How should I show my work?

by andrea on May 20, 2013

There are many options on how to show our MLI work. In order to keep the readers interested and engaged, you’ll have to have a nice title or cover page to intrigue them. I’ve decided to create a website so it’s more entertaining and a more self-engaging activity as they can choose to read whatever [...]

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MLI Choices

by andrea on May 20, 2013

In order to work on this MLI, I’ll have to first choose which two eras, genres I would like to investigate. I think I’ll choose the Classical and Romantic era to investigate on since there are more famous composers in these two eras and I personally feel that the music in these two eras are [...]

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Music History Unit

April 22, 2013

I’ve learned a lot throughout this history unit. From the very first Middle Ages to the Romantic Era, music has developed in many different ways. I’m surprised how different things are right now in the 21st century but also at the same time, the old rules still applies in music we listen to today. This [...]

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Reflection of the Composition

March 5, 2013

Did you use feedback from peers during the creative process? Give examples of when you did this. I only received some feedback from a few friends while I was working on it during the weekend. I didn’t know how to start the B section of my song because I ran out of creativity juice. So [...]

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Final composition

March 2, 2013

  This is my final product of the ternary composition. I am quite satisfied with what I created because it actually sounds like a song. What I didn’t realize was that I didn’t change the concert pitch of the alto saxophone so when I did, some of the notes were out of the instrument’s range. [...]

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Alto Sax part of the composition

March 1, 2013

My song is going great so far. I have 8 bars of music with the piano melody, the chords, and the alto sax part. The alto sax part is playing a similar tune to the piano, and I also added an echo on bar 8 to make it sound more interesting. I tried adding some [...]

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Chord Progression for composition

February 28, 2013

I played out a few chords and thought of a chord progression for my song! I’ve decided to play in the key signature of D major with two sharps. The chord progression is: / D / Bm / G / A / D/  I’ve tried it out on the piano and it sounded great! This [...]

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Starting a new composition

February 28, 2013

Before starting on the create process, I would always like to brainstorm what genre I’d like to make first. I think I would like to create a pop instrumental song or indie pop instrumental. The instrumentations I am considering to include are the piano (mandatory), an alto sax, and a drum set to make it [...]

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Reflection on 3Note Composition

February 3, 2013

Intention: I was trying to create a catchy and upbeat 1 − 2 minute piece using only 3 notes for the entire song. Change of rhythm throughout the song would make it stand out more. Process: Some of the difficulties i came up with were the appropriate instrumentations. I had a hard time deciding on [...]

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Song Writing Tips

January 30, 2013

I had to write a song for my personal project so I actually did research on this topic for a really long time. However, I looked it up again on the net to see if there was anything new or recent. I found a really good website that gives out advices and talks about how [...]

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