Weblinks and videos for use with 9681 – GCSE Composition Support Pack: Composing Pop and Jazz
Musical Style
Choosing a style
- Muse – 'Stockholm Syndrome'
- Taylor Swift – 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'
- Joni Mitchell – 'Big Yellow Taxi'
- Bob Marley – 'Three Little Birds'
- The Supremes – 'You Can’t Hurry Love'
- Stevie Wonder – 'Higher Ground'
- Run-DMC – 'It’s Like That'
- Daft Punk – 'One More Time'
- Humphrey Lyttelton – 'Bad Penny Blues'
- Charlie Parker – 'Now’s the Time'
- Miles Davis – 'Milestones'
- Billie Holiday – 'Lady Sings the Blues'
- Pat Metheny Group – 'Minuano (Six Eight)'
- Esperanza Spalding – 'Radio Song'
Tonality
Activity 1
- The Byrds – ‘Mr Tambourine Man’
- Billie Holiday – ‘Strange Fruit’
- Stevie Wonder – ‘Superstition’
- Adele – ‘Someone Like You’
Activity 3
- Carole King – ‘You’ve Got a Friend’
- W C Handy – ‘St. Louis Blues’ (as performed by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong)
- Erroll Garner – ‘Misty’ (as performed by Sarah Vaughan)
- Beyoncé – ‘Love on Top’
Harmony
Activity 2
- Bob Dylan – ‘All Along the Watchtower’
- Adele – ‘Someone Like You’ (1’13”–1’50”)
- Chuck Berry – ‘Johnny B. Goode’
- The Marvelettes – ‘Please Mr. Postman’
Activity 3
Tempo, Metre and Rhythm
Activity 1
- Bob Dylan – ‘Pink Floyd – ‘Comfortably Numb’
- Charlie Parker – ‘Koko’
- Dexys Midnight Runners – ‘Come on Eileen’ (2’18”–3’41”)
Activity 2
Sonority
Activity 1
- Joni Mitchell – ‘Both Sides
- Miles Davis – ‘In a Silent Way’ (0’00”–4’10”)
- Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
Texture
Activity 4
- Kate Bush – ‘Cloudbusting’ (countermelody at 1’15”–1’40”)
- Simon and Garfunkel – ‘Scarborough Fair’ (countermelody at 0’42”–2’20”)
Dynamics and Articulation
Activity 1
Activity 2
- The Police – ‘Every Breath You Take’
- Miles Davis – ‘So What’ (1’30”–3’24”)
- The Flying Lizards – ‘Money’