All You Need is Love - Play Along

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Using the play along video again. At home: Beat 1 - slap on chest, the rest of the beats on the palm, one hand dropping the beat on the other palm. Good for zoom as teachers can see the students responding to the 4/3/2 difference. It's visual as well as kinaesthetic. In the classroom: now move with the bars. Walk on the first beat, the rest of the beats on the palm. Really important to do a strong gesture on the 1st beat of each bar.

Next conduct it! Compose an 4-beat/3-beat/2-beat rhythm as an alternative accompaniment.

Play along videos are a great way for classes to make music together. The cursor moves along in time with the music, so students are likely to find it easier to follow.

It allows students to independently rehearse a song several times until they are able to confidently play or sing along with it.

We've taken the song All You Need is Love and created a play along video. It has a vocal harmony line (which is in green), a bass line (which is in blue) and also has the chords for piano/guitar/ukulele players as well. The bass line can easily be played on a keyboard set to a bass as well, and the notes are also added to help with bass clef notes.

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French National Anthem: "La Marseillaise" (Military Band Version)

Can you find them in All You Need is Love

Now see can you play along with a mixed meter rhythm-only video.

Rhythm Reading Comparison: 4/4 versus 3/4  ~Easy Edition~

Idea taken from Brent Gault's Listen Up!

1st letter is the CHORD played on either ukulele/guitar/RH piano

2nd letter is the BASS NOTE.  Either played on the bass instrument or LH piano.

You will have noticed that the song changes meter frequently. The following play along video will focus on the meter only. Instead of playing and singing along, we're going to use the following words to represent the meter.

Can you find the following features in your set works that are also in All you Need is Love? 1. Recorded background sounds 2. Chords with added notes 3. Descending bass lines 4. Changing time signatures 5. Use of existing tunes 6. Use of brass instruments in a pop song 7. Chord II (Major)

All You Need Is Love PDST Music Spring Series 2021 Play and sing along sheet music Arr by Miriam Ross - Full Score.pdf

piano chords:keyboard chords for AYNIL latest.pdf

This song also uses a combination of 3 and 4 meters. See if you see if you can feel the 3 and 4 meter change.

Björk - It's Oh So Quiet

And an example of mixed meters in Irish music! The first tune of this set is an alternation between a jig in the A section (meter of 2) and then a slip jig in the B section (meter of 3). Then it goes into a new tune - a reel (meter of 4). Have a listen!

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