Call & Response
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Talia Girton
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19 lessons (0h 33m) · 1 free
01. What Is a Scale & Demonstration
Free lesson2:27
02. Call & Response
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03. Call & Response Example 1
1:09
04. Call & Response Example 2
1:25
05. Major Pentatonic Jamming
1:49
06. Major Pentatonic Jamming (Performance)
1:05
07. Minor Pentatonic Jamming
1:48
08. Minor Pentatonic Jamming (Performance)
0:49
Lesson transcript
Call and Response in Music
Call and response is a feature that's quite common in both blues and jazz, as well as popular music.
- Call: A certain melody
- Response: Another melody
Example: "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
A good example of this technique can be found in the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.
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Introduction:
- The song starts with the line, "It might seem crazy what I'm about to say."
- The instrument serves as the response: "Sunshine, she's here. You can take a break."
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Verse Call and Response:
- Call: "Because I'm happy"
- Response: "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof."
This back-and-forth pattern continues throughout the song.
Practical Application
Let's have a look at an example of call and response just on the piano.
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Meet your guru
Talia Girton is a musician and HCPC-registered music therapist, and the founder of The Cycling Music Teachers. Her work brings together music therapy, counselling and education, and she tutors internationally on the music therapy training course at UDELAS in Panama as well as contributing to professional development with the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA). On MusicGurus she teaches the Piano Method and Piano Foundations courses, guiding complete beginners from first steps through rhythm, both hands, theory and performance.
