Music Club is THE place to discuss the hottest, freshest new tunes! That is, if you havesomething to play them on.
Time to break out the mini spaceships - er … records!
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY - MARTIN is listening to a record sitting on the desk. It is the classical piece: Peer Gynt - Morning. He is lost in thought.
EXTERIOR FIELD - DAY - Martin is imagining himself in a field on a lovely summer day. He begins to dance around the field. He turns again and again until suddenly CARA is standing in front of him.
CARA: MARTIN!
Record scratch.
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY - Martin is startled by Cara.
MARTIN: Cara! I didn’t hear you come in. I was lost in this music, it’s so relaxing! At least it was until you came in.
CARA: Shouldn’t you be setting up for the new video?
MARTIN: Video?
CARA: The Music club video?
MARTIN: Music club video?
CARA: Where we talk about new songs and say what we like or don’t like about them?
MARTIN:(lying) Right, right yeah I remember.
CARA: You get set up and I’ll get ready for the video.
MARTIN: Ok.
Cara leaves. Martin turns on his music again and gets lost in the music.
CARA (OFF STAGE): Martin!
TITLE SEQUENCE.
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY
CARA: Hi guys! Cara here along with my musical Martian…
Martin looks off in the distance, after a second Cara looks at him and nudges him.
MARTIN: What?
CARA: Say your name!
MARTIN: Whjinsoidnfsodfn
CARA: Not that one, the other one!
MARTIN: Martin?!
CARA: That’s right guys, and we’re here to bring you this week’s most on fire tracks! So let’s not waste any more time, talking, Martin?
Martin is lost again.
MARTIN: Huh?
CARA: Play. The. Track.
MARTIN: Of course! With what?
CARA: You didn’t bring the speakers?!
INTERIOR STUDIO - YESTERDAY - Martin is leaving the studio.
CARA (OFF STAGE): Martin don’t forget the speakers tomorrow!
MARTIN: Forget the speakers. Got it.
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY
CARA: What about your phone, we can play it off that?
INTERIOR STUDIO - YESTERDAY - Martin is leaving the house.
CARA (OFF STAGE): Martin don’t forget your phone tomorrow either!
MARTIN: Forget my phone. Got it.
INTERIOR STUDIO
MARTIN: Can’t we use your phone?
CARA: No Martin, we can’t! Because some extra terrestrial troublemaker decided to test the warranty on it!
INTERIOR ROOM - DAY - Martin is taking a hammer to Cara’s phone.
MARTIN: Unbreakable my foot!
INTERIOR STUDIO
CARA: Martin you:-
MARTIN: Cara! Just before you continue I think I have to warn you. We’re still recording.
CARA: Arrrrgh! Cut!
Cara turns the camera off.
CARA: Well this week’s video is like my phone. Completely ruined.
MARTIN: I kinda feel that was aimed at me.
CARA: What are we gonna do now?!
Martin eyes up the record player.
MARTIN: Wait a minute! The records.
Martin opens his briefcase and grabs a large stack of old 7 inch singles.
CARA: No Martin, that’s old music. Nobody is listening to that these days. We’re not putting that on at music club.
MARTIN: Well why don’t we try one first before we dismiss it. You know that old saying, never judge a book by it’s words.
CARA: It’s never judge a book by it’s cover!
MARTIN: Oh! I’ve been doing it wrong all these years.
Martin takes the first record and puts it on the record player. It’s on the wrong speed and is very slow.
CARA: It’s a bit slow.
MARTIN: It could just be the intro.
The singing comes in, it’s super slow.
CARA: I think your record player might be broken.
MARTIN:(in slow motion) Let me have a look.
Martin switches a button on the record player and it plays as normal.
CARA: Oh yes! Rock! I love this music. Listen to that guitar!
Martin covers his ears.
MARTIN: Turn it off, it’s killing me, it’s killing me!
CARA: Drum solo!
Cara air drums along to the drum solo. A record scratch, the music stops.
CARA: Whoa, what happened.
MARTIN: That’s quite enough of that weapons grade noise.
CARA: So now we’ve had a sample of it, let’s vote on it. How would you describe it? For me it was ROCKING. Fast and loud with guitars and drums, AND a really great solo that was high up.
Cara does air guitar.
MARTIN: I think it sounded like something I would use on my enemies. 1.5 stars.
Martin holds up a card with 1 1/2 stars on it.
