Homework 2011-2012 C5 #9

Answer the following questions:

1. How did Leonard find Etta James?

2. What did he do for her when he found out about her father?

3. What trouble did Chuck Berry get into after he was a star?

4. Who helped Muddy Waters get the recognition he deserved?

5. What happened to Little Walter?

6. What happened to Leonard Chess?

7. What did Leonard do for Etta James before he died?

8. Name three songs that you heard in the movie that are 12 bar blues?

Homework 2011-2012 C5 #8

Answer the following questions:

1. What was Little Walter's main instrument?

2. What did Muddy Waters think of Howling Wolf?

3. What was Little Walter's problem?

4. Why did Chuck Berry come to Chicago?

5. What happened when Chuck Berry's music was played on the radio?

6. Why was his music important for American culture?

7. What was happening to the other artists on Chess Records at the time?

8. What was happening in America in general at this time?

Homework 2011-2012 C5 #7

Homework #7

1. Who are the two men who start the movie Cadillac Records?

2. Why do some people in Chicago not like Muddy Waters' music at first?

3. What changed that helped him become popular?

4. What was Leonard Chess' original idea about how he was going to make money?

5. What was his main motivation then?

6. How did Leonard come to start his record label?

7. What was his first hit record?

8. What instruments did the musicians use mostly?

9. What happened to Leonard Chess' nightclub?

Homework 2011-2012 C5 #4-6

Homework #4

1. What is the Strophic form?
2. What are some other common song structures?
3. Why is the introduction to a song not considered essential?
4. What is the song structure called if it has no repeating sections?

Homework #5

1. What is number of bars for each chord in the 12 bar blues?
2. How many half steps are there between the 1 chord and the 4 chord?
3. Why is the five chord 7 half steps up but only 5 half steps down?
4. What is the most common lyric pattern for the 12 bar blues?

Homework #6

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 Thursday April 5 or Friday April 20 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

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)