Please go to the following link to fill in your musical improvement reflection.  Note that if you do this outside the TDSB, you will need to log into google using your TDSB email account (firstname.lastname@student.tdsb.on.ca) and password.

Grade 10 Musical Improvement Term 3

Before submitting your assignment, make sure to check over the following:

Melody
·       All the pre-made melody notes/rhythms are correct?
·       Does your second melody compliment your first?
·       Has your melody been quantized?
·       Is your melody in a range that makes it audible above the chords?

Chords:
·       Both the left and right hand of the chords have been recorded?
·       The chords are in the correct order (Am-F-C-G)?
·       You  have used inversions in the Pre-made or CYO section (or both!)
·       You  have used arpeggios/broken chords  in the Pre-made or CYO section (or both!)
·       Your chords are in an appropriate range (not too high!)

Drum Beat
·       The bass and snare drums are complimenting each other in a repeated pattern?
·       The bass drum is played on beat one and the snare drum is NOT on beat one?
·       The high-hat, ride cymbal, or shaker are playing a consistent repeated pattern (i.e. eighth notes)
·       The drums have been quantized to 1/8, 1/16 or 1/8 triplets
·       YOUR DRUMS ARE AT LEAST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN SECTION A AND SECTION B

Mixing, Panning, Automation
·       All tracks have been appropriately panned slightly L or R ?
·       The bass drum and bass line are panned to the centre?
·       The solo buttons are all turned off?
·       There are no muted tracks?
·       All tracks are mixed so that they can be heard (i.e. no barely audible tracks!)
·       The melody can be clearly heard.
·       The majority of tracks are mixed to the “yellow” on the volume meters
·       The master volume has been set to the “yellow” on the volume meter.
·       You have chosen an appropriate master effect for the master track?
·       All automation has been done purposefully to create an effect?
·       The metronome has been turned off!

Instrumentation:
·       All instruments chosen compliment each other
·       You have made musical decisions about the instruments you have chosen (i.e. they are not all still on piano)
·       Your drum kit matches the style of music you are trying to achieve.
·       If necessary, the chords or melody have been transposed +/- 12 to avoid clashing sound and to make it easier to hear the melody.

Arrangement:
·       Your song has a minimum of 25 bars (may have more if you added an interlude)
·       Your song ends with a Am chord and the melody also playing an A.
·       You have made an interesting arrangement (not everything playing all the time!)
·       Your intro/outro make an inverted triangle (staggered entries).