SoundTrap Projects
- Username: First name & First Initial of Last Name (Example: JonnyC or AnyaM)
- Password: music
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:
Log-in to our MusicFirst Classroom & open the "Musical Meditation" Task. Click 'Open in SoundTrap' in the top right-hand corner.
In SoundTrap, Enter the Studio & select New Music Project ~ ADD Ms. Moss as a Collaborator.
Spend time brainstorming about what kind of 1-minute meditation you would like to create. A soothing meditation; energetic; sleep-inducing; focusing?
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.
Utilize a variety of Effects (Reverb, Panning, Treble/Bass, Compressor, etc.) to highlight the feel of your Meditation.
Adjust volume levels of each track with the volume knob located in the track header for each instrument.
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?
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)?