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Music from Around the World

Jodi Lemmon and Deborah Meyer



Wilson Middle School

Every other day for 50 min



Aug 14/15

america (jazz, blues, rock, musicals)

overview

listen, play, compose



Sept

america (jazz, blues, rock, musicals)

dynamics/style

listen, play, compose

Sept 3 Labor Day



Oct

africa

rhythms

listen, play, compose

Oct 12-15 Fall… Continue

1. What were the musical constraints of working with another student's sound block?



It was hard to know what the original thought process was and why they chose those sounds. Then you have to just go with the flow and create something without thinking about those needs to a certain extent. It was interesting to create that muscial story with just pieces.



2. What were the technological constraints of composing in GarageBand?



There really weren't any that I came… Continue

1. I couldn't add any more sounds or loops that I wanted to add. So I was left to what I was given by another individuals taste. I also didn't couldn't move existing sounds to where I wanted them to occur so I was stuck with what I could salvage.



2. In garage band, there are only the loops that you are given. There are places you can download other loops, but that is just really time consuming. Sometimes I couldn't find a specific loop that would fit the style I was looking for. In… Continue

1. I had to work with what he gave me. There seemed to be a lot of different sounds that didn’t all fit together in my mind. The hardest to fit in was a pre-recorded track that already had voices, percussion, and everything else in it.

2. If you aren’t savvy with a keyboard,…

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