Starter

The following video is of Green Day performing 

‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ to 100,000 people
at  Reading Festival a large outdoor venue.

Question:
What qualities have made Green Day such a
massively popular band to see live?
Why can they be called a Rock Band?

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=uPMDPiNG4TE
Learning Objectives
Lesson 1 Rock Anthems
By the end of this lesson, you will...

1)Understand what makes a rock anthem and the typical

musical features of this style

2) Recap major and minor triads

3) Perform the song ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ Rock

Anthem.
Rock Anthem Instruments
- The typical instruments in a rock band set up are:
keyboard, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums &
vocals.
• Guitars often have different effects added such as:
• -Distortion
• -Delay
• -Reverb
• -Wah-Wah
The Chords These are the main chords used in this Rock Anthem. 
They are triads: 3 notes of the chord played together. 
What's the difference between
the major and minor triads?​         
                 E minor (Em): E, G & B

G major (G): G, B & D

D major (D): D, F# & A

A major (A): A, C# & E

Verse
 Task 5

Chorus
Task 5
Main Task
Practise the verse of:
‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ by Green Day:

1) Play the Chords of the Verse

2) Once you've had a go

     at the chords you can
     learn the Melody Line.

3) Try and put this with

    your partner.
Plenary
What Rock Anthem features can you hear in
this piece? 

Zizzi Top 'Give me all your lovin'' 1983

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=TG2JtdUEMJU