Include under the One of My Favorite Harmonies heading
Find a HookTheory song for the song key and chord structure
Embed a YouTube video of your favorite harmony
Find a .midi file of the harmony and download it
Take a screenshot of the harmony tracks in GarageBand, upload to Flickr and embed into your blog
Export the two main harmony tracks from GarageBand as an .mp3, upload to SoundCloud and embed into your blog post
Describe why you like the harmonies
Answer the questions (use compositional terms in your answer):
What did you notice about the note structure of the harmony?
Where was the tonic note and where are the tension building note(s)/chords(s)?
What was revealing?
Day 4 to 2nd to Last Day of Project – Create a Theme with Harmony
Create a 8 measures theme that has a catchy melody and harmony that builds and releases tension
Remember that the note and chord progression should be in C Major.
Use the chords that best support you melody line.
Feel free to copy and paste the chords and notes from Mr. Le Duc’s note and chord progression sample (GarageBand 10).
Have more than one chord in each measure, if you want.
The chords should be placed on the beats you want to emphasize.
Remember to start on the tonic note/chord (C) and build tension in measures 4 and 5 with the Dominant / Subdominant note/chords (green) and end on the tonic (C) note / chord (red).
Click on either image below to see both as a larger PDF file
Remember that rising notes suggests happiness and falling notes sadness.
Remember that increasing tempo suggests happiness and slowing tempo sadness.
Include under the My Harmony heading
Take a screenshot of the chord track notation; uploaded to Flickr and embedded into your blog post
Export the theme as an mp3; uploaded to Soundcloud and embedded into your post
Answer the questions (use compositional terms in your answer):
How did you structure of the harmony?
Where is the tonic note and chord and where are the tension building notes and chords?
Are you using Contrast, Repetition, and/or Variation? Which measures?
Second to Last Day
CreateWhat I Learned heading
Explain what you learned and at least one problem you overcame
Include a link to a tutorial you used and describe how you used it
