Greetings to all - here's a synopsis of the second week of our music class!
We talked a lot about hearing the individual notes of the major scale. We sing these notes all the time, but it can be really useful to learn to pick them out and recognize their distinct personality when used in a melody.
We talked about how some of them are very stable sounds, and others have a lot of energy or tension, and want to move to a more resolved place. That interplay between stability and instability (or dissonance) is what adds motion and interest and direction to our melodies.
We talked about listening to the radio while driving or working and attempting to do the following:
Here's my Spotify playlists for songs that prominently feature the various notes of the major scale:
We talked a lot about hearing the individual notes of the major scale. We sing these notes all the time, but it can be really useful to learn to pick them out and recognize their distinct personality when used in a melody.
We talked about how some of them are very stable sounds, and others have a lot of energy or tension, and want to move to a more resolved place. That interplay between stability and instability (or dissonance) is what adds motion and interest and direction to our melodies.
We talked about listening to the radio while driving or working and attempting to do the following:
- sing 'do' for anything you hear on the radio
- sing the main melody, using numbers or syllables
- sing bass lines, using numbers or syllables
- sing hooks and instrumental parts using numbers or syllables
Here's my Spotify playlists for songs that prominently feature the various notes of the major scale:
- Songs featuring Do, Mi and Sol (1, 3, and 5), which are very stable notes
- Songs featuring Re and La (2 and 6) which have a small amount of tension
- Songs featuring Fa and Ti (4 and 7) which have a lot of tension
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