Tuesday, April 30, 2013

NF3: Take a Rest



DEFINITIONS- 
Rest- a measured interval of silence between tones

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In this assignment we had to turn quarter notes into rests. Rests basically stops the tone after one note. This assignment wasn't really hard because you just had to delete some quarter notes of your composition.

Monday, April 29, 2013

NF2: When Two Become One

DEFINITIONS-
Half Note- a note having one half the duration of a whole note

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For this assignment i had to combine 2 quarter notes to make a half note. While doing this assignment i learned that one half note occupies two spaces and that you cannot place a half note at the end because i was trying to do that but it didn't work.

Friday, April 26, 2013

NF1: Quarter Note Madness!


DEFINITIONS-Staff- The horizontal lines on and between which notes are written or printed: the placement of a note on the staff indicates its pitch.

Time Signature- Indicating the unit of measurement and the number of beats in the following measure or measures.

Measure- The extent, dimensions, capacity, etc. of anything, esp. as determined by a standard.

Quarter Note- A note having one fourth the duration of a whole note.

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What I did for this assignment was make a composition out of 32 quarter notes. This wasn't difficult because all you had to do was decide where you wanted the notes at. Even though this wasn't hard it took a couples of days because I had to hear it over and over so I can make sure it sounded OK.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Audacity Radio Commercial Project

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For this project i had to do a commercial for aa artist of my choice. It was very difficult to finish because i had to write my own speech. But after i wrote it was easy.

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Artist i'm using : Ed Sheeran
Songs I’m using: ( Album: + )
  • Kiss Me
  • Give me love
  • Drunk

Hey guys! Have you heard of the new up and coming artist Ed Sheeran? Well, if you haven't, you better go pick up his debut album Plus. This album contains the songs “Kiss Me”, “Give Me Love”, and “Drunk”. This album contains songs that tell stories about his life. His amazing voice makes it even more pleasurable to listen to. According to BBC Music
“ Ed Sheeran, whose unlikely combination of acoustic folk and grime has seen him become one of 2011’s biggest domestic successes.”

DEFINITIONS-
Propaganda- The spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.


Compel- To cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure.


Exaggerate- To enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal.

Promoter- A substance that in very small amounts is able to increase the activity of a catalyst.