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CAROLINE CHISHOLM COLLEGE

YEAR 9 MUSIC, 2007

Assessment Task Outline

RECORDING PROJECT

Course Component Music and Technology II

Task no and date due #4, DUE Friday Week 9

eighting and totalmarks

One recording /20, one remix project /15, onegroup log book /10, one class log book /5.

Outcomes Students will: perform music using different forms of notation

and different types of technology across a broadrange of musical styles

experiment with different forms of technology inthe composition process

identify the use of technology in the musicselected for study, appropriate to the musicalcontext

TASK OUTLINE

Context

This term, we think about the important relationship between Music and Technology. Thistask assesses your ability to: (a) use different forms of technology we are studying in classto produce your own recording; and (b) connect musical ideas from previous units with thisunit.

This assessment task has two components as follows:

1. Original Group Recording (25 marks)

For this activity you will be working in groups of four. On your allocated mac, compose andrecord a song for EIGHT software instruments and FOUR real instruments (includingvoice). You must observe the following rules:

Each student is to be responsible for composing and recording TWO softwareinstruments and ONE real instrument.

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Your song must be structured as a pop song with the following: intro, verse 1, chorus1, verse 2, chorus 2, solo, chorus 3, outro.

You are to use the following chords: G, Em, Am, D, C. Your verse/chorus melodies must incorporate notes from the Am pentatonic scale. Your solo must incorporate notes from a blues scale in G. Your lyrics must include the theme and word summer time.

2. Collaborative Radiohead Remix (15 marks)

For this activity you will be working in pairs. On the studio computer, remix a section of theRadiohead song Nude using Ableton live and working only with the vocal and SFX/stringstracks as original material (the drum, bass and guitar tracks will be removed for you). Asidefrom the two permitted original tracks, you must compose and arrange all other material foryour allocated section.

LOG BOOKS

For this assessment task, you are required to contribute to TWO collaboratively-written logbooks. The protocol for contributing to and acknowledging others work will be agreedupon in class time. The guidelines for what to include in each log book are as follows:

Group Recording Log Book

1. Document your group s combined goals for the unit - make these goals relevant to thetype of song your group aims to compose and record.

2. Construct a mind map for your composition as you compose and record. Your mind mapmust reect THREE ideas from each of the SIX concepts and be relevant to the choicesyou make as composers. Your mind map is to be done using Gliffy ( www.gliffy.com) andmust include contributions from all group members.

3. Complete a critical appraisal of TWO draft compositions from other groups in the class.4. Document your progress for each day you work on the composition with input from all

members of the group.

Remix Log Book

In the class wikispace, document your progress for each day you work on the remix. Yourdocumentation must include a detailed summary of what you have done and a criticalappraisal of how it ts into the piece as a whole.

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