CARA: Are you cray?! That was 8 out of 10. Easy.
Cara holds up a card with 8 vegetables on it.
MARTIN: Ok my turn now.
Martin flicks through the records.
MARTIN: Ah yes, perfect.
Martin puts The Blue Danube Waltz on the record player.
MARTIN: Annnnd relax.
Martin is now wearing a tuxedo, he waltzes around the room.
CARA: Nooooope, no, no, no, no no, N to the O. NO! This stinks!
MARTIN: Hey, I wasn’t rude about your tune.
CARA: Yes you were!
MARTIN: That’s ancient history!
CARA: So is this!
MARTIN: Listen to the orchestra! The instruments! The strings! The violin! The low cello! It just makes you want to dance! LikeCinderella.
Martin picks up a stool and waltzes. Cara turns the record off.
MARTIN: Let’s vote. 9 out of 10.
CARA: 8 out of 10 for me.
MARTIN: Really?
CARA: MINUS 8 out of 10.
MARTIN: Har-de-har-har. We are never going to agree on a song.
CARA: Well what’s left?
Cara picks up another record and puts it on. There are male and female vocals on it. The production is modern but a bit 80’s. The song is talking about two friends - they’re strange friends, an odd couple, but great friends. The pair nod along to it.
MARTIN: I like the male singer.
CARA: I like the keyboards.
MARTIN: Actually, the female singer is even better.
CARA: Listen to the beat!
Cara taps a 4-4 beat along to the song.
CARA: Ok, let’s score at the same time. 3…2…1!
They both hold up 10s.
CARA: We’ve got our song!
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY
CARA: Hi guys! Your musical sherpas are back with our music club and today we want to play you a song that really speaks to both of us.
MARTIN: Even with our differences!
CARA: We’ve gone old school today. Phones out the window.
MARTIN: Oh, that gives me an idea!
CARA: No it doesn’t! We’ve gone deep into the music vault and we’re going to play a ‘record’!
Martin holds up a record.
MARTIN: I know what you’re thinking. This spaceship actually plays music?! Well have a listen!
Martin puts the record on.
CARA: What do you love about the song?
MARTIN: Well, I love both voices. I love the tempo and I love the little hook they keep singing. It’s so catchy. What about you?
CARA: I love the keyboards, and the tempo! Not too fast, not too slow. I love the high notes on the keyboard and the low notes on the bass. Also, I love the arrangement of all the instruments together behind the singing.
MARTIN: And that’s why…
CARA: It’s Cara and Martin’s…
CARA AND MARTIN: Song of the week!
The both hold up 10 cards.
CARA: See you all next week!
Martin and Cara wave to the camera. A beat.
CARA: You can turn the camera off now Martin.
Martin looks at the camera, he nervously laughs.
CARA: What?
MARTIN: I forgot to hit record.
EXTERIOR OUTER SPACE
CARA (OFF STAGE): MAAAAAAAAAAAARTIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!
THE END.
Musical Features
Music is made of lots of different elements that make up how it sounds.
These features can be described using key words like loud and quiet, high and low, fast andslow, long and short.
We can use these words and many more to describe the elements of a piece ofmusic.
More ways of describing music
The vocal line - How many singers are there? Are they male or female?
The backing or accompaniment - What instruments are there? What type of ensemble is it? (Arock band, a brass ensemble, a piano and violin?) Do any instruments play a solo?
The lyrics - Are there lyrics? Is there a hook (a repeated lyrics line)? Do the lyrics rhyme?
The texture - Is the texture of the music thick (many instruments and singers performing atonce), thin (only a few instruments and singers) or in between? Are there many layers ofsound? Are there many voices singing? Are there many instruments playing? Does the texturestay the same throughout?
The tempo - Is the music fast, slow or in between? Does the tempo change throughout thepiece? Does the music speed up or slow down?
The dynamics - Is the music loud, quiet or in between? Are the dynamics the same throughoutthe piece or do they vary?
The arrangement - Is the piece divided into sections? What are the differences betweensections? Which voices or instruments sing and play in each section? Do sections repeat?
Music Club
Why not start your very own music club?
Pick any song you like and listen to it. What do you like about it?
Is it fast or slow? Does it have loud sections, quiet sections or both? What instrumentsare being used? Is there a singer? What is the mood of the piece - how does it make you feel?Does the piece sound like it’s in a particular style?
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