Revolution 9 1. This song is an example of Musique Concrete. What is Musique Contrete? Describe in your own words in at least 5 sentences. a. What is another name for it? 2. What Musique Concrete composer is this peice of music inspired by? a. Find a picture of this composer. b. Find an example of music by this composer. 3. How long did it take John Lennon to finish Revolution 9?
Norwegian Wood and Within You, Without You 1. What 2 uncommon musical instruments are used in these songs? a. Where did the instruments originate? b. Find the country on a map with a picture. 2. Find a picture of these two instruments and write a paragraph in your own words on each of them. a. Find a video and or audio file of each. 3. What other more modern bands use one of both of these instruments in their songs? Answer in complete sentences.
Blackbird 1. What 17 th century piece of music was this song inspired from? 2. Who was the composer of the piece of music? a. Find a picture of this composer b. In your own words, tell us about this composer. i. Some things we might want to know are when he was born and when he died. Also, we might want to know where he lived and what kind of music he liked to play. c. Find a recording of the piece of music.
Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1. Where is this album ranked on the Rolling Stone top 500 albums of all time? a. How many other Beatles albums appear in the top 20. Name them and their rank. 2. This album is a great example of a song cycle. What is a song cycle and where did it come from? Please answer in at least 5 complete sentences and in your own words. 3. What year was the album released? 4. Find a picture of the album cover. a. What is special about this album cover? Explain in your own words.
Come Together 1. What is copyright? Please answer in your own words. 2. What lyric is John Lennon sued for using in this song? 3. Who sued him? a. What song was it that he was accused of copying? 4. Find either a comparison of the two songs involved or a recording of each. 5. What album is this song from? a. Find a picture of the album cover.
Tomorrow Never Knows 1. This song is an example of one of the first described uses of sampling. What is sampling in music? Describe in your own words. 2. What modern style of music uses sampling all of the time? a. Find an example (Must be school appropriate) i. Instructions for this question. 1. Find a song that uses sampling. 2. Find the song from where the sample was taken. 3. Show them to the class.
Abbey Road 1. What year was this album released? 2. Find a picture of this album cover? a. Find pictures of at least 3 other groups imitating this album cover. 3. What are your favourite 3 songs on this album? a. Play small sections of them for us. 4. List the songs on this album. 5. Why is this album called Abbey Road?
The Beatles 1. Where were The Beatles from? 2. What are the member s names and what do they play? 3. What many studio albums did they release? a. Name them and the year of each. b. Explain in your own words what a studio album is. 4. What are some of their most famous songs? Name at least 5 and what album they are from. 5. Find a picture of the band. 6. Who was sometimes considered the 5 th Beatle and why? Explain in your own words. 7. What was the song that made them famous in North America? a. Play the song for the class.
The Beatles Grading Rubric Student(s): Album, song or fact: /8 Aspect Billboard top 1000 Billboard top 100 Billboard top 10 Billboard top 5 Poster Is not very interesting and poorly thought out. Is somewhat interesting to look at and the layout looks to be satisfactorily thought through. Is eye-catching and somewhat interesting to look at. Layout seems to be well thought through. Is very eyecatching and interesting to look at. The layout is very well thought through. Information Some or none of the information is present. All or most of the information is present. All of the information is present and well elaborated on. All of the information is present and well elaborated on. There may also be some additional information that is important to the project. Presentation Presentation was not prepared and was not delivered with a clear or confident voice. Presentation was somewhat prepared and sometimes delivered with a clear and confident voice. Presentation was well prepared and mostly delivered with a clear and confident voice. Presentation was very well prepared and delivered with a consistently clear and confident voice. Bibliography Sources are not cited or missing. Sources are not well cited. Sources are well cited. Sources are very well cited and clear. Due Date:
Work Cited Page Write down the places where you found your information. Make sure you tell us what information you got where. Tell us as much as you can about every source. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.