Homework 2012-2013 C2 #13-15

Homework #13
Answer the following questions:

1. What is "destination writing"?
2. When writing lyrics, what words should be the most emotionally charged?
3. What are the two types of detail you should balance in destination writing?
4. How can the rhythm scheme affect the rhyme scheme?

Homework #14

Answer the following questions:

1. In a hit song lyric, what does the verse do and what does the chorus do?
2. What is the effect of singing the title with long notes?
3. What kind of sections can we use in the verse/chorus structure for connective tissue?
4. What are some ways that the bridge lyric can contrast with the verses?

Homework #15

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the 4 primary chords that hit songwriters use?
2. How do songwriters add interest to these chords?
3. What notes are in the mixolydian mode?
4. What note is different from the major mode?

Due by Friday February 8, 2013

Homework 2012-2013 C2 #10-12

Homework #10
Answer the following questions:

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

Answer the following questions:

1. What is an arpeggio?

2. What direction does the arpeggio go in Alicia Key's song "Ain't Got You"?
3. How do you know what key a song is in when reading music?
4. What key is "Ain't Got You" in?

Homework #12

Answer the following questions

1. What are the differences in the two definitions of the song element "bridge"?

2. What is the "middle eight"?
3. What is a "collision" as a song structural element?
4. What is a "coda"?

Due Friday January 18, 2013 or Friday February 1, 2013 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2012-2013 C2 HW# 7-9

Homework # 7
Answer the following questions:

1. What are the frets on a guitar?
2. What is the difference between a low note and a high note?
3. What are harmonics?
4. How do guitar makers know where to put the frets on a guitar?

Homework #8
Answer the following questions:

1. If you put a capo on the 7th fret of a guitar that is open D tuning what is the new key?
2. To play a lower note on the same string which direction does your hand need to move?
3. To tune a guitar what is the first thing you must do?
4. What are the notes of each string in open D tuning?

Homework #9
Answer the following questions:

1. What are some of the reasons for putting a bridge in a song?
2. What are some differences between a verse and a chorus?
3. How much can you take from another song without being sued?
4. What are some of the ways you can raise the emotional level of a song?

Due Friday January 11, 2013 or Friday January 18, 2013 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)