Minimalism

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Minimalism

• Aims and Objectives of this lesson
• To be able to play Tubular Bells and add chords
  to the melody
• To listen to Tubular Bells and recognise
  minimalist features

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Adding Chords to Your Melody

• 1st Chord 2nd Chord 3rd Chord 4th
  Chord 5th chord
• E D C
  B A
• C B A
  G F
• A G F
  E D

Use your Left hand to play these chords
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Minimalism

• Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
• Demo track rejected by all major record
• companies
• Finally accepted by Richard Branson
• Worked on his master version for 12 months
• playing all 21 Instruments by himself
• Used minimalist technique of LAYERING
• Stayed in the album charts for 264 weeks!
• His second album was knocked off the top spot by
  his first
• album

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Tubular Bells

• There are 2 versions
• Original Version
• Orchestral version
• Name the instruments as you hear them entering
  the music
• What instruments does Mike Oldfield call out at
  the end of the original piece?

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Homework

• Compose an 8 note melody (tune)

Choose from these notes C D E F G A B