Homework 2011-2012 C3 #13-15

Review - Answer the following questions:

Homework #13

1. What are the chords in the song, "Mission Impossible"?
2. What are the notes in the first chord?
3. What are the notes in the second chord?
4. What are the notes in the last chord?

Homework #14

1. What is the most popular recording in 5/4 time?
2. What were the instruments used in that recording?
3. What were the order of solos in that song?
4. What Radiohead song is in 5/4 time?

Homework #15

1. What are some of the instruments used in the original recording of Mission Impossible?
2. What years were new episodes of Mission Impossible broadcast on TV?
3. What year was "Take Five" a hit?
4. Has Lalo Schifrin ever acknowledged his debt to Dave Brubeck?

Due Friday Jan 20, 2012

Homework 2011-2012 C3 #10-12

Answer the following questions about the music to Mission Impossible.

Homework #10

1. What time signature is the original Mission Impossible Theme in?
2. How do you count the rhythm of the main riff?
3. How do you count the rhythm of the melody?
4. How many eighth notes are there in a bar of 5/4?

Homework #11

1. What key signature is the original Mission Impossible Theme in?
2. What are the notes in the main rhythm riff?
3. What are the notes of the first part of the melody?
4. What are the notes of the second part of the melody?

Homework #12

1. Who wrote the original Mission Impossible Theme?
2. What are some other scores this person wrote?
3. What nationality was the author?
4. What is the chord structure of the Mission Impossible Theme?

Due Friday Jan 6, 2012 or Friday Jan 13 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C3 #7-9

Answer the following:

Homework #7

1. What are the 3 most common song structures in modern popular music?
2. What is the major difference between a verse and a chorus?
3. What are two things that make the bridge different from the verse and chorus?
4. What are some other structural elements used in popular songs?

Homework #8

1. How can you import a mp3 file into Garageband?
2. What two tools can you use to adjust the tempo of your imported file?
3. How can you cut a file into sections?
4. How can you change an imported file to an Apple loop?

Homework #9

1. What is the name of your song?
2. What is the structure you are going to use?
3. What song is similar to your song?
4. What makes your song different?

Due Friday, Dec 23 or Friday January 6, 2012 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C3 #4-6

Answer the following questions:

Homework #4

1. How do you put loops into your favorites folder?
2. Why can't you drag a blue loop into a green track?
3. How do you erase something in Garageband?
4. How can you erase an entire track in Garageband?

Homework #5

1. How can you fix the timing in your track?
2. How can you hear yourself if you're recording a vocal?
3. How do you get the t-pain effect on your vocal?
4. Why is the key of your track important?


Homework #6

1. How can you play and rewind your track in Garageband without using the transport controls?
2. What does the cycle button look like?
3. What can you do with the Master Track?
4. What is the Arrangement Track for?

Due Friday Dec 16 or Friday Dec 23 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C3 #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. How can you edit a track?

Homework #2
1. After you've created a track how can you change the tempo?
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 add a vocal track in Garageband?
2. Where is the zoom control located?
3. How do you get the loop cursor for a single track?
4. What is feedback in Garageband?

Due Friday Dec 9 or Friday Dec 16 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C2 #13-15

Answer the following questions:

Homework #13

1. When were drum rudiments invented?
2. Who invented them?
3. What was their purpose?
4. How many rudiments are there?

Homework #14

1. What is a flam?
2. What does it look like?
3. What is the sticking for a 5 stroke roll?
4. How is it written?

Homework #15

1. What is a ruff?
2. What is another name for it?
3. How is a ruff written?
4. What is a paradiddle?

Due Wednesday Nov. 30, 2011

Homework 2011-2012 C2 #10-12

Answer the following questions:

Homework #10

1. What are the two chords the A section of Fur Elise is based around?
2. What does the left hand do during the second chord?
3. What is one difference in the two endings of the A section?

Homework #11

1. What beat does the melody of the A section start on?
2. What does it mean to swell a phrase?
3. What does it mean when there is a slur over a phrase?

Homework # 12

1. What key does the B section of Fur Elise briefly go to?
2. What piano technique is used to play the first four notes of the B section?
3. How is the left hand part in the B section similar to the left hand in the A section?

Due Friday Nov 18 or Wednesday Nov 23 by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)