ANALYSIS
‘The Wine Song’ is full of musical gestures and ideas. As the title suggests, this song is representative of the notion of forgetting ones worries and living off wine instead.
The bass note is alternating between the 1st and 5th notes of the chord, illustrating the Oompah technique. The chord is a Dm chord, meaning the notes being alternated between are D and A.
The Accelerando signifies for the tempo to gradually increase. by the second repeat of the chorus, the tempo has dramatically increased.
COMPOSITION TASK:
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Write out an oompah bass line in the key of C following the chord progression I IV I V (C F C G) – show the teacher to get it checked.
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Create a melody (16 bars repeated - e.g. 32 bars) which works with this oompah bass line, experiment using a xylophone, piano, or your own instrument
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Record the bass line and your melody in Garageband
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Remember:
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The root of the chord is on beat 1 & 3.
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The 5th of the chord is on beat 2 & 4.
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The bass and snare drum help emphasise this.