Extraordinary Times Videos

This week Rob has continued looking at music derived from shapes of notes, and by using a diagonal line that's repeated, and overlapping, we can create a 'Shepard Tone', which can sound like it's continuously rising.

For more sessions from Baton Beats follow the Baton Beats playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET7zDhMVMwQ&list=PLiyOoe8br2C0l0cuEK3Xw4BConFIoNtTG

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This video is part of PMZ's Extraordinary Times Programme, a series of on and offline resources, community creations, activities and workshops designed and produced in lockdown to engage, entertain and encourage the various communities that work with Plymouth Music Zone.

If you would like to find out more please either head to our website https://plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/ get in touch via email info@plymouthmusiczone.org.uk or visit us and say hello over on social media.

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Digital Orchestra is an experimental music group with a focus on music technology, comprised of musicians with diverse disabilities, facilitated by Plymouth Music Zone and music leader Steve Becket.

"Just Dance" is a a song they created remotely during lockdown. The video footage was filmed a few weeks before the lockdown began in the year 2020.

Just Dance was written and produced by
Digital Orchestra at Plymouth Music Zone
Samples and synthesisers: Mike
Guitar: Will
Piano: Piano
Beatbox and sound effects: Stuart
Vocals: Chris B, DJ Dolphin
Artwork: Chris B

Music leader: Steve Becket
Video: Jamila Hanan

© Plymouth Music Zone 2021

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This week, Baton Beats leader Rob Tilsley drew 'DRUM' in MIDI notes, and used a drum kit voice, so the word is what it says... a strange kind of onomatopoeia. We would love to hear your ideas for doing this with other instruments.

For more sessions from Baton Beats follow the Baton Beats playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET7zDhMVMwQ&list=PLiyOoe8br2C0l0cuEK3Xw4BConFIoNtTG

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This video is part of PMZ's Extraordinary Times Programme, a series of on and offline resources, community creations, activities and workshops designed and produced in lockdown to engage, entertain and encourage the various communities that work with Plymouth Music Zone.

If you would like to find out more please either head to our website https://plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/ get in touch via email info@plymouthmusiczone.org.uk or visit us and say hello over on social media.

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PlymouthMusicZone/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pmzofficial

This week Rob took the word 'Music' and created Midi notes based on the shapes of those letters. This was a suggestion from Ken, thank you very much Ken!

For more sessions from Baton Beats follow the Baton Beats playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET7zDhMVMwQ&list=PLiyOoe8br2C0l0cuEK3Xw4BConFIoNtTG

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This video is part of PMZ's Extraordinary Times Programme, a series of on and offline resources, community creations, activities and workshops designed and produced in lockdown to engage, entertain and encourage the various communities that work with Plymouth Music Zone.

If you would like to find out more please either head to our website https://plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/ get in touch via email info@plymouthmusiczone.org.uk or visit us and say hello over on social media.

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PlymouthMusicZone/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pmzofficial

Continuing with the 'turning things into music that aren't music' theme, Rob has gone with letters this time, using their shapes as outlines for MIDI. This time using the letters P,M, and Z. We would love to hear your ideas of other words, or shapes, or anything that you think might be interesting!

For more sessions from Baton Beats follow the Baton Beats playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET7zDhMVMwQ&list=PLiyOoe8br2C0l0cuEK3Xw4BConFIoNtTG

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This video is part of PMZ's Extraordinary Times Programme, a series of on and offline resources, community creations, activities and workshops designed and produced in lockdown to engage, entertain and encourage the various communities that work with Plymouth Music Zone.

If you would like to find out more please either head to our website https://plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/ get in touch via email info@plymouthmusiczone.org.uk or visit us and say hello over on social media.

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PlymouthMusicZone/
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Continuing the 'creating music out of information' theme, here Rob takes the previous transcription of the famous Opera House chess game, and translates it onto different drum kits. We hope you enjoy the results! Do let Rob know if you have any ideas of other information that we can turn into music.

For more sessions from Baton Beats follow the Baton Beats playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET7zDhMVMwQ&list=PLiyOoe8br2C0l0cuEK3Xw4BConFIoNtTG

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This video is part of PMZ's Extraordinary Times Programme, a series of on and offline resources, community creations, activities and workshops designed and produced in lockdown to engage, entertain and encourage the various communities that work with Plymouth Music Zone.

If you would like to find out more please either head to our website https://plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/ get in touch via email info@plymouthmusiczone.org.uk or visit us and say hello over on social media.

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PlymouthMusicZone/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pmzofficial

Care for something a bit silly? It’s an old folksong arranged by Anna, including some new verses by PMZ participants.

Round Song: Whose Pigs Be These?
(Possibly from 1770 – from Merry Songs and Ballads prior to 1800 , Vol 3 Ed John Stephen Farmer)

Whose pigs be these? Whose pigs be these?
Oh they are John Potts’,
You can tell 'em by the spots
And I found them in the vicarage garden.

Whose pigs be these? Whose pigs be these?
It’s a Merrick sow and it’s bigger than a cow
And I found it in the vicarage garden.

Whose pigs be these? Whose pigs be these?
It belongs to a Beater,
It’s a keeper not an eater
And I found it in the vicarage garden.

Whose pigs be these? Whose pigs be these?
Well it looks like Pork, but it’s actually an Orc
And I found it in the vicarage garden.

(This new verse was by residents at The Rise, Plympton…a few years ago!)

Whose sheep be these? Whose sheep be these?
For they are Polly Hughes’
You can tell it by their shoes
And I found em in the vicarage garden.

(This new verse was by the Musical Misfits online June 2021)

Whose geese be these? Whose geese be these?
For they honk and they ponk
And they do the naughty stonk
And I found them in the vicarage garden

Whose pigs be these? Whose pigs be these?
Oh they are John Potts’,
You can them by the spots
And I found them in the vicarage garden.

To see more of Anna please listen to her playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyOoe8br2C2Wv_dX26RnqrqFsN6SOi_B

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This is part of PMZ's Extraordinary Times Programme: a series of on and offline resources, community creations, activities and workshops designed and produced in lockdown to engage, entertain and encourage the various communities that work with Plymouth Music Zone.

If you would like to find out more please either head to our website https://plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/ get in touch via email info@plymouthmusiczone.org.uk or visit us and say hello over on social media.

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PlymouthMusicZone/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pmzofficial