- To demonstrate a full understanding of major & natural minor scales; their construction and the arrangement of triads formed from each note.
- To demonstrate the ability to recall the key-signature of any given major or minor key (up to 5 sharps & 5 flats)
- To demonstrate a full understanding of the relationship between major and minor scales that share a common key signature (relative majors & minors).
- To develop aural dictation skills (melody).
In this lesson you will exhibit your completed 'Yesterday' melody score (in Sibelius) for peer-assessment. Once exhibited to the satisfaction of the class, you will email me your score as a pdf. Then, you will, in the same pairs as last week, attempt to recreate the melody (1st verse, bridge & chorus only) from 'Good Riddance' in Logic using an appropriate patch sound. You can either draw or play the melody into Logic (I expect most will play 'by ear', using a keyboard). You must use a metronome to keep you in time and you must edit the pitches and rhythms in order to produce the most accurate arrangement. (Setting the minimum note length as a quaver or semi-quaver may be useful and perhaps you need to simplify some bars by smoothing out some of the more difficult syncopations). Finally, we will complete some major & natural minor scale/chord exercises so that a full understanding of basic harmony theory can be demonstrated (allowing you to progress to assignment 4).
Homework
- Complete the 'Good Riddance' melody recreation exercise in Logic.
- Export the 'Good Riddance' melody as a MIDI file.
- Import the 'Good Riddance' melody MIDI file into Sibelius.
- Touch-up the rhythm of the 'Good Riddance' melody score in Sibelius so that it is accurate.
- Add chord symbols to the melody score (dictated last week) to produce a lead-sheet for the first 43 seconds of the song (Intro, Verse 1, Bridge & Chorus).
- Add other score elements as necessary and prepare the score for exhibition to your peers (and the world via the blog!).
