Week 3

Date: 12^th August

Our lesson was focused on motive also known as motif and how they are applied to song writing. In songs motive help the listener remember the song it shows how catchy the song is as it is repetitive. The most common forms of motives are “exact repetition, Rhythmic retention. sequence, inversion, Rhythmic displacement, Intervallic augmentation, Intervallic diminution and transposition” 1.

During our lesson, we had a task to break into a small group and develop multiple motives from what we have learnt and discussed in class. This was our outcome

For our practical part of the lesson we were asked to bring either a pedal or an ostinato. My song was “ice ice baby” by Vanilla Ice. This song has an ostinato and that concluded the lesson 2 .

References

1 Robyn Habel, “Melody Part 1: Motif Development” (lecture presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1B, Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide, August 12^th , 2019).

2 Ice, V., 1990. Ice Ice Baby. [Sound Recording] (SBK Records).