L4 - Passing Notes and Solos

Lesson Objectives:

  • To understand what passing notes are

  • To explore putting solo lines over the four chords

  • To choose songs that use the four chord trick for a group 'mash-up'

Lesson 4 - A capella.pptx

PREPARE FOR LEARNING TASK

Upload a video recording or audio clip of you performing your part on your group performance to your designated classroom.

i.e. If you are performing the bass line, upload a video or audio clip of you singing the bass line.

Making your piece more interesting

Passing notes:

To make your bassline more interesting you can add passing notes - ‘filling the gaps’ between the root notes.

You used passing notes in some of the melodies in your canon in Unit 5 - Beauty of Baroque


You need to know the notes of the scale. In this case—F major.

Building up the chords: