Showing posts with label L3 Composing 11-12. Show all posts
Showing posts with label L3 Composing 11-12. Show all posts

Monday, 12 October 2015

Electric pianos

Queen Wurlitzer 200a




Stevie Clavinet D6




Freak Power Fender Rhodes


Effects associated with these.

Tremelo
Wah Wah
Distortion



Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Electronic Production

Lesson objectives.

1. To be aware of straight and swung grooves

(Teaching objectives: to explain the difference between straight and swung. only play to 5:40)

Quantise to 8 and 8 triplet. 









Question 1. Where can you count 3 and what is emphasising the swing?

Question 2. What Instruments are playing?

Question 3. Count the beats in the bar, What beat is the main emphasis on?

Question 4. What is the percussion doing in relation to the groove.  

Question 5 What type of reverb is on the percussion; plate or spring?


Within logic create a swung rhythm and quantise it to the correct Value.




Saturday, 12 September 2015

Theory of Keys! Tool 1

Learning Objective! 

To play every chord in the key of C major.



Pitch: Is the determination of a sound in judging it to be Higher or Lower than another sound!

A Musical Note: is a single pitched sound.

Scale: A set of musical notes put into an order

Key: The pitch at which the a scale is.

Interval: The distance between two notes

Semitone: The smallest distance between two musical notes (americans call it half step)










Tone: Two Semitones (the second smallest distance between two notes. Americans call it whole step)







Minor third: Three Semitones ( The important interval in a minor chord)








Major third: Four Semitones (The important distance in a major chord)






Perfect Fifth: Seven Semitones







Major scale: Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone Tone Tone Semitone









Root note: Name of a chord or  the musical note where you start when building a chord

Chord: Three or more notes played at the same time.

Major Chord: Root + Major third + fifth









Minor Chord: Root + Minor third + fifth


Major Key Chords: In a major key you have seven chords and because of the the major scale these chords are.

M, m, m, M, M, m, half dim

C major Key, Chords: 

C Major D minor E minor F Major G Major A minor B half diminished

Half Diminished: Root Major third + Minor third

Homework: To be able to play every chord and name it in the key of C Major