Ode to Joy - the full Version

Here is Ode To Joy, with the middle section as well.

Christmas Carols - Start to practice NOW

Here is the link to a PDF of "O Come All Ye Faithful".

You can view and print a copy. I would like you to play a version AS A CLASS of this and one other carol of your choice. Have a snoop around and decide what piece you would like to do.

Take a bow -rhianna

Here is an easy version of the song by Rhianna. Just the intro and part of the verse. Click on the pic for a full size version.

Year 12 - past HSC questions.

Hi,

There are some questions for you to complete for mondays class. Please download the mp3's and complete the question in class time.
We will review your answers on thursday during class time.

See you then.

Finale Notepad for WINDOWS users

Go here to download a version of Finale Notepad 2008 for windows.

Then you can work on stuff on your old windows machines :-)

Learning Prep

Here is the Word file to complete the learning prep for Friday!

Keep working on your assessment task - remember you need 10 example you have listened to with the notes you have taken on each song.

YEar 12 - Viva Voce Assessment task Sheet.

You can now download the task as a PDF here.

Song Lyrics

Scansion

Files for this weeks LP Year 12. IT IS DUE MONDAY NEXT WEEK

This completed task is due MONDAY WEEK 6 14th Nov.


Garage band file

mp3. file

Yr 12 Music 1 - Week 4 LP

Here is the task due on Monday 7th Nov (next week). You can download the .doc file here.


You can download the mind map software here.

Article on Preparing for the HSC 2011

Sydney Morning Herald article on preparing for your music HSC.

Blackbird - McFerrin. The analysis.

Here is a pic of the mindmap we created in class on thursday. Hope you enjoyed the example.

Free music download site

Go here for free mp3 downloads. all legal:)


Here is the link to download the mp3 of todays piece, Triveni by Rodrigo y Gabriella.

Year 12 LP week 3 Term 4

Here Tis, Due on MONDAY next week.

"River Flows in You" Score.

Check out the piano music here....

Year 12 Learning Prep for Week 3

Due on Tuesday Week 3. :-)

Analysis from last week.

Here is the score with annotations from last weeks lesson. To review this piece, listen to it on youtube and read through the score.

Drum Rudiments

Click the image to make it full size. Make sure you start slowly and work up to a faster and faster speed. Try to get evenness between both hands.

Work hard.

Response task for Yr 7.

Watch a youtube clip of your favourite song PLAYED LIVE.
Print out the scaffold shown here to help you write your response to the clip by completing the questions on the sheet. You can write about more areas of the performance if you wish these questions are just to get you thinking :)

Make sure that you have a neat copy of the response in your music books to be marked next week.

Year 12 - Week 1 PITCH

Elements of Pitch - CSU HSC ONLINE website

Resources for Year 8 Lesson on Tuesday 14th

Star Wars Audio interview

Sounds in star wars. audio examples

The Kinetiscope. Early film viewer.

Here are the questions

Star Wars

1. What are some of the sound effects in star wars made from?
2. How does the choice of "natural" sounds reflect the scenes and/or intentions of the film makers?
3. List the different people involved in the making of a soundtrack. Give a brief description of each job.
4. How was the "Light saber" sound created?

Extension.
1. research one other early film projector.
a.) Name
b.) Inventor
c.) Date first used.
d.) popular/not.

2. research a popular silent film.
a.) Written by....
b.) First seen....
c.) Main actors.....

Year 7 Instruments of the Orchestra

Go here to check out the instruments in the orchestra....

Instruments of the Orchestra SST's for year 7

The String family

Go to the DSO website to hear examples of each instrument playing.

Vitual Drummer

Here is the online drumkit that we saw today in class.

Smoke on the Water TABS

Hi all,

Here is the TAB for the riff from Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple. Have a go at practicing at home.

Sentences - info from the web

Try here for info on sentence types and how to create them correctly.

Year 8 Extension lesson

Yasas,

Your task is to create a short slideshow showing the development of the electric guitar.
Use images from the web and only a few words to create a movie in iMovie. Make sure your finished product ends up on Mr Billiards' USB.

Try here for some information on electric guitars as well as your own research.

Have a musical day :-)

Year 7.5 Simple Sentences.

Hi people,

Please post your sentences as comments on this post.

Year 7.3 Simple Sentences.

Hi everyone,

Your task is to reply to this post by creating a simple sentence to help you remember the pattern of notes on the TREBLE and BASS clefs.

TREBLE:     E________    G__________   B____________  D____________  F_____________

BASS:          G__________ B___________  D____________  F_____________  A____________

              and         A__________  C____________  E____________  G____________
                    
 Make sure you use your first name and class somewhere in your reply.

Mr B.

Have a MUSICAL day :)

Important info for Yr 7

Hi all,

Here is the info from the las few lessons.
Remember to revise over the lessons online that we used in class, you will be tested on this info at some stage in music this year.

Graphic Notation

Peeps,

In your groups, spend some time experimenting with sounds to see if you can come up with a composition involving EACH member of your group. CREATE A GRAPHIC SCORE of your piece, remember to include some instructions on what your symbols mean to the person playing.

ELECTIVE MUSIC STUDENTS - Mac update.

If you would like your mac updated to the latest version of iLife (09), bring it into the IT people and ask them nicely to install the updates to the machine.

Have a musical day :-)

Yea 8 MOVIES - No sound

Yasas,


I have put copies of the movies without sound up in a link list on the right of this blog. Click on the link to go to the site and download the movies.


Remember that you are creating the music to compliment the pictures you see on the screen. Think about how the music makes the viewer feel, think, suspect.


Have a musical day :-)

Music Concrete

Peeps,

To have a look at our next area of study go here and see what you can learn.

We will be creating some music using sounds from the environment around us. Think about capturing some sounds at home if you get the chance (use the mobile phone if you like for this).

Have a musical day :-)

Year 11 - ELECTRONIC BLAH BLAH BLAH....

HI,

If you found the lesson on Monday confusing, don't stress as it was pretty full on. It is meant to be an introduction to what sound is and what we are doing when we manipulate the sounds we can create and record.

Next lesson we will be going on with some sampling of sounds and using them as instruments for another short composition in garage band.

Get to know Garage band well, check out the eHOW vids as well as the apple vids on how to use it (you can watch these from home on your PC)

If you want to compose with a PC, download MIXCRAFT, it looks and feels a lot like garage band and might help you get used to the idea of using software to create music with.

Go here to download the PDF of the presentation for some revision.
Also check the links at the side of the blog for some more investigation of what is possible.

Year 7 SST's

Here are some terms that you will need to know about to better understand the things that we talk and read about in music classes at ECC. Make sure they are in your books and that you refere to them when writing or discussing in music classes.

YEAR 7 LEARNING PREP

Your task is to post a reply with your answer to this question.

WHAT IS MUSIC?


Don't forget that a definition cannot have the word MUSIC in it to explain itself.
It also needs to be simple so Mr Billiards can remember it.

Good luck!