Category: Intermediate (Page 2 of 2)

Activity 5: Film Scoring

May 13, 2020 /

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO if you are having trouble playing it on my website.

After watching the video, choose one of the movie clips below to compose a new score for. Check how long your movie clip is, and then use Chrome SongMaker, BeepBox, SoundTrap, a recording of you playing music, or any other means of creating new music that is long enough to score the clip you have chosen. If you want to get even more detailed, you can check the timestamp (how many seconds into the clip) of when important moments happen in your chosen scene, and then compose your music to change at those times to highlight that moment.

Click this link for the 7 different Movie Scoring Clips: https://sd41-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/e20460_burnabyschools_ca/EsU_02-Mj1hLrvIlDNw1HtMBd8Xz4BwzQET4kIk2gK4bfw?e=JzZqFo

After creating your music, share it with me in Teams or by e-mail, and I will add it to your film clip and share the final work on Teams (Or, if you know how to use iMovie or another movie-making program, you can do that part yourself!)

Bonus video: I try to turn an exciting and inspiring scene from Jurassic Park into something scary by changing the music: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/12fed203-7e17-4110-bec0-c918208025c5

Activity 4: SoundTrap

April 29, 2020 /

 

Note: you must use the sign-up link posted in TEAMS in order to create a SoundTrap account.

If you are using iPhone or iPad, you will need to use Safari internet browser.

Important: For best results, always use headphones or earbuds when recording so that your microphone cannot pick up the sound of the metronome or other tracks being played out loud. Check out the videos on this band post for more recording tips.

Bonus Video: a walk-through of the Dona Nobis Pacem multi-track challenge with Mr. Martin

Activity Choices (choose 1 or several)

  • Use the virtual instruments to create a cool original song or loop of your own from scratch (start with Enter Studio)
  • Songwriter Challenge (click link to open this project): Make up your own words and melody that fit with this classic 4-chord repeating pattern, then record your singing to make your very own pop/rock song! If you like, you can change the drum beat or add/change any other instrument parts too. This template comes with 3 verses and 3 choruses, but feel free to add an intro, extend the song’s form, and otherwise make it our own!
  • Karaoke Challenge (click link to open this project): Record yourself singing your own version of “Don’t Stop”
  • Multi-track challenge: Record yourself singing all 3 parts of Dona Nobis Pacem (click link to open this project) or One Bottle of Pop (click link to open this project).

 

To share your creation with only me, use the “Share” button and search for james.martin5 to invite me to collaborate on your song (don’t worry- I won’t change anything, I will only listen).

To share your creation with the class, go to File > Export > Export to mp3 (while in studio view) or clicking on a song in folder view and then pressing the download button that appears to save an audio file that you can then upload to TEAMS.

If you see a webpage like this when trying to download your song on a mobile device, you can instead copy and share the URL address as a link to your song.

Lesson 3: Musical Autobiography

April 22, 2020 /

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO if you are having trouble playing it on my website.

 

An AUTOBIOGRAPHY is a one of the ways an author can tell their own life story – in writing. It is written by that author in their own words. A music autobiography uses important songs or pieces of music to tell your story.
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Assignment:
Write one short “chapter” (a paragraph) of your Music Autobiography about a song you love to listen to.
It can be a song with lyrics (words), or a piece of music without words.

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Instructions
1. Choose ONE song to share. This song is music that you love to listen to or that has special importance to you.
Your choice might be based on one of the following suggestions…
Hearing this music …

  •  … makes me want to sing or dance
  •  … reminds me of a special person in my family (mom, dad, brother, sister, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousin, etc. )
  •  … helps me remember (a favourite trip, a family celebration, a special occasion, a fun family tradition, a favourite movie, etc.)
  •   … helps me celebrate my culture
  • … is a favourite song of my family
  •  … makes me feel ____

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2. Present your song by …

  1. answering a few questions to tell why you love to listen to this music or why it is important to you
  2. adding a link to a recording of the song (or tell Mr. Martin where to find it) – YouTube, or .mp3 / .mp4 file, etc

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3. Hand in your assignment to Mr. Martin by Tuesday, April 28th at 3 pm.

  • You can post your document (or do it on paper and take a picture) as a reply to the Lesson 3 post on TEAMS if you would like to share your musical autobiography chapter with everyone in the class.
  •  If you prefer that only I see it, you can e-mail your document (or do it on paper and take a picture) to me (james.martin@burnabyschools.ca), make sure to put “autobiography” in the subject of the email

 

DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE ASSIGNMENT (word document) HERE  (you will need to click on the DOWNLOAD button to save a copy before you can start working on it)

OR

Fill out and submit an online form version of the assignment here

Lesson 2: BeepBox

April 15, 2020 /

After all the cool things you created in the Chrome Music Lab Songmaker, I had to show you BeepBox!

One weird thing about this video: when I click on “preferences” menu in the video, the drop-down menu that I could see at the time didn’t show up in what you can see here. You’ll have to try it for yourself on Beepbox in order to see the list of options I talk about.

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO on Stream if you are having trouble playing it on my website,

Or click here for the video file.

Click here to start creating: beepbox.co

Criteria: create a composition that uses at least 3 channels (colours/instruments), and one or more of the channels needs to use at least 2 different loops.

Example: This song uses 4 channels, and the yellow channel uses 2 different loops.

If you want to know more than what I demonstrate in the video, you can scroll down on Beepbox for an even more detailed explanation of how it works.

Lesson 1: Song Maker

April 8, 2020 / / 0 Comments

This is just a fun and easy activity for you to get creative and for all of us (including me) to try out this format of doing music lessons through my website. No pressure!

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO on STREAM

if you are having trouble playing it on my website

or CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO FILE

Assignment: Chrome Music Lab Song Maker Composition

Hopefully you’ve already had a chance to experiment with the Chrome Music Lab that I posted before. If not, now is your chance! Watch my video about all the things you can do in the Song Maker, and then make some cool songs/loops of your own! Don’t forget to copy and save the links of any songs you want to keep to show your family or friends later.

Once you’re happy with your creation, copy its save link and go back to Teams to submit it as a reply to my post in the music channel (please do not make a new post in the music channel). Have fun!

Click here to enter the Music Lab

 

Below are some extra challenges if you want to try even more!

Bonus challenge #1: I started creating Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in the Song Maker. Can you finish it?

Bonus challenge #2A: I also started Dona Nobis Pacem. Can you finish this one?

#2B Can you layer all 3 parts of Dona Nobis Pacem the same time the way we sing it?

Bonus challenge #3: Can you re-create another, even harder song by yourself (you might need to choose the chromatic scale in settings to have all the notes you need)?  Star Wars? O Canada ? Old Town Road? Megalovania?

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