My name is Scott Le Duc. I have been a learner all of my life. I am an autodidact. So, I am in the right profession.
I am a National Board Certified educator currently work at Capital High School teaching International Baccalaureate (IB) and Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes focusing on arts and technology instruction, specifically music, film and game design. I have worked as an adjunct faculty at Lesley University, City University of Seattle, St. Martin’s University, and Wuhan University of Technology in Hubei Province, China.
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Email Mr. Le Duc, sleduc@osd.wednet.edu, and Mr. Disston, gdisston@osd.wednet.edu, so they have the email address you will be using during summer school
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Goal: listen to music in a way that will enrich but not harm you
10%-20% of high schoolers have hearing damage
Hearing damage can happen on one occasion and doesn’t have to be constant
No cure!
Temporary Threshold Shift: “hearing hangover”
Wearing earplugs doesn’t change the quality of sound but just the volume
High-frequency loss is most common among musicians
Distancing yourself from the source and earplugs is the best way to prevent hearing loss
Stimulants while listening to music can increase the risk of hearing damage
Resting your ears is important, space out concerts
70 dB, no risk
85 dB, risk after 8 hours
91dB, 2 hours without damage
100 dB, 15 minutes without damage
115 dB, 1 minute without damage
140 dB, immediate damage and pain
Symptoms of damage, tinnitus, muffled hearing, and other mental and physical problems like irritability, depression, high blood pressure, and fatigue
Damage is done when the cochlea hair cells in the inner ear are damaged. They do not grow back. These are what interpret vibrations and turn them into what we hear.
Safety Online
Participate in the Netsmartz.org Internet safety discussion about being safe online
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OUTSIDE (PRESENTATION & VOICE) 9:45-10:15AM
Listen to a chapter of The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Go for a walk and think about the chapter.
When you come back, write a short reflection and then share with the group what you thought about.
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Step 1. Tell your students to click “I am a student with a course code” at the bottom of the website, as shown below.
Step 2. On the “Course Sign Up” page, students enter the course code, a username, a password, and their first and last name, as shown below.
This creates a Hooktheory account for the student and links it to your course. If a student visits the course sign-up page while logged into an existing account, it only asks for the course code.
When you come back, write a short reflection and then share with the group what you thought about.
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STAGE (SHARE) 2-2:30PM
We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
This is the performance room.
Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
Tell your daily story here! Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most. Also, share what you needed to do to complete the day’s work. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as what you got done.
Add details to the notes below that you found interesting…
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Goal: listen to music in a way that will enrich but not harm you
10%-20% of high schoolers have hearing damage
Hearing damage can happen on one occasion and doesn’t have to be constant
No cure!
Temporary Threshold Shift: “hearing hangover”
Wearing earplugs doesn’t change the quality of sound but just the volume
High-frequency loss is most common among musicians
Distancing yourself from the source and earplugs is the best way to prevent hearing loss
Stimulants while listening to music can increase the risk of hearing damage
Resting your ears is important, space out concerts
70 dB, no risk
85 dB, risk after 8 hours
91dB, 2 hours without damage
100 dB, 15 minutes without damage
115 dB, 1 minute without damage
140 dB, immediate damage and pain
Symptoms of damage, tinnitus, muffled hearing, and other mental and physical problems like irritability, depression, high blood pressure, and fatigue
Damage is done when the cochlea hair cells in the inner ear are damaged. They do not grow back. These are what interpret vibrations and turn them into what we hear.
Safety Online
Participate in the Netsmartz.org Internet safety discussion about being safe online
Step 1. Tell your students to click “I am a student with a course code” at the bottom of the website, as shown below.
Step 2. On the “Course Sign Up” page, students enter the course code, a username, a password, and their first and last name, as shown below.
This creates a Hooktheory account for the student and links it to your course. If a student visits the course sign-up page while logged into an existing account, it only asks for the course code.
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CONTROL ROOM
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Insert your certificate when you finish by clicking the ADD MEDIA button above, uploading a picture of your certificate, and placing it where Mr. Le Duc’s image is below. (Remove Mr. Le Duc’s image)
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STAGE
We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
This is the performance room.
Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
Tell your daily story here! Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most. Also, share what you need to do to complete the day’s work. Problem-solving is one of the most important 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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Summary: Summarize what you learned from the video here..
Harmony Composition Terms and Definitions
Harmony was not originally part of music until the middle ages and the renaissance
Harmony sounds like it comes from some other plane of existence (to exaggerate a bit)
Harmony in its simplest and oldest form in two notes playing at the same time
A drone is a single note that you can sing any melody above. Bagpipes are an instrument that plays a drone.
A drone is usually the tonic
When people started to move the drone around, it was like the melody and the harmony were parallel lines. As the melody moved up, the drone moved up
Triad – 3 notes that come together and create a chord
Chord progressions are the backbone of western harmony
People discovered the “hierarchy” of chords and created rules to go with these
In one note, there are other hidden notes called harmonics
Humans can only really pick out three or four harmonics
Using the harmonics humans were able to make chords by finding the notes hidden in the harmonics
In minor chords, the middle note is a half-step lower than in a major chord
Polyphony is when you have a bunch of chords under the melody
Polyphony – many “voices”
Progression – a certain series of chords or notes that “work together” and sound good
Tonic – the first note of a scale “home”
Dominant – the fifth note of a scale that raises tension
Passimezzo Antico – A chord progression that’s a variation of a double tonic. It was popular during the Italian Renaissance
Passimezzo Moderno – “Modern half step” A chord progression that’s a variation of Passimezzo Antico. It divides the section in two and often uses a contrasting progression or section known as ripresi
Dischord – a deliberate collision of notes that are meant not to sound “pretty”
Dissonance – lack of harmony between notes “a clash”
Passing Notes – notes that don’t sound “pretty” but are used a small number of times like they are just “passing through”
Suspended Notes – dissonant notes being held for as long as possible and then finally moving at the last second
7th Chords – A regular triad chord plus the note seven steps above the first note
Diminished Chords – A regular triad chord with the bottom note being moved up a step
Augmented Chords – A regular triad chord with the last note being moved up a step
Tonic (1 and 8 chords)
Root note creates a feeling of resolution and stability
Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant (2, 3, 6 chords)
Moderate tension, useful for transitions
Dominant, Subdominant, Leading Tone (4, 5, 7 chords)
REMINDER:This assignment cannot be made up, as it assesses punctuality, or being on time, and regular, detailed documentation, which is essential in the world of work
Titlethe post properly: Session # Week # Production Weekly Work Log
Publish the post right away; this starts the autosave feature
On Monday, writeyour clear, specific, MEASURABLE, realistic goal related to a BEST PRACTICE and your main PRODUCTION ROLE, which includes specific technical and creative best practice elements, not workflow elements, like ‘finish the to-do list’:
Week Goal: (a clear, specific, MEASURABLE, realistic goal related to a BEST PRACTICE
and to your main PRODUCTION ROLE)
Write goal here…
Weekly Work Summary
Tasks Completed This Week:
Explain the work you completed…
Best Practice(s) Demonstrated:
Name the best practice(s) from the BEST PRACTICES list. Describe specifically how you demonstrated each one.
Summarize the work you completed this week in relation to your goal. Describe the best practices you demonstrated, and explain how your choices reflected those practices. Be specific about what you made, built, recorded, edited, or designed.
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Personal Reflection on the Week
Did you achieve your weekly goal?
Your answer goes here…
What was the biggest issue or problem you faced this week?
Your answer goes here…
How did you overcome this issue or problem?
Your answer goes here…
Remember, reflecting on your work sharpens problem-solving skills and deepens understanding by encouraging thoughtful review, which boosts retention and streamlines your workflow for a stronger, more focused week ahead.
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Evidence of Weekly Goal
Whether you achieved your weekly goal or not, place evidence here of what was accomplished FOR YOUR ROLE. Embed evidence, or link to a publicly shared file in your Google Drive. This evidence can be a screenshot, an audio file, a video clip, a picture of paperwork, etc.
Write at least one sentence explaining your evidence.
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Most Proud of…
Explain in complete sentences what you are most proud of after completing this week’s work. BE SPECIFIC.
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