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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 Break

Nov
Hispanic/latino
melody/form
listen, play, compose
Nov 12 Veteran's Day (no school)
Nov 22/23 Turkey Day

Dec 23
hispanic/latino
melody/form
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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 across because I have a good kno… 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 composing an… 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, yo

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