10 Midi: Blues Tips
This is how your assignment should look (you may have some of the drums combined if you wish).
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| "Background Horns" are an added option, and not mandatory for the assignment. |
Note: in my example, you'll see the solo section has no chords. That is because I decided to have my piano instrument play the solo and therefore would not also be able to play the chords. This also creates contrast in the song.
Your Drums Should Have: bass drum, snare, high hat and ride cymbal.
How to Make A Basic Introduction: NEW!
1. Copy the last TWObars of your 12-bar blues minus the melody.
2. Put those TWO bars at the beginning of your assignment.
3. Optional: add a drum fill leading into the "head"
How to Make A Basic Ending: NEW! (FOUR BARS - NOT TWO)
1. Copy the last FOUR bars of your 12-bar blues including the melody.
2. Put those FOUR bars at the end of your assignment.
3. Change the bass line in the last two bars to only be notes G, B or D. Remember only one note at a time in the bassline!
4. Optional:
- In the melody, change the octave of the final note ("G") up or down one.
- Add a drum fill at the end
Melody Writing Tips
1. Must have a "pick-up" note or notes before the Head enters.
2. Must only use the blues scale (G, Bb, C, C#, D, F).
3. Most Head melodies use a lot of stepwise motion (not a lot of big leaps).
4. The melody should be split up into THREE four bar chunks.
5. The first two chunks should have a nearly identical melody.
6. Your final chunk should be different but complimentary to the first two chunks.
7. Look at the notes that are being played in the chords for ideas of what notes will sound "good".
An Example: If a G chord (notes G, B, D) is being played, then choosing a G or D would be great. But having a really long Bb in that bar will sound awful next to the B natural in the chord.
Suggestions on How to Make Your Solo Section Interesting:
1. Change the texture of the song (remove some instruments)
2. Change instruments for your melody.
3. Add little drum fills (often done on the snare in blues or jazz).
Grade 11's: What to hand in with your Slideshow
Option #1:
• Open iMovie and export your final silent movie as a LARGE movie. Try one of the HD options if you have time, and if it does not export properly, switch to LARGE.
• Delete the working movie track in your GarageBand file and drag in your new high quality movie.
• Make sure Garage Band plays the movie with your Garage Band music.
• Open Reason and make sure Rewire is working.
• Under the Share menu, select Export Movie.
• Open the resulting Quicktime file with Quicktime and make sure everything is working.
• Create a new folder with your name as the title.
• Drop your Quicktime movie and your completed "Slideshow Marking Guide" into this folder and copy the folder to the FINAL SLIDESHOWS folder on the SERVER.
Option #2:
• Delete the working movie track in your GarageBand file.
• Make sure Garage Band plays your Garage Band music.
• Open Reason and make sure Rewire is working.
• Under the Share menu, select Export Song, make sure the COMPRESSION button is unchecked.
• Open iMovie and drag the AIF file you created above onto your movie. You can move the music around once it is imported so it matches your movie properly.
• Open iMovie and under the Share menu, export your final movie (with music) as a LARGE movie. Try one of the HD options if you have time, and if it does not export properly, switch to LARGE.
• Create a new folder with your name as the title.
• Drop your Quicktime movie and your completed "Slideshow Marking Guide" into this folder and copy the folder to the FINAL SLIDESHOWS folder on the SERVER.
Remember to submit all your GarageBand files and all your Reason files in your folder as well!
• Open iMovie and export your final silent movie as a LARGE movie. Try one of the HD options if you have time, and if it does not export properly, switch to LARGE.
• Delete the working movie track in your GarageBand file and drag in your new high quality movie.
• Make sure Garage Band plays the movie with your Garage Band music.
• Open Reason and make sure Rewire is working.
• Under the Share menu, select Export Movie.
• Open the resulting Quicktime file with Quicktime and make sure everything is working.
• Create a new folder with your name as the title.
• Drop your Quicktime movie and your completed "Slideshow Marking Guide" into this folder and copy the folder to the FINAL SLIDESHOWS folder on the SERVER.
Option #2:
• Delete the working movie track in your GarageBand file.
• Make sure Garage Band plays your Garage Band music.
• Open Reason and make sure Rewire is working.
• Under the Share menu, select Export Song, make sure the COMPRESSION button is unchecked.
• Open iMovie and drag the AIF file you created above onto your movie. You can move the music around once it is imported so it matches your movie properly.
• Open iMovie and under the Share menu, export your final movie (with music) as a LARGE movie. Try one of the HD options if you have time, and if it does not export properly, switch to LARGE.
• Create a new folder with your name as the title.
