SUMMARY
CLASSROOM
Watch How Melody Works (47 minutes)
Write notes of topics you want to remember.
No notes needed
LAB
PRACTICE ROOM
Watch How to practice effectively…for just about anything – Annie Bosler and Don Greene
OUTSIDE / JOURNAL / IDEAS
Watch Elizabeth Gilbert discuss creativity.
Song is being made soon.
STUDIO
Melody Composition Terms
- Theme – write the definitions next to the term
- Motive
- Period
- Phrase
- Antecedent (Question) Phrase
- Consequent (Answer) Phrase
- Scale Degrees
- Tonic
- Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant
- Dominant, Subdominant, Leading Tone
- Steps
- Leaps
- Conjunct motion
- Disjunct motion
- Repetition
- Contrast
- Variation
Melody Resources
Mr. Le Duc’s Key of C Major Notes and Chords Chart (PDF)
CONTROL ROOM
Learn how to Create Tracks
Explore the Piano Roll, Drawing and Moving Notes
Learn to Edit Notes, Velocity, and More
Learn to Create Your Own Presets
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
MAKING A SONG IS HARD
WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION
- Give feedback on the class Content and Process
- Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
On my way to make a song.