Dodson 1

Drew Dodson

Dr. Grimsby

MuEd 372

2/10/24

Orff Lesson Plan

T; Today we’re going to play ‘I’ll Stay’ by The RH Factor featuring D’Angelo. It is from the
2003 album ‘Hard Groove’ performed by The RH Factor, which is led by Roy Hargrove - a
prolific jazz trumpeter who passed away in 2018. The song features prolific R&B performer
D’Angelo who notably includes funk and jazz influence into his albums. Let's listen to the main
theme of the song.
— Play from 1;50-2;25 —

T; The first part we’ll look at is the bass line, but we’re going to play it on a higher instrument so
we can include the f-sharp. [Play it on an a lower instrument, but not on the contra keys]
It’s a simple descending line that goes down A-G-Fsharp-F-E. Listen to the timing in how I play
it
-models how the F and E go quicker compared to the other notes which take up half notes-

T; Let’s get everybody to loop that part when we get the other bass part added. It’s just like the
previous part, but instead of playing an F-Sharp, just play an ‘A’ again.
-Models-

T; Next is our chords, every half note, hit A and C like this. -Models- One change we’re going to
make, when the basses play an E, we’re going to play a B and D and then go back to A and C.

T; Sounds great! Let’s put in our melody! Listen to me sing and play the whole melody and then
we’ll break it down.
-Models-
First, remove any bars that aren’t A, C, D, E, G, and A’. Speaking through the rhythms it sounds
like this. [Remember to wait for the right timing in the bass loop before hopping in to model]
Du, Du-De…. De, Du, Du, Du-de-ta, Du-ta… De, Du-De, Du-De, Du-De, Du-De… De, Du,
Du, Du-de-ta, Du-ta!
Let’s all speak it together, mistakes are all a part of the learning process!
-Speak it in rhythm with the students-
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T; The keen ear would notice that the second and fourth phrases are exactly the same, De, Du,
Du, Du-de-ta, Du-ta. Using the notes A, C, D, C, A, G, A, C. -models-

T; The first part is simple with D, C, and A on the rhythm Du, Du-De. -models- And the third
phrase is E, E, E, E, E, D, C, E, and A’ on the upper octave with the rhythm De, Du-De, Du-De,
Du-De, Du-De. -Models- Let’s practice this a couple of times through the loop, thank you lower
instruments for holding down that bass line!

T; Now the alto voice is a really fun counter-melody that breaks up the space compared to the
very slow half notes from the basses. Here’s what it sounds like,
-models by speaking the rhythm while playing-
Let’s speak through the rhythms together, Du-De, Du-Ta-Ta, De, Du-Ta-De-Ta, De, Du-Ta-Ta,
Du-De, Du-De, and then it repeats. The end walk-down is just going from E down to A, where
the other parts hop between A, C, D, E. Like this -model the music by saying the notes as I play
it along-

T; The last part is our percussion! The most important part is a strong high pitched hit on beats
two and four. This mimics a snare in popular music that drives our funk beat. Feel free to
improvise a drum beat that you like, but I would recommend a Du-De-Ta on beats one and three.

T; Now let’s put it all together and play our Orff arrangement.