L.O. Compose a Tudor Fanfare

BLP: imitation

What were fanfares for?

• Announce the arrival of someone important

• Grab people’s attention so they remember to make way and bow down

• Usually played on brass instruments (so couldn’t use many notes)

• Usually fairly short.

Rhythms from phrases•Here comes the king

• How would you write these ones?

–All bow down

–He is the greatest

• What other phrases could you use?

How do you clap this rhythm?

How do you play this tune?

L.O. Compose a Tudor Fanfare

• Start and end on G• Only use the notes G, B and D• The rhythm in each bar should add up to 4 beats• It should be 4 bars long

Evaluation• Did you manage to follow the composition

rules?

• Do you think it sounds like a fanfare?

• Did you manage to perform it well?

• How would you improve your fanfare?

• What instrument do you think it would sound best on?

• What have you learned for next time?