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Try giving this a listen!
Try giving this a listen!
Try out this song maker experiment for yourself!!! If you really like it save and share with Mrs.E at
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This song has a great message! When you are working on your songwriting project, think about what the message or story your song is telling!
1)We talked a lot about the parts of a song before the break. I wonder if you remember what the different parts are? Do the drums play all of the rhythm? The answer would be no. Any of the instruments that are part of the song can play many of the parts.
2) There are five main elements of a song. We are working towards creating our own songs. It may be an individual project or small group. If you have someone you would like to work with please let Mrs. E know.
The five main parts of a song we are going to be working with are:
Melody, Harmony, Key, Metre and Rhythm.
Melody: The melody may be the most important part of the song - its the part you walk around humming or singing. Its the tune of the song.
Harmony: Harmony happens when different notes are combined to make a triad or chord. (Like the piano part in the songs we worked on before Christmas) The guitar or piano, or ukelele can play harmony with chords or broken chords. (Arpeggios - like the game above.) The harmony accompanies the melody by providing support for the tune. The BASS guitar also supports the melody by providing a bass line to help determine the key or root of the chord.
Key: The key of the song is determined by a scale or set group of pitches that work together. On the guitar the key of G +(major) is a very common key. The scale is as follows; G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G. The F# is very important in the chords of the song. In the key of G we would likely use a GBD chord (1) CEG (2) DF#A(5). These work well to make a basic song outline.
Metre: The metre of a song is not how fast it is; but how the beats or time is organised. The regular pattern of 'pulses' determine the type of metre in which the song is written. Some songs written in a 4/4 time signature (four beats in a bar) have an emphasis on different parts then beat 1, and beat three. The songs on the video below are an example of odd metres.
Rhythm: We all know the difference between rhythm and beat ; (the beat is the pulse, and the rhythm is the pattern added to the beat), but sometimes the beat and the rhythm are the same and sometimes they are not. The bass line may have its own distinct rhythm (like the first song in the video) or just work along with the bass drum in the song. Listen to the video and think about the different patterns he talks about.
This activity was created by Mrs. MacLaine at Gulf Shore. They are working on something very similar to where we are headed. The difference is, we have already started by learning pop songs before the break! Get started and have fun!!!
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