one of the above greats. Create a 3-5 minute presentation about the blues/jazz icon. State facts and use one song sample.TRANSCRIPT
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©Beth Hammett
Let’s All Sing the Blues
Working with Patterns in Writing Scat
Meets ELA CCSS
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A new music language
Began in 1800s in the South
Genre
Collection of unique sounds
Religious & Soulful Music
What is blues/jazz?
Foundation of American popular music
Attitude toward playing music
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Who are the Blues/Jazz Greats?
BB KingBillie HolidayCount BasieDizzy GillespieDuke EllingtonElla Fitzgerald
Jelly Roll MortonJohn ColtraneLouis ArmstrongMiles DavisRay CharlesOthers?
©Beth Hammett
Activity: In small groups, choose one of the above greats. Create a 3-5 minute presentation about the blues/jazz icon. State facts and use one song sample.
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Ray CharlesSept 23, 1930-June 10, 2004
Hits include:I’ve Got a Woman
(1955)What’d I Say (1959)Night Time is the Right
Time (1959)Georgia on My Mind
(1960)Hit the Road Jack
(1961)America the Beautiful
(1972)A Song for You (1993)
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=public+domain+picture+of+ray+charles&ei=UTF-8&fr=w3i&type=W3i_DS,157,0_0,Search,20130207,19626,0,64,6477
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What is included in Jazz lyrics?1. Patterns or Repetition
Using the same words over and over “Hit the road, Jack” “No more, no more, no more…”2. Slang
Whadcha Jou Ain’t Gonna
Don’tcha Gotsa3. Your own language of sounds called “Scat”
Za Zee Zay Za-baza, Boo-zaba, Zee-zah Ro-ni
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Let’s try writing Scat! Find a topic…
Use Repetition
Use Slang
Make Sounds
Use Tones
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