Term 2 - Lesson 3 - Friday 20th January

From next week, this lesson will be given over to your final projects. Think about what you would want to be achieving in these lessons.


Today:
Extended Chords

Here are the main types of 7ths (you should remember this from last year):

Here is a massive, thorough account of chords, including 9ths, 11ths and 13ths.

Term 2. Lesson 2 - Friday 13th January

This is a brilliant introduction to temperament.


Here are some of the ratios and exact frequencies.

Term 2 - Lesson 1, Friday 6th January

Using Logic Score editor

Make sure no regions are selected. Press cmd 5. Then go to view: page view.

In the arrangement window, make sure regions start together and are all glued together.

Make sure instrument is set to the correct "style" (which can be found in the top left corner). eg. "piano" for a keyboard.

To edit the pitch or duration of a note, use the piano roll, not the score editor.

Text (title etc.), dynamics, key signatures, can be found in the "part box" on the left hand side and are put in by dragging and dropping.

pdf is made by going to file - print - pdf etc.

Transposing Instruments (from last year)

Basically, some instruments are not written at the pitch they actually sound!

For example, the Clarinet in B flat (which is the most common type of clarinet). If you play a C on a Clarinet in B flat, you will hear a B flat. In other words, it will sound a tone lower than it is written at.



Here are some of the common transposing instruments.

Here's an excellent wikipedia entry on transposing instruments.



This "Music Teacher" with, like, "Three Degrees" doesn't understand why we have transposing instruments:



Fortunately, "Mr Audio" does.