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L.O. Compose a Tudor Fanfare
BLP: imitation
What were fanfares for?
• Announce the arrival of someone important
• Grab people’s attention so they remember to make way and bow down
• Usually played on brass instruments (so couldn’t use many notes)
• Usually fairly short.
Rhythms from phrases•Here comes the king
• How would you write these ones?
–All bow down
–He is the greatest
• What other phrases could you use?
How do you clap this rhythm?
How do you play this tune?
L.O. Compose a Tudor Fanfare
• Start and end on G• Only use the notes G, B and D• The rhythm in each bar should add up to 4 beats• It should be 4 bars long
Evaluation• Did you manage to follow the composition
rules?
• Do you think it sounds like a fanfare?
• Did you manage to perform it well?
• How would you improve your fanfare?
• What instrument do you think it would sound best on?
• What have you learned for next time?