Music Through the Decades

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Music through the decades

Module 9 love songs Hosted by Stewart Koplick Demonstrated by: Peter Dirkx The Endeavour Foundation Thrive Learning programs are aligned to the activities offered in our Learning and Lifestyle hubs.

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• Music

• Furniture restoration

• Woodworking

• Activities that relate to the outdoors – i.e. gardening, bushwalking

• Understanding how things work (gadgets and experiments)

2 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS Table of Contents

How to participate in the Thrive Learning programs...... 4 Icons ...... 4 . . . .

Module Overview ...... 5 . . . Description...... 5

Outcomes...... 5. . . .

Equipment...... 5. . . .

Activities ...... 6 . . .

Song Lyrics ...... 15 . . . Ronan Keating: When You Say Nothing At All ...... 15 . .

Taylor Swift: Love Story ...... 16. . . .

Elvis Presley: Can’t Help Falling In Love ...... 17. . .

Vocabulary...... 18

Activities answer guide ...... 19 . .

3 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS How to participate in the Thrive Learning programs

1. Watch the video.

2. Read this workbook and answer the questions.

3. Need help? That’s ok! Leave that question and move onto the next one.

4. Your Support Worker will help you with any questions you have when they check in with you.

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Watch the video when you see this icon.

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4 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS Module Overview

Description This is Module 9 in the Thrive Learning program about music.

This module focuses on artists that sing about love! We will listen to love songs and look at what instruments are used to play the songs.

You’ll hear about artists like:

Ronan Keating Taylor Swift Elvis Presley

Outcomes By the end of this module you will:

• Have listened to a number of artists

• Sung songs about love

• Identify and describe some music instruments

• Describe key music terms such as genre, chords and rhyme

• Describe basic music theory

Equipment Nil – unless you have a guitar and want to play along! Oh and your voice!

5 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS Activities Watch the video and then answer the following questions. Hint: You can stop, rewind and play the video as many times as you want.

1. When you hear the word ‘love’, what do you think of? Can you write down (or draw) 5 different ideas to do with love?

Your theme Your theme

love Your theme

Your theme Your theme

2. What do you think? Are most love songs played and sung fast or slow?

slow fast

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3. What instruments do you see being played in the first song,When You Say Nothing At All? Hint: One is electric.

4. What is Peter playing the drums with?

5. Take a look at the verse to When You Say Nothing At All below. Are there any rhyming words?

It’s amazing how you Can speak right to my heart Without saying a word You can light up the dark Try as I may I could never explain What I hear when you don’t say a thing

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6. Now take a look at the chorus. Are there any rhyming words?

The smile on your face let’s me know that you need me There’s a truth in your eyes saying you’ll never leave me The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me wherever I fall You say it best When you say nothing at all

7. If you answered ‘yes’ to question 6 above, write down the words that rhyme below. Hint: There are 2 of them.

8. At 4 minutes and 25 seconds (4:25) in the video, what does Peter play the bass drum with?

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Taylor Swift is one of the biggest music stars of all time. Read the text below and answer the following questions. Having sold more than 50 million pure albums and 150 million singles globally, Swift is one of the world’s best-selling music artists of all time. Her accolades include 10 Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and seven Guinness World Records; she is the most-awarded act and woman at the American Music Awards (29 wins) and Billboard Music Awards (23 wins), respectively. She has been included in multiple power rankings, such as Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2010, 2015 and 2019), Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015), the Forbes Celebrity 100 (placing first in 2016 and 2019), and Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Artists Chart (2019). She was named Global Recording Artist of the Year twice by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (2014 and 2019), Woman of the Decade (2019) by Billboard and the Artist of the Decade (2019) by the American Music Awards. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift

9. How many singles has she sold worldwide?

10. How many Grammy awards has Taylor won?

11. In what year was she named Woman of the Decade?

12. In the song Love Story, Taylor Swift sings about 2 characters from a famous play by William Shakespeare. Can you name them?

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13. How many chords are played in the chorus to Love Story? See below:

[Chorus]

C Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

G I’ll be waiting all there’s left to do is run

Am You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess

F G C It’s a love story baby just say “yes”

14. Can you write down the names of the chords above? Hint: There are 4 different chords played in the chorus:

15. What does Stewart say about Taylor Swift’s song writing? What does she tell?

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16. The song, Can’t Help Falling In Love was produced and then released by Elvis in what year?

17. In which movie was Can’t Help Falling In Love written for?

18. Did Elvis star in this movie?

19. What words rhyme in the chorus to Can’t Help Falling In Love? Hint: There are 2 words.

Like a river flows Surely to the sea Darling, so it goes Some things are meant to be

20. Throughout a number of music videos we’ve talked about beats in the bar and we’ve used numbers such as “4 4” and “3 4”. In the song Can’t Help Falling In Love, do you think the song is played with 4 beats in the bar? Yes / No?

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21. How many beats in the bar do you think Can’t Help Falling In Love is written in?

22. The first two lines ot Can’t Help Falling In Love are below. What chord does the first line start with?

C Em Am F C G Wise men say, only fools rush in’

F G Am F * C G C4 But I can’t help falling in love with you

23. What chords does the second line end on?

24. Below are the first two lines to the chorus of Can’t Help Falling In Love? What’s different about the B chord?

Em B7 Em B7 Like a river flows surely to the sea

Em B7 Darling so it goes

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25. How’s your song writing coming along? Any number 1 hits yet?! Remember, we started writing songs in the first module, so if you have written a few lines then keep going! If not, well maybe it’s time to get your creative juices flowing!

