School or Rock – Day 3 – Melody Basics

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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PRACTICE ROOM

Watch How to practice effectively…for just about anything – Annie Bosler and Don Greene

Log your daily practice with your Paper Practice Log

Use the MusicWill.org JamZone, books, or ultimate-guitar.com. Remember to use a metronome to record the BPM rate that you can currently play perfectly.

What did you think about your practice today?

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CLASSROOM

Watch How Melody Works (47 minutes)

Write notes of topics you want to remember.

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LAB

Beginning Basics for HookTheory Videos

Watch the tutorial. How was this activity? Write a reflection on what you did and learned. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

OUTSIDE / INSPIRATION / IDEAS

Watch Elizabeth Gilbert discuss creativity.

Watch Your elusive creative genius

Go for a walk and think about what she and Brian Eno shared. Write anything you found interesting and useful. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

STUDIO

How Melody Works LinkLink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-V2IsUprQ

Melody Composition Terms

  • Theme – write the descriptions 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)

Easy Melody Writing Guide

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CONTROL ROOM

Go back into Soundtrap and play!

  • Write a brief reflection on how this process worked for you.

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most. Problem-solving is one of the most essential skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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STAGE

We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.

This is the performance room for sharing and playing together.

Reflect on which instrument you picked and what we played today.

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DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

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My name is Scott Le Duc. I have been a learner all of my life. I am an autodidact.

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