Year 10 Music Remote Learning Week 2 In this PowerPoint you will find all task information and instructions for you to follow.

Mrs Stewart, Miss Francis and Miss Beattie Recap… Last week we were looking at the developing your listening skills, and your ability to compare and contrast two versions of the same song.

Listening and responding to music are essential parts of music. It allows us to understand what the musician has done in order to create a piece of music. This week…

• We are going to watch a video that gives us some information on Elvis’ rise to fame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rCf_bbgPZM

• Use the information from the video to answer the following 12 questions. Task 1

1. Elvis’ family moved to an apartment in Lauderdale Courts when he was in High School. Why was this such a luxury for Elvis and his family? 2. Where did Elvis first perform with his guitar growing up? 3. Where did Elvis go to record his first song? 4. Who were the musicians in Elvis’ first recording session? 5. How did Elvis change ‘That’s alright Mama’ from the original version? 6. When was Elvis’ first single released? 7. Elvis’ style of dancing became well known, but why did Elvis actually start moving on stage this way? 8. When there was no drum kit used in the recording, what instrument provided the percussion? 9. What combination of instruments really changed music into Rock and Roll? 10. What famous radio station was Elvis on? 11. Why was Elvis so popular? 12. Why did Sam Phillips sell Elvis’ recording contract? Check your work…

• Use the answers to reflect on your work and see if you got the answers correct. • Add in any extra details you may have missed. • Use the 3 steps to self-assess your work and write down a response to each of the 3 sentence starters. Answers

1. The family had running water, heat and electricity for the first time. 2. The triangle, where his friends gathered and baseball was frequently played. 3. Memphis Recording Studio/ Sun Studios 4. Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass) 5. The original version was a slow ballad, but Elvis’ version had a much faster tempo (speed) because of how nervous Elvis was. 6. Elvis’s single was released 19th July 1954 7. Elvis start moving on stage this way because he was so nervous that his legs kept shaking. 8. The Double Bass or Slap Bass was used instead of a percussion instrument. 9. The combination of instruments that really changed music into Rock and Roll was guitar and drum kit. 10. Elvis was on the Louisiana Hayride radio show. 11. Elvis was popular because he was so different than any other artist at the time. 12. Sam Phillips sold Elvis’ recording contract to pay off his debt. The studio couldn’t cope with the speed and expense needed to produce Elvis’ records. Task 2 Spend some time practicing the keyboard piece Hound Dog

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C C C D D D D D D D D Eb D C A C C You have now completed the Remote Learning work for Music this week.