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Week4
SongCreation,EditingandMixingandProduct
Facilitator:CalvinSexton,QuentinMoore
ProductionandSoundDesign
4WEEKS/TRIMESTER: 4
WEEKOF:March.17,2015
SUBJECT:Music
WEEK:4
STUDENTEXPECTATIONS:singorplayaclassroominstrumentindependentlyoringroups.[2.A]read
andwritemusicnotation,usingasystem(letters,numbers,andsyllables).[3.A]incorporatebasic
rhythmicpatternsinsimplemetersinmusicalcompositions.2002:Performexpressively,frommemory
andnotation,avariedrepertoireofmusicrepresentingstylesfromdiversecultures
VOCABULARY: AbletonLive,Midi,Sampling,Warping,BeatMatching,Trigger,Launching,FeedBack,
Volume,Rhythm,transport,transientmarker,warpmarkers,ArrangementView,SessionView
MATERIALS:Laptop,Complete6AudioInterface,AKGStudioHeadphones,TwoMAudioStudio
MonitorSpeakers,AbletonLive9Software,Axiom25MidiKeyboard,AbletonPushMidiInstrument,Cad
CordaroidVocalMic,TCHeliconVoiceliveTouch,KorgMicroKogAnalogKeyboard,
Objective(s)
StudentsWill(SOL)
Tieinalloftheskillsthatthestudentshavelearnedsofar
usingAbletonLiveSoftware,Midicontrollers
andVoiceliveTouchLooper
Beabletocomposeasimplecompositionusing
AbletonLive,MicroKorg,VoiceliveTouchandallofitsmain
features.
Usetheloopbrowser,AbletonSessionView,virtual
instruments,andanaudiorecordingtofinishtheirmusic
compositions.
Useacombinationofsamplesandoriginallycomposed
soundstocreatemusic
Editcompositionsusingsoftware and appropriate
communication skills.
Takeprojecthome
LearnaboutCareersinDjing,SoundEngineering
Warmup(Focus)
FacilitatorperformsademonstrationwithMusicProduction
equipment
IntroductionsFacilitatorandStudents
ClassOverviewofExpectationsandrules
Rhythmwarmupexercise
ReviewofCompositions
MODEL(IDO)
InstructionalConsiderations
Instructionissequentialandcumulative.Allinstructionincorporates
previouslylearnedstandardsandskillsthatincludesthefollowing
elements:
- singing
- playing instruments
- engaged listening
- movement/games
- theory
- Popular Music Culture
- Electronic Music Composition and Performance and editing
- Samples and waveforms
- Meter, Beat Matching, Time, 4/4,
TeacherAccountabilityQuestions:
Whileplayingdifferenttypesofmusic,askthestudents
whetherornottheythinktheyarelisteningtoloopbased
musicorfreeform?
Whyiskeepingtimeandbeatmatchingimportantwhen
composingmusic?
(WEDO)GENERATE
High
Studentstoopentheirsongsthattheyareworkingon.
Introducethemtotheconceptofsettinglevelsfortheir
song(mixing)andaudioeffects.
Givethestudentstimetofinishtheircompositions.
Oncetheirsongsarecompletedstudentsaretoexporttheir
songstoWav.andconverttoMP3sforstudentstotake
home
Ifapplicable,uploadsongtoiTunes
Asagroupthestudentswilllistentoeachgroups
composition.
Studentswillhavetimetogivecommentsoneachpiece.
IndependentPractice(Workstations)
Studentsmaketheirownloopsfromsourcematerialusing
theloopeditor.This
canincluderecordingoriginalsoundsoreditingapreexisting
samplesloopusingeffectsandotherediting
StudentsCollaborateonSong,Raplyricsfororiginalsong
Studentscollaboratetoassisteachotherinthefunctionality
ofequipmenttoperformandcreateMusicreasoning for
using specific sounds Instruments
Studentswhohavegraspedthebasicsofthesoftwarecan
assistthosewhoneedhelp.
GroupCollaborationofSong
ReflectionAssessment
Formal
Informal
Listeningtoastudentscompositionandreadingtheir
writtenworktoseeiftheyhaveunderstoodhowtocreatea
musicalpatternwithintheAbletonLivesoftware.
Checkingtoseeifthestudentscanidentifypatternswithin
otherstudentswork.
Listenforprecisevocabularytodescriberhythmandmeter
aswellastheirmusic.
Studentsareabletotalkaboutsimilaritiesanddifferencesin
rhythmicpatterns.
Thatstudentsdemonstratetheirunderstandingofrhythm
andmeterbyanalyzinganddiscussingmusicofother
composers.
Observestudents,askquestions,andlistentotheir
conversationstogaininsightintotheirunderstandingofthe
expressiveandphysicalelementsofrhythm.