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REGGAE MUSIC
MUSIC UNIT YEAR 10
IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL
LEARN ABOUT
 HISTORY
 MUSICAL ORIGINS
 CHARACTERISTICS
 FEATURES
 THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE
MUSIC
YOU WILL DO THAT BY
 WATCHING CLIPS
 READING ABOUT THE HISTORY
 LISTENING TO STORIES
 PLAYING SOME SONGS
 LISTENING TO SOME SONGS
 ANALYSING MUSIC
LESSON 1
 BEATS OF THE HEART – REGGAE
DOCUMENTARY
 AS YOU WATCH THIS ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
IMAGES
 IN THE OPENING SCENE YOU WILL SEE SOME
IMAGES AND HEAR SOME MUSIC
 WRITE DOWN OR DRAW 6 IMAGES YOU SEE
AND THEN DISCUSS WITH YOUR NEIGHBOUR
HOW YU THINK THEY RELATE TO REGGAE
MUSIC
 THINGS TO THINK ABOUT..WHERE, WHY,
WHO, WHAT, AND WHEN…..
NOTES
 COPY THESE POINTS DOWN…
ORIGINS
 WHERE DID THE JAMAICANS COME FROM?
 WHO WERE THEIR GRANDPARENTS?
 WHO WAS MARCUS GARVEY?
WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS FACING JAMAICA?
MUSICAL ELEMENTS
 TIMBRE
 BEAT
 LYRICS
 TEMPO
 FORM
 MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
LESSON 2
 DO NOW… QUICK 5,
 KAUPAPA…To identify the sound and meaning of
reggae…
 YOUR GOAL…Listen
By the end of this lesson you will know how reggae is
recorded and what the song buffalo soldier is about..
QUICK 5
 what was the name of the poor suburb in Jamaica
where Reggae was first jammed out
T………. Town
 Jamaicans originally came from ……….
 The beat in reggae is based on a ……….beat
 Reggae came about in the 19……s
 The harmony is played on the …………
Building a reggae song
Cl
ip 9.30 mins
 Who is the famous producer in the clip who has recorded Bob
Marley and The Beatles.

……………………………………….
 What instruments are recorded 1st?
 …………………………………………
 then what is added…
 ………………………………………………..
 How would you describe the bass line?
 ……………………………………………………………..
 What are some of the performance characteristics of
the guitar?
 ………………………………….
 What are some of the performance characteristics of
the keyboard?
 ………………………………….
 How does Scratch describe Reggae Music
Rhythm from the ………… Lyrics from the street
 How many vocalists are there?
 ………………………..
 One is singing the …………….., the others are
singing the……………………………………
LYRICAL ANALYSIS
 BUFFALO SOLDIER – BOB
MARLEY
 GROUP WORK
 AS YOU LISTEN TO THIS SONG AND READ THE
LYRICS WRITE DOWN OR DRAW WHAT YOU
THINK IT MEANS…
 CHOOSE ONE LINE TO DISCUSS WITH THE
CLASS…
Lesson 3
 DO NOW (na mahi)….. , get your green book/
pencil….then Quick 5
 KAUPAPA……all to have completed pages in our
booklet , and started to learn the reggae song…
 TODAY WE FOCUS ON MUSICAL ELEMENTS!!
 O WHAINGA……To finish our writing quickly so
as to get onto practical…get your book…pencil..be
quiet and listen for the instructions
QUICK 5
 1..What is the name of the famous reggae producer
……………………………………..
 2. What instruments are always recorded first?
 ……………………….
 3.What is a skank?
 ……………………………………
 4.Who were the buffalo soldiers?
 …………………………..
 5. What effects are used on the guitar?.
 …………………………………………
Musical Elements
 The best way to learn about the elements is to play
them…
BEAT
 .The most important feature if Reggae music is the
……………… beat
 It falls on the ….. and ……. beats of a bar.
 CLAP THIS BEAT
Musical Elements
 HARMONY
 Harmony in a song is the ……. it is in and also the
chords.
 Most reggae songs only have three or four chords.
 They are normally a mixture of …………. and
……………. chords
 The major chords sound………….
 the minor chords sound………………
 This creates a
……………………………………………………..
 STIR IT UP CHORDS
This song is on the key of …………….. Major
A major has ……….. #s
The notes of the scale are
……… ……… ………. …….. ……… ……. ……. …….
The three chords are A, D and E or chord 1, 4 and 5
They are all major chords (The formula is root, 4 the 3
semitones)
You play them like this
A= A, …. , …..
D= D, …., …..
E= E, ….., …..
LETS TRY AND PLAY ALONG…….
Musical Elements
 STIR IT UP BASS LINE, MELODY
A,
C#, C# D, D C#
C#D , F# A
A
E G# B
 The guitar chords are A chord (Skank x4)
 D chord (Skank x2), E chord (Skank x2)