Homework 2012-2013 C3 #13-15

Homework #13
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the key signature of the original version of "Ordinary People" from Get Lifted?
2. Why did John Legend change it for live performance?
3. What are the three chords used in "Ordinary People"?
4. What is it about those chords that makes them sound sophisticated?

Homework #14
Answer the following questions:
1. In musical notation what is the value of a note that gets 4 beats?
2. What does a half note look like?
3. When writing music how do you decide what side of the note head the stem goes on?
4. How do write 4 sixteenth notes in a row?

Homework #15
Answer the following questions:
1. How do you play a closed roll on drums?
2. What is a paradiddle?
3. What does the dominant hand do for most beats on the drum set?
4. What rhythm does the snare drum play in most pop music?

Due Friday May 3rd or Friday May 10th if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)