Daily Calendar | Introduction to Guitar | Blues and Chord Structures | Fingerstyle and Western Scales | Rock Music - music composition and sound recording | Summative 

Summative Evaluation

You are to craft a composition. It is to have a standard form (ABAB, ABBA):

VERSE

->PRE-CHORUS / RISE / CLIMB - optional

->CHORUS - optional

VERSE

->PRE-CHORUS / RISE / CLIMB - optional

CHORUS

VERSE

->PRE-CHORUS / RISE / CLIMB - optional

->CHORUS - optional

BRIDGE

->SOLO / INSTRUMENTAL BREAK - optional

CODA / OUTRO

AD LIB (OFTEN IN CODA / OUTRO)

For a potential overall level 4 you are:

1) to have lyrics you've written - here are some tips for rhyming patterns

2) to have submitted the music in standard notation using Blank piano staff/tab. You can do as little or as much piano staff, or tab as you need to get the idea of the song across. Not every strum needs to be recorded on paper.

3) to submit the recordings etc.. on Classroom. (singing is optional)

For level 3 or lower you:

1) lyrics: take poetry and compose to that (cite your source)

2) to have submitted the music as chords like you'd see in guitar-chords online (see example below).

3) to submit the recordings etc.. on Classroom. (singing is optional)

You need not sing the music yourself, and you can invite other musicians to help you with your piece both on the live performance and the recorded performance. In the end you must have a written copy of the music, with lyrics underneath submitted to me as well as an electronic recording. This composition will be worth more than its predecessors in the blues unit since it is the culmination of theory for the course. This will be a major part of your mark so ensure that you take time to do a good job on it.

Evaluation:

Blank piano staff/tab