SoundTrap Projects

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Project #4: Musical Meditation

Essential Outcomes: Students will …

  • Create an original 1-minute Musical Mediation

  • Reflect on the type of Meditation one could create: relaxing, soothing, energizing, etc.

  • Gain an experiential understanding of how music can improve health & well-being.

  • Utilize editing skills by extending & trimming loops

  • Mix/Balance Tracks

  • Use Critical Listening skills to adjust volume & balance tracks

  • Give & Receive Critique

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Log-in to our MusicFirst Classroom & open the "Musical Meditation" Task. Click 'Open in SoundTrap' in the top right-hand corner.

  2. In SoundTrap, Enter the Studio & select New Music Project ~ ADD Ms. Moss as a Collaborator.

  3. Spend time brainstorming about what kind of 1-minute meditation you would like to create. A soothing meditation; energetic; sleep-inducing; focusing?

  4. Set-up your project with a variety of tracks/loops/instruments ~ Try to use at least 6 different tracks.

    • What Musical Elements/Sounds/Instruments could you use?

    • What kind of Dynamics (volume) would help express the mood of your Meditation?

    • OPTIONAL: Record yourself, or someone else speaking as a Mediation guide.

  5. Utilize a variety of Effects (Reverb, Panning, Treble/Bass, Compressor, etc.) to highlight the feel of your Meditation.

  6. Adjust volume levels of each track with the volume knob located in the track header for each instrument.

  7. SAVE your Project.

Due: Wednesday 1/27 (Our LAST Class!)

We'll engage in Peer Assessment/Self-Reflection using the following questions as guidelines:

  • What works well in the project?

  • Is the song effective in its intended meditative purpose?

  • What patterns or beat instruments worked really well? WHY?

  • What kind of constructive feedback could we offer?

National Music Technology Standards
CA #1: Generate musical ideas for various purposes and contexts.• Enduring Understanding: The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians’ work emerge from a variety of sources. • Essential Question: How do musicians generate creative ideas?
CA#2: Select and develop musical ideas for defined purposes and contexts.• Enduring Understanding: Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent. • Essential Question: How do musicians make creative decisions?
CA#7: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
CA#9: Support evaluations of musical works and performances based on analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.• Enduring Understanding: The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria. • Essential Question: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?