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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our Midiots!

Mr. Pinhorn, Mr. Lum and Ms. Lintott!

Hook Theory

Check out this website for information on what the most common chord progressions, melodies, and keys songs are written in today.   Then take a look at the Chord Progression maker to help create your own songs!

Hook Theory

Chord Progression Maker

Top 20 Video Game Sound Effects

And here are the top 20 best Video Game effects of all time.

http://www.thegameheroes.com/Shows/Top10/Top10.html

Grade 12 Midi - Top Video Game Music Of All Time

Check out this link and see if you agree with the poll choices!

Be inspired by great video game composers of the past!

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/vgm/bestvgm2011.htm

Note Name and Keyboard Identification

Use the following links to practice your note naming skills and keyboard identification skills!


Note Name Practice

Keyboard Identification

Keyboard Reverse Identification

Welcome to the New and Improved Midi Blog!


Midi Lab After Hours 2012-2013

To all 2012-2013 students in the Agincourt C.I. Midi Program.

The lab is available for you to work on your assignments (or own midi creations) on the following schedule

Mornings (7:45-8:30am) Monday to Friday

Note: lab will be closed in the morning on morning vocal testing days and delayed starts)

Lunch Monday to Friday


After School (3:00-5:00pm) Monday to Wednesday (and some Thursdays)

lab is closed on Fridays.

Ms. Lintott will be available for extra help most Tuesdays after school



Midi Lab Hours During Exams

Please note the following hours for grade 11 and 12 midi students!

Grade 12 Summative Link

Visit www.squintopera.com to choose a short film for your summative!  Use the Activity Log in Safari to download the video and drop it into Garage Band to delete the sound track.

You can find even more Squint Opera videos at www.vimeo.com/squintopera

All About The Benjamins Links

Grade 10 Midi Students - Here are some links to use when working on the assignment "All About the Benjamins":

Click here to see a chart on how much artists make selling their music.

Used www.billboard.com  and www.riaa.com to help figure out how many albums an artist has sold.

Happy researching!

Upcoming Due Dates

Grade 10s
G+ Chords Test - Thursday and Friday (Feb 24 and 25)
Blues in class due date - Friday, February 24th, 3pm
Blues FINAL due date - Friday, March 2nd, 3pm

Grade 11s
Final Slideshow Due Date is Friday, February 24th, 3pm
About Your Slideshow Reflection, Friday, February 24th, 3pm

VirtualDJ Instructions

You view some step by step instructions on this pdf for using VirtualDJ as a Mashup tool.

VirtualDJ Instructions

The Blues

While your researching the 12-bar blues, check out these famous blues artists:


·       Big Mama Thornton: Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog
·       Muddy Waters: Got My Mojo Working
·       B.B. King
·       Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
·       Howlin’ Wolf
·       Big Joe Turner
·       Little Richard: Tutti Frutti, Good Golly Miss Molly
·       Elvis Presley: Blue Suede Shoes
·       Buddy Holly: That’ll be the Day
·       Jerry Lee Lewis: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
·       Jimmy Reed: Big Boss Man

How to use Virtual DJ

The following is an excellent beginner tutorial on how to use the free software VIRTUAL DJ:


The Role of the Producer

The Role of the Producer

A Beginner's Guide To MashUps

http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/paintingbynumbers//bootcamp/