Homework 2013-2014 C3 HW #1-3

Homework #1
Answer the following questions:
1. What are some things you need to be able to do to read music?
2. What direction do you read music from?
3. What does it mean when there is a treble clef on the staff in traditional notation?
4. What does the foot pedal do on the piano?

Homework #2
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the middle point between the G and A keys on the piano?
2. What is it called when notes are written down?
3. What are the numbers of each finger in piano music?
4. How many lines does the staff have in traditional notation?

Homework #3

Answer the following questions:

1. What does it mean when there are two staffs connected together?
2. What is the nemonic to help you remember the spaces in the treble clef?
3. What is the nemonic to help you remember the lines in the treble clef?
4. What is the name of the music that we learned in Garageband Piano lesson #2?

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Homework 2013-2014 C2 #19-21

Homework #19
Answer the following questions about Garageband:
1. How can you record using the keyboard shortcut?
2. When you punch in on a track how can you hear a bit of it before you start recording?
3. When you start recording how do you know where you are recording?
4. What is the only time that the recording shortcut doesn't work?

Homework #20
Answer the following questions about songwriting:
1. What is an advantage to putting your lyrics into regular stanzas?
2. If a lyric doesn't rhyme, what options do you have?
3. If a lyric doesn't fit into the pattern you've set up, what can you do?
4. How long are most pop songs?

Homework #21
Answer the following questions about your final project:
1. How did your idea of what you were going to write and what you actually wrote change over the course of the cycle?
2. How satisfied are you with your final result?
3. If you had to write another song, what would you write about?
4. What other types of writing could you use destination writing for?

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Homework 2013-2014 C2 #16-18

Homework #16

Answer the following questions about putting your words to music:

1. What is the first thing you need to figure out when putting music to words?

2. How can you keep your focus when working on the music for the words?

3. What garageband tool will help you develop a section?

4. How can you give your song a consistent feeling throughout?

Homework #17

Answer the following questions about arranging your song:

1. What are some strategies for introductions?

2. What are some factors that will help you decide if you need a middle 8?

3. What are some things to make your chorus stand out?

4. What are some strategies for endings?

Homework #18

Answer the following questions about problems playing a part:

1. If a song is too fast what are some things you can do to make it easier?

2. If a song is too high what are some things you can do to make it easier?

3. How can you make a dull vocal sound better?

4. If your voice sounds like a cat in heat what can you do?

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