• Drop your Quicktime movie and your completed "Slideshow Marking Guide" into this folder and copy the folder to the FINAL SLIDESHOWS folder on the SERVER.
Remember to submit all your GarageBand files and all your Reason files in your folder as well!
10 Midi: Thursday January 29th
Unfortunately I will not be in class today. Below is what you should be working on for the class:
Task #1:
- Go to the "Grade 10" tab
- Scroll down until you get to F+ and G+ chord scales.
- Open the file (or control-click to save to your desktop).
- Practice play the two chord scales (you have already learned F+ for the Marry You Lift).
If you are someone that has experience playing piano, please offer your assistance to other students in the class.
Task #2
- Change the key to G+.
- Practice making different 4 and 8 bar chord progressions. Here are some tips:
- Start on I (most pieces of music do)
- Next choose weaker chords (minor - ii, iii, vi)
- End with strong chords (major - I, IV, V)
Task #3
Our next assignment is the 12-bar blues. This style of song has a very specific chord pattern. On the progression maker page, shorten the chord area to 4 bars, then add two more 4 bar sections using the "+" sign.
Create the following 12-bar pattern (one chord per bar). After listening to it, open GarageBand and try to play the pattern yourself.
I
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IV
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I
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I
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IV
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IV
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I
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I
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V
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IV
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I
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I
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Have a great afternoon everyone and I will see you on Monday.
What to hand in for your Remix (Grade 12)
Make a folder and hand in for your REMIX:
• Remix Proposal Sheet
• Remix Marking Guide with YouTube link
• Garageband file
• Reason file (if you used Reason)
• an exported song in WAV of AIF (uncompressed) format
Grade 10 Midiots: Marry You Draft Checklist
This is the checklist I will be using during your interviews the first week back. I will be checking the arrangement track for the whole song, and the instrumental tracks for the first 24 bars. Please use it to make sure you haven't forgotten anything.
Role of the Producer Links
Take a look at these links when working on your "Role of a Music Producer" assignment:
Click here to go to the top 50 music producers of all time
What does a music producer do anyway?
Duties of a Music Producer: News Article
Roles and Responsibilities of a Music Producer
Click here to go to the top 50 music producers of all time
What does a music producer do anyway?
Duties of a Music Producer: News Article
Roles and Responsibilities of a Music Producer
Video Game Drafts: What To Hand In
Grade 12's - What to hand in for your video game draft (due 3:00 Friday afternoon)
1) Your Garage Band File
Genres of Music:
Grade 10s: Take a look at the following videos for ideas about what different styles (or "genres") of music sound like.
Grade 10 Theory Exercises
Below are some links to help you practice theory concepts for the next unit:
Note Name Identification (without accidentals)
Note Name Identification (with accidentals)
Note Identification on a Keyboard
Reverse Keyboard Identification (without accidentals)
Reverse Keyboard Identification (with accidentals)
10 Midi Rhythm Links
Take a look at the following websites to learn how to apply the beat grid to your own drum loops.
Virtual Drums
OneMotion Drum Machine
WebAudio Drum Machine
Virtual Drums
OneMotion Drum Machine
WebAudio Drum Machine
Grade 11 Midi – Flash Export Settings for Sound
Watch the How-To Video
Change the Sound Properties of Your Audio File
- Go to your project’s library.
- Right click on your sound file and select “properties”.
- Change the settings to the following:
- Compression = RAW
- Preprocessing = unclick “convert stereo to mono"
- Sample Rate = 44kHz
Change the Publishing Settings of Your Flash File
- Go to File > Publish Settings
- Select the Flash Tab at the top.
- Click the “Set” button next to Audio Steam and set as follows:
- Compression = RAW
- Preprocessing = unclick “convert stereo to mono"
- Sample Rate = 44kHz
- Click the “set” button next to Audio Event and set as follows:
- Compression = RAW
- Preprocessing = unclick “convert stereo to mono”
- Sample Rate = 44kHz
Grade 11 Web design sheet
Grade 11's you must complete THIS form to accompany your website design or it will not be marked.
Grade 12's
Please complete and submit THIS form with your Pro Video Summative or I will not mark it. MrP
Grade Tens! Please fill out "About My Movie Trailer"
Your movie trailer must be accompanied by the following document:
"About My Trailer" Click here to download
CYOA Structure Example
Below is an example of how you could structure your CYOA assignment. The lighter colours in the same track mean that there is different information (for example, a different chord progression in the choruses) but the instrument stayed the same. This is by no means what you have to do, but if you are feeling stuck, take a look at this for some ideas.
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