Songwriting with genre
Aims:
- Stylistic considerations. What are they?
- Writing for specific genres
- Practical song-writing
BTEC WANTS...
4 Be able to produce a portfolio of original songs showing a range of genres and styles
Genre: eg pop, rock, country, blues, folk, singer-songwriter, jazz standards, musical theatre, ballad, protest song
Stylistic considerations: suitability of music for the genre eg melody, rhythm, harmony, structure/form; suitability of lyrics for the genre
Genre: eg pop, rock, country, blues, folk, singer-songwriter, jazz standards, musical theatre, ballad, protest song
Stylistic considerations: suitability of music for the genre eg melody, rhythm, harmony, structure/form; suitability of lyrics for the genre
Watch the video. 'What a Wonderful world in 16 genres'
Which techniques do they use to express the different genres?
Are there other genres they could include?
Are there any that are mis-represented?
team challenge
- Pick a genre from the list
- Listen to some examples
- Do a brief mind map of GENRE CONVENTIONS to presnet to group
- 10 mins!
Composing challenge
- Take your paired song form tricks/lyrics project
- Adapt it to one of the genres: focus on rhythm, tonality and instrumentation
- Perform!