This week we will be partnering up and creating a new Garage Band music project. We will share these at the end of the week. Follow these directions:
1) Find a partner. If we have uneven numbers, groups of 3 are OK. (In some rare cases, I might allow you to work alone but I really want to encourage most students to work with a partner.)
2) With your partner, brainstorm on scratch paper the following things:
- A title.
- A genre (also called a style or type of music; examples: country, rock, classical, jazz, etc.)
- A clear mood or theme (serious, funny, happy, sad, etc.)
- Three or more instruments that fit your genre and mood.
3) Go into Garage Band with your partner and together (take turns at the keyboard so you both learn the controls of Garage Band really well) create a song that has the following:
- 4 minutes or more
- 4 tracks/layers or more
- Three or more instruments that fit your genre and mood.
- At least a couple sound effects
- Optional Extra Credit: Include as part of your song a recorded track (Record your own voice using the microphone and insert it into the song OR record yourself using the keyboard function).
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