A song is usually made of a 2-3 verses and a chorus – normally 4 lines each. Use the following sentence starters to start writing your own song or make up your own first line and start writing! Think about using words that rhyme!

I saw you walking down the street

Song I was riding along . . starters! There’s a party on at my house

My baby don’t love me anymore…

For example:

I was at the station when I saw my baby board the train Suitcase in her hand, she wasn’t coming home again She turned to look at me one last time Blue eyes crying, but the tears were mine

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14 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS Song Lyrics Ronan Keating: When You Say Nothing At All It’s amazing how you Can speak right to my heart Without saying a word You can light up the dark Try as I may I could never explain What I hear when you don’t say a thing The smile on your face let’s me know that you need me There’s a truth in your eyes saying you’ll never leave me The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me wherever I fall You say it best When you say nothing at all All day long I can hear People talking out loud (ooh) But when you hold me near (you hold me near) You drown out the crowd (drown out the crowd) Try as they may they can never define What’s being said between your heart and mine The smile on your face let’s me know that you need me There’s a truth in your eyes saying you’ll never leave me The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me wherever I fall You say it best (you say it best) When you say nothing at all The smile on your face let’s me know that you need me There’s a truth in your eyes saying you’ll never leave me (ooh) The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me wherever I fall You say it best (you say it best) When you say nothing at all Source: LyricFind

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Taylor Swift: Love Story We were both young when I first saw you I close my eyes and the flashback starts I’m standin’ there On a balcony in summer air See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns See you make your way through the crowd And say, “Hello” Little did I know That you were Romeo, you were throwin’ pebbles And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet” And I was cryin’ on the staircase Beggin’ you, “Please don’t go, “ and I said Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone I’ll be waiting, all there’s left to do is run You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess It’s a love story, baby, just say, “Yes” So I sneak out to the garden to see you We keep quiet, ‘cause we’re dead if they knew So close your eyes Escape this town for a little while, oh oh ‘Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet” But you were everything to me I was beggin’ you, “Please don’t go, “ and I said I got tired of waiting Wonderin’ if you were ever comin’ around My faith in you was fading When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said Romeo, save me, I’ve been feeling so alone I keep waiting for you, but you never come Is this in my head? I don’t know what to think He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring And said, “Marry me, Juliet You’ll never have to be alone I love you and that’s all I really know I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress It’s a love story, baby, just say, “Yes” Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh ‘Cause we were both young when I first saw you Source: LyricFind 16 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS

Elvis Presley: Can’t Help Falling In Love Wise men say Only fools rush in But I can’t help falling in love with you Shall I stay? Would it be a sin If I can’t help falling in love with you? Like a river flows Surely to the sea Darling, so it goes Some things are meant to be Take my hand Take my whole life too For I can’t help falling in love with you Like a river flows Surely to the sea Darling, so it goes Some things are meant to be Take my hand Take my whole life too For I can’t help falling in love with you For I can’t help falling in love with you Source: LyricFind

17 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS Vocabulary

Icon A picture or symbol used to describe something.

Hints A small piece of information that helps you do or guess something more easily.

Module An instructional unit that focuses on a particular topic.

Equipment Supplies or tools needed for a special purpose.

Instrument An object that can be used to produce music is called a musical instrument.

Rhyme Rhyme means words that sound the same or similar in their endings.

Lyrics Are the words to a song.

Soundtrack Recorded music that is synchronized (matched) to the images of a motion picture.

Verse Writing that has a specific rhythm ot it or a specific section of a writing. An example of verse is a poem.

Theme The theme in a story is its underlying message, or ‘big idea’.

Decade A decade is a period of 10 years.

Chords In music, a guitar chord is a set of notes played on a guitar.

Riff A short repeated phrase in popular music typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song.

18 MUSIC THROUGH THE DECADES MODULE 9: LOVE SONGS Activities answer guide How to use this section You can use this section of the workbook to check your answers.

Some questions in the workbook don’t have a right or wrong answer. Some of the questions ask you about your own opinion or preference, or they may ask you to think creatively. This type of question has been marked in the answer guide below as “There is no right or wrong answer to this question”.

Q1. Poetry / Love Songs Flowers / Candles

love Kisses / Hearts / Hugs

Walks on the beach / Romance Feeling good inside

Q2. Slow

Q3. a. Electric guitar

b. Drums

Q4. Drumstick

Q5. No

Q6. Yes

Q7. a. (you need) me and (you’ll never leave) me.

b. fall and all.

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Q8. Foot pedal

Q9. 150 million singles globally.

Q10. 10 Grammy Awards.

Q11. 2019

Q12. a. Romeo

b. Juliet

Q13. 4 (C, G, Am, F)

Q14. a. C

b. G

c. Am

d. F

Q15. And, kind of, I guess tell, in her music, tells stories about every day. And it is about the love songs, her relationships and the breakups. Has been criticised a little bit for it, by certain people. But, she’s simply telling a story, and at the end of the day, that is what music is about.

Q16. 1961

Q17. Blue Hawaii

Q18. Yes

Q19. a. Flows and goes

b. Sea and be

Q20. No. Can’t Help Falling in Love is played at 50 beats per minute. Time signature: 3/4

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Q21. 3/4

Q22. C

Q23. C4

Q24. It has a number (7) linked to it.

Q25. There is no right or wrong answer to this question.

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