Beat Battle Finalists

Grade 10s: 

Winner! ENZO

Runner-Up: Leslie the Asian

Grade 11s: 

Winner: Kid Katana

Runner Up : IanMac

Bravo to everyone who made a beat!  Very nice work. 

Holiday Tune Remix

You will use your new chord skills to remix a holiday tune.

Steps:

1. From the Pick-Up Folder Grade 10s get the Mixcraft file for Jingle Bells Mixcraft 6 or Jingle Bells Mixcraft 7, and Gr. 11s get Carol of the Bells Mixcraft 6 or Carol of the Bells Mixcraft 7.  Open the file. 
2. Use the chord sheet for Jingle Bells or Carol of the Bells to guide you through adding chords and bass to the midi melody.
3. Pick a style for your song (i.e. heavy metal, down tempo RnB, reggae, EDM, jazz, pop etc.)
4. Add a drum beat that matches your style.
5. Make your version original with
• instrument sounds
• intros/outros
• new tempos
• additional instruments
• sound effects
• anything you like
6. Give your song a new name. 
7. Mixdown to MP3 and upload to Soundcloud as well as submitting MX6 file to the folder by Tuesday, Dec 16.

Here are some examples to inspire you.  This is a Canadian group called the Synchronics.

Carol Rocks the Bells (Carol of the Bells) 

Dance the Halls (Deck the Halls)

Arrest Ye Merry Gangsta'man (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)

Jinglebell Rocksteady (Jingle Bell Rock)

Mary's Little Baby (Mary's Boychild)

Scratch

Join the Google Classroom for this class by using the code vk4kxl

Questions from the documentary will be on this page.

We will be watching the documentary film "Scratch" before visiting the Regent Park School of Music for a workshop and demo on DJing and Turntabling on Friday, Nov. 27 from 1-2PM.

When done the questions, try one of these online DJ tools to experience turntabling.

Mixify
Until AM

Playing with the four chords

SONGS in 4 CHORDS
Journey -- "Don't Stop Believing"
James Blunt -- "You're Beautiful"
Black Eyed Peas -- "Where Is the Love"
Alphaville -- "Forever Young"
Jason Mraz -- "I'm Yours"
Train -- "Hey Soul Sister"
The Calling -- "Wherever You Will Go"
Elton John -- "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (from The Lion King)
Akon -- "Don't Matter"
John Denver -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi"
U2 -- "With Or Without You"
The Last Goodnight -- "Pictures of You"
Maroon Five -- "She Will Be Loved"
The Beatles -- "Let It Be"
Bob Marley -- "No Woman No Cry"
Marcy Playground -- "Sex and Candy"
Men At Work -- "Land Down Under"
Theme from America's Funniest Home Videos
Jack Johnson -- "Taylor"
Spice Girls -- "Two Become One"
A Ha -- "Take On Me"
Green Day -- "When I Come Around"
Eagle Eye Cherry -- "Save Tonight"
Toto -- "Africa"
Beyonce -- "If I Were A Boy"
Kelly Clarkson -- "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Jason DeRulo -- "In My Head"
The Smashing Pumpkins -- "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Joan Osborne -- "One Of Us"
Avril Lavigne -- "Complicated"
The Offspring -- "Self Esteem"
The Offspring -- "You're Gonna Go Far Kid"
Akon -- "Beautiful"
Timberland featuring OneRepublic -- "Apologize"
Eminem featuring Rihanna -- "Love the Way You Lie"
Bon Jovi -- "It's My Life"
Lady Gaga -- "Pokerface"
Aqua -- "Barbie Girl"
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- "Otherside"
The Gregory Brothers -- "Double Rainbow"
MGMT -- "Kids"
Andrea Bocelli -- "Time To Say Goodbye"
Robert Burns -- "Auld Lang Syne"
Five for fighting -- "Superman"
The Axis of Awesome -- "Birdplane"
Missy Higgins -- "Scar"

ASSIGNMENT!

Grade 10s and NEW Grade 11s:

Make a Mixcraft file with the 4 Chords in C Major repeated 2 times
Create drum track to match.  (minimum kick, snare, hi-hat)


Here are the 4 chords.

Record each for one bar in this order.

Always use fingers 1, 3 and 5.

 1st bar

2nd Bar

3rd Bar

4th Bar

Repeat the four bar pattern one more time until you have 8 bars.

Now add a drum track to match it. 

Practice your chords while you listen to the track on loop.

You will be tested on your ability to PLAY these 4 chords next week. 

Returning Grade 11s and those with piano experience.

• Create an 8 Bar Mixcraft file using the 4 chords in G Major. 
• Create a drum track
• Create a Bass Track using only the ROOT note of each chord. 

The chords one bar each are in this order  I, V, vi, IV ( G Major, D Major, E Minor, C Major)

Repeat the pattern once to make your practice file 9 bars long. 

WATCH OUT FOR THE F# in the D Major Chord!

Be prepared to play the chords next week. 

Scales, Triads, and Chords

In Western Music, songs are made out of scales and chords.

Here is a C Major Scale:



The 8 notes of this scale are the white keys of the piano, starting on C and ending on C one octave higher.

The scale follows a specific pattern of intervals which is Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step. Every major scale follows this pattern, no matter what note the scale starts on.  More on that later.

A TRIAD is made up of three notes like this:

Triads look like snowmen!

Each triad is made up of a Root, a Third, and a Fifth

The triad is always named after the ROOT.
This Triad has a C as the Root, so this is a C Triad.

Triads are what make up Chords that we use to write our music.

Triads can be written on any degree of the scale.




The triad is always named after the ROOT note.

Project 5: Missing Drummer

Adele’s drummer went missing just as she was going to redo the drums in her hit single “Rolling In The Deep”. Now she is drummer-less and she desperately needs your help! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to record a new drum part for this song.

Here is the project sheet.

Drum Practice

Download a drumless track from the following Youtube by using a Youtube to MP3 converter.

Open the MP3 in Mixcraft.
Set the BPM to the tempo of the original.(search online for this : title bpm)
Listen to the original and practice adding a drum track to the song with your MIDI keyboard.
Shorten the track to stop after two verses and a chorus.
Record your track.
Submit the new track to Soundcloud.