MMT: Counting the Beat

Blog Task Week 11: Making Our Own Music

Create a new backing track for the Finding Dory falling truck scene:

• Choose a type of feeling that you are trying to create e.g. suspense, excitement, fear, freedom etc.

• Create a piece of music using Sound Nation or SoundTrap or find a piece of music on Youtube.

• Using Kapwing (Sign in with Google) - Overlap your chosen music into the video.

• When you have completed your new video, upload it to your blog,

This blog post needs to include an explanation about what kind of music you choose and what kind of feeling you were trying to create.

Blog Task Week 10: Music Through the Decades

Individually or in groups of no more than 4:

• Create a Google Slide presentation called “Music Through the Decades”

• Each decade from the 1900s to the 2010s must have a slide (i.e. 12 slides in total)

• Each decade’s slide must include details of:

• • • Who were some famous musicians of the time,

    • What musical genre was popular/new,

    • A video or audio recording of a song from this decade,

    • Any songs that were re-released during this decade.

    • An iconic or fashion image from that decade.

Blog Task Week 9: Famous Musicians

Write a biography about a famous musician. In your biography include:

• their name,

• their current age or the decade their music was popular

• Their music genre

• The names of their most famous songs.

• How did they become a successful singer?

• What is a challenge that they have overcome?

Post your biography on your blog and include photos and a video of them performing their music.

Blog post Week 7 (Percussion / STOMP):

• Tell us what percussion music is

• Tell us what body percussion is

• Add a link to at least one youtube video of body percussion performance of your choice

• Describe the approach your group took in their performance, including what “instruments” you have used

• Include the video of your performance.

Blog post Week 6 (The Violin):

• Explain that we have learned in Counting the Beat this week

• Write about the different types of violin we discussed today.

• Tell your readers what you thought about the Vivaldi concertos you listened to today

• Explain 3 glossary words and include at least 1 photo/image

Blog post Week 5 (An Orchestra):

• Blog about each family of instruments.

• Write the definitions in your own words. You can use the slides to help you.

• Include full sentences describing the instruments

• Include photos of at least one instrument from each family

• Include a video of an orchestra performance that you enjoyed

Blog post Week 4 (The Ukulele):

• Explain that we have learned in Counting the Beat this week

• Write about the ukuleles that you saw today. Explain 3 glossary words and include at least 1 photo

• Extras: list all other glossary words about ukuleles

Blog post Week 3 (The Guitar):

• Explain what we are doing in Counting the Beat

• Comment about the guitars that you saw today. Explain 3 glossary terms and include at least 1 photo

• Extras: list different types of music/genres, extra glossary words

Blog post Week 2 (What is Music):

• Create a blog post about what we have learned so far

• Include:

  • our definition of Music

  • the different types of music we identified

  • where we find, hear and experience music

• Finish with a statement of what you hope to learn about in “Counting the Beat”