Book Review Musical Composition
Standards:
1. 4.1 Compose short pieces within specified
guidelines, demonstrating how the elements of music are used to achieve unity
and avariety, tension and release, and balance.
2. 4.2 Use a variety of traditional and non-traditional
sound sources and electronic media when composing and arranging.
3. 8.1 Identify
ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught
are interrelated with those of music.
Project:
1. Arrange a 1 minute composition using Garage Band to
enhance an imovie commercial.
2. The composition should consist of: (minimum requirements)
a. 3 different tracks of 3 different instruments.
b. At least one loop should be copied in each track
c. Use the volume adjuster to ensure balance
d. The composition should contain the 3 basic parts;
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Introduction
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Middle(the heart of the
composition that ends with the highest point of the song.)
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Ending (tension from the
high point is released and you feel a sense of resolution)
e. The composition sets the tone or feeling of the book.