1. KNOW: Off beat rhythm, Triads, Triplets, Steel pan
BE ABLE TO: Perform your own piece of Calypso music, Off-beat, .
UNDERSTAND: Walking bass line, Calypso music.

2. Timbre & Rhythm Vocals Steel Pans: 112 African Rhythm
There’re also heavy links with African vocal music.
Steel Pans: 112
African Rhythm
With the islands being inhabited with African slaves African music has a huge influence Calypso music.
The rhythms are composed using lots of polyrhythm's.

3. Calypso Music Calypso music comes from Trinidad and Tobago.
The islands have a core population of descendants of African slaves, the French brought Carnival to Trinidad, and calypso competitions held at Carnivals grew in popularity, especially after the abolition of slavery in 1834.
Calypso music was the original way of spreading news around the island.

4. PERFORMANCE TASK: CALYPSO WARS
TASK 1: In three’s perform the theme on the steel pans.
QUESTION: What are these things with 3’s below them?
TASK 2: In three’s perform the piano accompaniment on keyboard.
QUESTION: Why are these chords called triads?

5. PERFORMANCE TASK: CALYPSO WARS
TASK 3: In three’s perform the bass line on the keyboard or the guitar.

6. COMPOSITION TASK: Off beat Rhythm: Off beat1
& 2 3 4
The offbeat rhythm is the essential ingredient in calypso music. It generates the feel for the piece.
Listen to the specials and detect the instrument playing the offbeat rhythm.

7. G Am Bm C D Em F#dim G COMPOSITION TASK: Chords
Tone Tone SemiTone Tone Tone Tone SemiTone
I ii iii IV V vi VII VIII
Tonic
Supertonic
Mediant
Sub dominant
Dominant
Sub-mediant
Relative minor
Leading tone
Octave
Upper case numerals (II) – the chord is major
Lower case numerals (ii) – the chord is minor
COMPOSITION TASK: Chords

8. COMPOSITION TASK: Triads
A chord of three notes: a bass note and notes a 3rd and 5th above it.
TASK:
Decode the triads below
The Chord of G
The Chord of C
The Chord of D … … …

9. TASK: Perform D B G A F D G E C

10. Walking Bass line: Perform

11. Task: Compose your own piece of calypso music
Vocal line
Walking bass
Chord progression
Well structured
Off beat
C major scale
Authentic timbre
Accurate timing

12. LISTENING PLENARY Q1: List the Timbre heard in this extract
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Q2: Comment on the bass guitar
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Q3: What is an Off beat rhythm?
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Q4: What is a Triad? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..