Art & Music (Fall 2021) - Module 7

For Teachers
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Complete the activities for Module 7 (Musical Notes and Scales):

https://maketolearn.org/creating-art-animations-and-music/musical-notes-and-scales/

After completing the explorations listed in the text document for the module and watching the accompanying videos,

  1. Create a scale progression in TuneScope to create several measures of an original song in either a major scale or a minor scale.

  2. Then create a melody to accompany the scale progression using notes from the same scale.

  3. Use the “Play Tracks” code block to combine the melody track and scale progression track.

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Here is my Week 9 project. I used the C Major, F Major, and G Major scale sequence as my backing track. I then used notes from the C Major scale to compose a fitting melody.

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Here is a link to my Week 9 Assignment. I used notes from the C major scale in the fourth octave to create a melody, and then created an accompanying track in the C major scale in the second octave to create a background track for the melody.

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I like the upbeat, quick tempo of your piece. The choice of the violin and piano also goes nicely together, nice work!

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Here is my week 9 assignment. I used a progression of the C major scale to the D major scale back to the C major scale and then the backward C major scale in the 4th Octave for my major sequence. I then created a melody using various quarter notes until I made a melody I liked.

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Really nice track! I like how it's a slower piece and how the violin and cello you used come together.

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Here is my project for mod 7. I wanted to use a D minor scale for the main melody and the chord progression. The main melody briefly goes into E minor, but returns to D minor. I had trouble lining up the time signature, and plan to revisit this to fix the errors. Is there a way to make a dotted quarter? The music lines up better with a 3/4 time signature, but I want the cello to be playing for a full measure instead of playing a half and a quarter note.

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This is cool because it sounds very complex. It sounds like I am playing an 8-bit game and the characters are running through a trail to get to their next destination. The progression in the back sounds like their footsteps!

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Week 9 Assignment
This is my week 9 assignment where I used the 4th octave but in different major scales. I liked the end product of my assignment because the melody it created was really catchy. I also included the instruments I liked the most which are why I liked doing this assignment.

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I really liked how your final project sounded. It seems like you only used string instruments and I wish I did that instead of using a wide variety of instruments. Great track!

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Here is my project for the week 9 assignment. For my code, the entire section is in the C major scale. I did this because I wanted the tune to be happy and simple, resembling a video game audio. I used the ukulele for the melody to achieve this, and the electric guitar as the backing track.

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I love the melody you created and the overall rhythm is really complex! Great job.

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Here is my week 9 project, I used created a very spooky tune for the Halloween season by using a slower bpm and lower octaves.

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I love how up beat and fun your project is!

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Here is my week 9 project. I played around with different notes and instruments to create my tune. I also played around with the tempo to create my desired tune.

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Here is my project for week 9, I used longer notes for the backing track played by an organ to make it more distinctive.

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Here is the link for my week 9 assignment. I used the A# Major Scale as my backing track, and then created a melody by using notes from the same scale. I chose this scale because I have a little bit of a musical background, and this was always one of my favorite scales to play.

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I really like your sound! It was very upbeat and had an overall happy feel to it. I can see that you put in a lot of work, and I think you did a great job overall!

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Here is a link to my project for Week 9 assignment. I used a list of 4 notes out of the C4 scale for the piano scale progression. I also used a triad from the C4 for the cello scale progression. I named it Getting Spooky because this sounds like something that would play during the rising action of a horror plot.