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Writing A Calypso
Cheki, Morena (Shake It)
Cheki Morena is a Calypso written for a number of different
instruments. Listen to the piece, follow the melody part below and see
if you can find similarities between phrases 1, 2, 3, 4. What is the
form of this piece?
I
V
V
I
I
V
Phrase 1
Phrase2
Phrase 3
V
Phrase 4
I
Form of the Piece
• You have discovered phrases 1 and 3 use the same
notes but the rhythms are slightly different.
• You have also discovered that phrases 2 and 4 use the
same notes but the rhythms vary slightly.
• We say that the form of the piece is:
a b a’ b’
• Each of the musical phrases is four measures
long.
• The entire piece is 16 measures long.
Adding Harmonies
• In listening to music you will notice that songs are often
accompanied by a piano, guitar, steel pans, or even other
vocalists. These accompaniments add chords to the
music.
• When a piece is based on a major scale we say it is in
the key of …..
• This piece has one sharp in the key signature. A scale
with one sharp is G major. Thus we say the piece is in
the key of G major.
• In each major scale the most important chords are
those that are built on the 1st, 4th, 5th notes of the scale
Primary Chords
The chords built on the first, fourth, and fifth notes of
the scale are often referred to as:
1st
Tonic Chord
I chord
4th
Subdominant Chord
IV chord
5th
Dominant Chord
V Chord
** Check out the next slide to see what these chords
look like in the key of G major.
Primary chords in G major
D
G
A
B
E
F#
G
C
D
These are the notes which make up the chords.
Checking out the harmonies
•Check out the chords that are above the melody line in Roman
Numerals. You will see the following pattern:
I (GBD)
* * *
I
*
* *
I
* * *
V (DF#A)
*
*
*
•The notes that make up the chord are written in green beside the
chord name (I or V). Check out how the notes of the melody for the
most part are also found in the accompanying chord. The common
notes are marked with the star.
•Notice that this piece only uses the tonic and dominant chords.
Composing A Calypso Piece
•Begin this assignment by writing the melody for the “A”
phrase – use the same harmonic structure as Cheki
Morena.
•Keep in mind that most of the melody notes must be
common to the harmonizing chord.
Composing A Calypso Piece
• Follow the same procedure for the B phrase..
• In Noteworthy you should now have eight measures of
melody – phrase A and phrase B.
Bass Clef Notes
You will need to know the bass clef notes to add the chordal
accompaniment.
Adding Rhythmic Accompaniments
Calypso Music uses syncopated rhythms.
Here are some possibilities:
Together the rhythm accompaniments might sound like this:
Finishing your composition
You have already created two phrase A & B with their harmonic
accompaniments. You may create different rhythms for the chordal
accompaniments.
• Now add at least three rhythmic lines to the piece.
•Add lyrics to the A & B phrases.
• To complete the assignment write an additional A’ and B’ phrase
which have a bit of a different rhythmic variation. See slide 2 for a
model.
Do not forget to add new lyrics, harmonic accompaniment, and
three rhythmic lines to the two new phrases (A’ & B’)