Can you…

•Identify the musical features of Hip Hop?

•Describe the timbre and techniques involved in composing a Hip Hop track?

•Use music technology and rapping to produce a Hip Hop track?

Can you…

•Identify the musical features of Hip Hop?

•Describe the timbre and techniques involved in composing a Hip Hop track?

•Use music technology and rapping to produce a Hip Hop track?

ORIGINS of RAPRapping is ‘speaking in rhythm’ usually over a beat or music.

The tradition began in the Jamaican Dancehall scene, where big spontaneous parties would happen, the MC would speak over the records (called ‘toasting’), calling people to come and join in their

party.

ORIGINS of RAPRapping is ‘speaking in rhythm’ usually over a beat or music.

The tradition began in the Jamaican Dancehall scene, where big spontaneous parties would happen, the MC would speak over the records (called ‘toasting’), calling people to come and join in their

party.

WHAT is an MC?A Master of Ceremonies (MC) is the host of a staged event or similar performance. An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving.

WHAT is an MC?A Master of Ceremonies (MC) is the host of a staged event or similar performance. An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving.

TaskWatch and listen to Uroy, and complete the worksheet.

TaskWatch and listen to Uroy, and complete the worksheet.

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Toasting Task

•Try out your call and Responses with the crowd over the track, whoever can get the crowd most involved wins!

Toasting Task

•Try out your call and Responses with the crowd over the track, whoever can get the crowd most involved wins!

In the poorest areas of New York (the Ghettos) such as Brooklyn, Bronx and Harlem and Queens people had ‘block parties’, setting up massive Sound Systems and Turntables

outside their building blocks for parties. DJs played the records whilst MCs rapped over them.

In the poorest areas of New York (the Ghettos) such as Brooklyn, Bronx and Harlem and Queens people had ‘block parties’, setting up massive Sound Systems and Turntables

outside their building blocks for parties. DJs played the records whilst MCs rapped over them.

DJs played disco and funk records of the 70s. DJ Kool Herc was born in Jamaica and combined the toasting/rapping with the ‘Breaks’ (instrumental sections of disco/funk records). DJs played disco and funk records of the 70s. DJ Kool Herc was born in Jamaica and combined the toasting/rapping with the ‘Breaks’ (instrumental sections of disco/funk records).

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Listen to ‘Let me clear my throat’ by DJ Kool Herc;Describe features of rapping

Describe the accompaniment.

Listen to ‘Let me clear my throat’ by DJ Kool Herc;Describe features of rapping

Describe the accompaniment.

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TaskCompare the musical features in these 3 tracks.

TaskCompare the musical features in these 3 tracks.

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VocoderVocoder

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EQ FilteringEQ Filtering

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Rapping Task

In pairs, write and rehearse your own 8 line verse of rap using:•Repetition•Rhyming couplets (make lines rhymes in pairs)•Slang language•Freestyling (if brave enough – improvise)

Rapping Task

In pairs, write and rehearse your own 8 line verse of rap using:•Repetition•Rhyming couplets (make lines rhymes in pairs)•Slang language•Freestyling (if brave enough – improvise)

(lyrical content of 80s Hip Hop was much more negative and expressed issues of social deprivation, esp artists

such as NWA, swearing and offensive lyrics)

(lyrical content of 80s Hip Hop was much more negative and expressed issues of social deprivation, esp artists

such as NWA, swearing and offensive lyrics)

Musical Features

1. Rhythm and Metre1. Rhythm and Metre4/4Straight (not swung)SyncopationBackbeat

2. Harmony and Tonality2. Harmony and TonalityMajor/MinorRiff basedConsonant harmony (no clashes)

3. Texture and Melody3. Texture and MelodySamplesLoops (backing is very repetitive)Disco samples usually have a thick textureDrumbeat samples can be thin texture

4. Timbre and Dynamics4. Timbre and Dynamics DJs and Turntablism, scratchingMCs/Rappers70s Disco instrumentation (elec gtr, bass, strings, synths)Prominent Bass line and Drum beatEffects processors: reverb, delay, auto tune, vocoder, EQ filtering.

5. Structure and Form5. Structure and FormIntro, verse, chorus.Breakbeat (instrumental backing)Call and Response phrases