Homework 2011-2012 C5 #1-3

Answer the following questions:

Homework #1
1. When you create a new track in Garageband what is the first thing you must do?
2. In Garageband where are the transport controls located?
3. What's that clicking sound I hear when I'm trying to record?
4. After you've created a track how can you change the tempo?

Homework #2
1. How do you get the loop cursor for a single track?
2. What does the solo icon look like?
3. What do you have to do to play the keyboard with your computer keys?
4. How do you save your track in iTunes?

Homework #3
1. How can you put loops in your favorites folder?
2. Where is the zoom control located?
3. How can you add a vocal track in Garageband?
4. What is feedback in Garageband?

Due Friday March 30 or Friday April 6 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C4 #13-15

Homework #13

1. When playing power chords how do you get the other strings not to play?
2. What strings do you use to play a low E power chord?
3. What must your fingers do to play an A power chord?
4. Why is an electric guitar preferable when playing power chords?

Homework #14

1. Where do you have to put your finger to play an F on the low E string?
2. What fret do you use to play a C on the low E string?
3. What is the "blues box" on the guitar?
4. What is double picking on the guitar?

Homework #15

1. What is cross picking?
2. What is finger picking?
3. What kinds of music usually use finger picking?
4. What is an open chord on the guitar?

Due Friday March 16, 2012 or Tuesday March 20 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C4 #10-12

Homework #10

1. What is it called when you move your fingers to different places on the piano to play scales?
2. What is the fingering of the right hand in the C major scale?
3. How many sharps are there in the G major scale?
4. Which notes are sharp in the D major scale?

Homework #11

1. What are the advanced fingering techniques needed to play Bach's "Minuet in G"?
2. What do the numbers mean when referring to chords?
3. What are the chords used in the 12 bar blues?
4. How many bars of each chord are in the 12 bar blues?

Homework #12

1. How do you find the flatted seventh or dominant seventh in any chord?
2. What chord voicing do you use to play the blues in the Garageband piano lesson #9?
3. What are the intervals that make up the pentatonic scale?
4. What other note is good to use when soloing in the 12 bar blues progression?

Due Friday March 9, 2012 or Friday March 16 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)