Units

Unit 1: Fundamentals

• • Unit 1: Lessons

    • 1: Classroom Expectations

    • 2: Pre-Test

    • 3: Is It Music? Cage's "4'33"

    • 4: Introduction to Soundtrap

    • 5: Pulse/ Tempo / BPMs

    • 6a: BPMs Applied to Sampling

    • 6b. Create an MP3 of your project and attach it in Google Classroom

    • 7: Intro to Instrumentation

    • 8. Orchestral Instrument Families

    • 9. Melody: Scales (Half and Whole Steps)

    • 10: Musical Motifs

    • 11. Melody: Composing Phrases Out of Motifs

    • 12. Composing a Melody Over a Chord Progression

    • 13. Chords (Major and Minor)

    • 14. Chord Progressions

    • 15. Diminished Chords

• • Unit 1: Assignments

    • Assignment #1: Sampling Project

    • Assignment #2: Orchestrate Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony"

    • Assignment #3: Remix "Changes" by XXXtentacion

    • Assignment # 4: Half Steps and Whole Steps

    • Assignment #5: Motifs

    • Assignment #6: Composing Phrases Out of Motifs

    • Assignment #7: Make a Melody Out of Phrases

    • Assignment #8: Compose a Melody

    • Assignment #9: Major and Minor Scales and Chords

    • Assignment #10: Chord Progression I V vi IV

    • Assignment #11: Spelling Out Chords

    • Assignment #12: Diminished Chords

• • Unit 1: Tests

    • Test #1: Fundamentals: Tempo/Pulse/BPMs

    • Test #2: Fundamentals: Families of the Orchestra

    • Test #3: Fundamentals: Scales, Melodies, and Chords

• • Unit 1: Test Review

Unit 2: Structure

• • Unit 2: Structure Lessons

    • Lesson 1: Verses and Choruses

    • 2. The Musical Bridge

    • 3. Pre-Chorus

    • 4. Transposition in Music (Soundtrap)

    • 5. Introductions

    • 6. Using the Loop Tool in Soundtrap

    • 7. Quantization

    • 8. Song Organization

    • 9. Organizing Your Sections Into A Song

• • Unit 2: Assignments:

    • Assignment 1: Verse and Chorus

    • Assignment 2: Create a Verse and Chorus in Soundtrap

    • Assignment 3: The Musical Bridge

    • Assignment 4: The Pre-Chorus

    • Assignment 5: Analyzing Introductions

    • Assignment 6: Create a Chorus

    • Assignment 7: Fix This Melody

    • Assignment 8: Compose Your Bridge

    • Assignment 9: Song Evaluation

    • Assignment 10: Analyze and Organize "Adore You"

    • Assignment 11: Organize Your Sections Into a Song

    • Cumulative Assignment: Song with Verse, Chorus, and Bridge

Unit 2 Test Review

Unit 2: Tests

Unit 3: Genres of American Music

Unit 3 Lessons:

• • Introduction to the Blues

  • Lesson 2: The Twelve-Bar Blues

  • Lesson 3: The Blues Lyric Form

  • Lesson 4: Country vs. City Blues

  • Lesson 5: Playing Blues Chords

  • Lesson 6: Recording Vocals

Genealogy of Influence Project:

• • • Assignment 1 Overview, Instructions, and Rubric

    • Assignment 1 Example: Amy Winehouse

    • Assignment 1: Student Examples

      • How to Cite Your Sources

      • How to embed a Spotify Link

      • How to Embed a Soundcloud Player

    • Assignment A: A First Look at the Genealogy Website

    • Assignment B: Start Your Website for the Genealogy of an Artist's Influence

    • Assignment C: Researching and Writing an Artist's Bio

    • Assignment D: Add a Playlist to Your Website

    • Assignment E: Add an Influence for Your Artist

    • Assignment F: Analysis of Influence

    • Assignment G: Biography for Artist #2

    • Assignment H: Add a Playlist and Influence for Artist #2

    • Assignment I: Analysis of Influence Between Artist #2 and #3

    • Assignment J: Biography for Artist #3

    • Assignment K: Add a Playlist and Influence for Artist #3

    • How to Submit Your Genealogy of Influence Website

Unit 3: Genres of American Music Assignments

• Assignment 1: Genealogy of An Artist's Influences

• Assignment: Roots Artist Research

• Assignment 2: Introduction to the Blues

• Assignment 3: The Blues' Early Popularity

• Assignment 4: Call and Response / Blind Lemon Jefferson

• Assignment 5: Country Blues and the Mississippi Delta

• Assignment 6: Blues' New Audience

• Assignment 7: Create a 12-Bar Blues

• Assignment 8: The Blues Lyric Form

• Assignment 9: Rubric for Genealogy Website

• Assignment 10: Playing Blues' Chords

• Assignment 11: Adding Vocals

• Assignment 12: Blues Song Rubric

• Assignment 13: Count Basie, Robert Johnson, and Big Bill Broonzy

• Assignment 14: Muddy Waters and Northern Migration

• Assignment 15: Blues Heaven

• Assignment 16: Desegregation Through the Blues

• Assignment 17: Early Rock and Roll

• Assignment 18: Rock 'n' Takes Over

• Assignment 19: Great Balls of Fire

• Assignment 20: Motown and The British Invasion

• Assignment 21: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Part 1

• Assignment 21: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Part 2

Tests:

• Blues Sub-Unit Test

Final Project: Genealogy of Influence Website Submission