What we do in Music Class

On this blog, I've never introduced what we do in music class. Although we won't be attending any more music classes this year, last year we had lots of fun.

Eagles - Wasted Time

For one of our projects, we used a file like the above, and copied it into a software called Finale Notepad. And then, we had to add our own tracks to it such as Riff, Harmony, Melody, etc. And it was a fun process for me to translate the notes from Scribd to the actual Finale Notepad document as we had to punch out every note individually with our trackpad. And I ended up making 4 more extra tracks, and it sounds really well!

Appreciating Music

Lots of modern day teens like to listen to music such as Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Beyonce etc. And that is truly not called music. Music has changed from a wonderful art to something that is garbage (not trying to offend or insult nowaday music but it is just my opinion). I have a music example of what true music is, and not only is the song a work of art, but the way Larry Carlton plays the guitar with such emotion. It almost feels like he is playing the guitar and making sounds that feels like he is crying.



Hope you enjoyed the music of the 70's-90's era!

Boogie-Woogie

Here is also another one of my music scripts that I made. But this time covering the genre of Boogie-woogie. It should give a little background information about the genre and its history. 

Popular in 1930-1940's but was invented much earlier.

"Boogie-woogie is a piano-based blues that became very popular in the midst of the 1930-1940's." Unlike Bebop, Boogie-woogie was the type of music to dance to. 

The position of the piano was the accompany the singers and also to play as a solo in smaller bands.

For most bands that played 'boogie-woogie' style, the 12 bar blues was almost involved in every song. 

Boogie-woogie was first discovered in late 1930's in Texas, where many people gathered to do jam sessions. 

For most Boogie-woogie songs, they are based on the 12 bar blues. 

"The 12 bar blues is one of the most popular chord progressions in popular music, including the blues. The blues can be played in any key."

Bebop

Right now, you may be wondering what on earth is 'bebop'. Bebop is a genre of music if you will. This was some research I did quite a while ago for my music class. Hope you enjoy it




For the music lesson, we were asked to make a presentation about bebop. And this is some research that I have turned into a script, so at first glance it may have not made sense to you. But I hope it does now.