Studio Sessions
Program Overview
Be A Music Producer
● Creating new sounds on a keyboard/MIDI sequencer
● Adjusting attack, release, cutoff, vibrato, decay, and reverb
● Major Scales & key signatures (C, F & G)
● POP chord progressions & cyclical chord progressions (I, IV, V, vi)
● Listening to recognise timbre of a tone, matching and recreating timbre from listening task
● Changing octaves, velocity, reverb, and synthesised sounds
● Minor scales & key signatures (A, D & E)
● Create a Dance Synth Pop track
● Listening Task: Characteristics of Dance-Style music
● POP chord progressions & cyclical chord progressions (i, IV, V, vi)
● History of Ringtones
● Texture: Monophonic, polyphonic, and true tone ringtones
● Tone colour/timbre of an effective ringtone
● Pitch: Arpeggios & how to use an arpeggiator
● How to get your ringtone on your phone
● Duration – bars & tempo
● Planning your composition
Be An Audio Engineer
● Pitch: Intervals & Interval quality
● Labelling major/minor chords (Roman numerals)
● History of multitrack recording
● Recording 3 tracks and quantizing
● Structure: Common Rock chord progressions (I, IV, V),
● Texture: Layering sounds
● Drum Patterns – basics of a rock beat: kick, snare and hi-hat patterns
● Recording on separate tracks, mapping of sounds and quantizing
● Editing rhythms and utilising onboard drum kits
● Playing using body percussion, drum parts as notation
● Copy & paste function in music software
● Structure:12 Bar Blues (Chords I, IV & V)
● Pitch: Introduction to 7th chords & chord symbols
● Recording a 12-bar blues bass line using 7th chords and multiple parts
● Editing note length & pitch
● Creating variations
● Further application of Sessions 4, 5, 6 to a modern-day remix
● Layering as an arranging tool
● Changeable elements such as tempo, style & instrumentation
● Using cyclical chord progressions
● Multitrack recording
Be A Film Composer
● Using sound effects to tell or enhance a story
● Using MIDI drums, percussion and SFX options
● Planning a story
● Radio play overview
● Creating and recording using special effects
● Program & Mood music
● Tone Colour: How to create suspense including:
○ drones & repetition
○ silence & dissonance
○ changing registers and specific chords
● Performing & recording music for images
● Create a soundtrack to a short animation or trailer including music and special effects
● Syncing of sounds to vision & the process of film composition including timeline, team roles, spotting sessions and hit points