SUMMARY
Today I worked on my leadership project, practiced the base and learned about rhythm.
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY
Goal
- Watch Le Duc video explanation (if you need to)
Today my sister and I reviewed the form but we decided that we couldn’t make any major decisions without our team.
What do I/we want to do? (SPECIFIC INTENTION / FEELING / LOGLINE)
We want to create a short song with rhythm harmony, a baseline, melody and genre
How do I/we achieve it? (PLANNING & STRATEGY)
We will meet at 9am and talk more over google hangouts.
What is the MVP (Minimum Viable Product)? (MEASURABLE Evidence)
I will have a completed song of 27.5 measures. Or a minute
INTENTION
By July 23, as part of my School of Rock team/class , we will have created a song that sounds good and sticks in the listeners head.
RESOURCES
email, soundtrap, trello
RISK /HOOK
Our melody is the hook.
SKILLS
I have some background in piano (a year of lessons) and I played saxophone in middle school band.
BACKGROUND
What unique life experiences do you bring to the project?
Progress For Today
Today practiced a baseline for the song. I created a catchy rythm but It was only a few seconds song. The melody wasn’t finished at the time so I made it about as long as the melody.
PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)
- Explore Jake Lizzio’s The Music Theory of POWER CHORDS
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGv1uwm9ygo&list=PLlwfspJqZ126JHOY5rTkKCSAp2Ua907-v&index=28&t=0s
- Why you need to meet the metronome notes
- helps you keep tempo
- play along with the metronome to practice rhythm
- Best Strumming Pattern for beginners notes
- Try strumming one, two, three and four pattern
- do it like a pendulum
- also try one, two and three and four
- most common pattern in music
- Today I also practiced coming up with baselines on the base
LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)
- The average amount of syllables per measure is 4 to 5 but it can go up or down
- Tie each syllable to a beat
- Songwriting seems very difficult but this makes it seem slightly easier
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
- Today I had fun fooling around with the bass guitar trying to create an accompaniment to the song. I also watched a couple of the guitar lesson videos and learned a basic strumming pattern which I tried out.
TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION
Content (The WHAT)
Rating: OK – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – HIGHLY ENGAGED
Rating: 5
I enjoyed learning about rhythm and practicing the base.
Process (The HOW)
Rating: OK – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – HIGHLY ENGAGED
Rating: 5
I enjoyed taking my time with practicing today and taking breaks in the middle.