Year 11 Dance Composition

1. Yr 11 Dance Composition
Step by Step (ooh baby)

2. Form (intro & section A) - Tutorial
Composition Concepts Garage Band Key Commands
Concepts
Symmetry Moving Tracks Drag + option
Magic Number Copy and Paste (move and copy)
Repetition Duplicating
Tension / Release
Texture
Timbre

3. Form (Structure)
A B A’
Intro Breakdown Build Up Outro
Melody (Hook) Va r i a t i o n
Harmony Va r i a t i o n
Bass Va r i a t i o n
Drums Hihat Hihat
Snare Snare
Kick Kick

4. intro A Hook Break B Build A’ Hook outro
Melody
counter
Bass
Harmony
Drums

5. Chords / Harmony - Tutorial
Composition Concepts Garage Band Key Commands
Concepts
Middle C Project Click + command
Chords Windows (inputting material)
Diatonic Triads Input Region Drag + option
Harmony Piano Roll (move and copy)
(Chord progression) Input Note
Keys Playback
Changing Sound

6. Harmony
Va r i a t i o n
Harmony
4 Bar Progression
Choose the key of D
minor before entering
D minor any notes
Choose 4 Chords from the key of D
minor to create a simple chord
progression A Bb C D E F G
F G A Bb C D E
4 D E F G A Bb C
4
Dm Gm Bb C
Dm E˚ F Gm Am Bb C

7. Piano Roll
C3 - Middle C in GarageBand

8. Harmony Harmony
4
4
Dm Gm Bb C
A
G G
F F
E
D D D
C
Bb Bb
Putting in notes = click + command

9. Melody / Hook - Tutorial
Composition Concepts Garage Band Key Commands
Concepts
Repetition Musical Typing R
Simple Loop Tool (Start or stop Recording)
Melody Timbre C
Recording (Loop Tool)
Command + U
(Metronome)
Command + Shift + U
(Count in)

10. Melody - Recording it in
Melody (Hook)
D Minor Scale
Bb
D E F G A C
Press to Record

11. Drums - Tutorial
Composition Concepts Garage Band Key Commands
Concepts
3 main timbres of the Adding track C
Drum kit Input region (Loop Tool)
Drum Conventions Edit window Click + command
Techno and Piano roll (inputting material)
Drum n Bass Loop tool Drag + option
note input (move and copy)
Separating sounds
to different tracks
Velocity

12. Drums
Drums Hihat
Snare
Kick
1 2 3 4
Hihat
Drum n Bass Snare
Bass
1 2 3 4
Hihat
Techno Snare
Bass

13. Hihat
Snare
Kick
Drums NOTE - C1 = Kick
Drums
1 2 3 4
Hihat
TECHNO
BEAT
Snare
Kick

14. Bass
Bass
4
Dm Gm Bb C
4
Repeated Rhythm Straight
Cliched
Syncopated

15. Form (Section B) - Tutorial
Composition Concepts Garage Band Key Commands
Concepts
Symmetry Moving Tracks Drag + option
Magic Number Copy and Paste (move and copy)
Repetition Duplicating
Tension / Release
Texture
Timbre

16. Form (Section A` & outro) - Tutorial
Composition Concepts Garage Band Key Commands
Concepts
Symmetry Moving tracks Drag + option
Magic Number Copy and Paste (move and copy)
Repetition Duplicating
Tension / Release
Texture
Timbre

17. Question - Answer Harmony Re-introduced
Build up
Rhythm Doubling
Breakdowns
Kick dropped A melody layered in
Harmony dropped
Bass Re-introduced
Sparse - Lots of space
Extended to heighten tension
Re - introduce Melody Extended
Melody Extended
Re - introduce Melody
Rhtyhm doubling
Bass Back in
Bass Back in
Bass Back in
Harmony
No Harmony
No Kick Kick Back in
Rhtyhm doubling
Snare Rhythm

18. Layering of Instrument
Melody
Counter Melody
Bass
Harmony
Kick
Hihat
Snare

19. Automation - Change over time
Cutoff
Volume Instrument timbre
Panning effects

20. Low pass Cutoff
Cutoff - Determines the high frequencies to be cut off /
hence the lower frequencies passing
Uses
•Sounds cool
•Heightens tension
•Can be used as a dynamic build up
•Helps signal structure changes

21. Timbre

22. Effects

23. Notation Prep
Concepts Key Commands
Application - Grab
Ordering tracks
Capturing Screen Shift + Command + A
(Grab Selection)

24. Notation Grabbing and Saving
Concepts Key Commands
Application - Grab
Capturing Screen
Saving Shift + Command + A
(Grab Selection)
Shift + Command + S
(Save Selection)

25. Notation Inputting into pages
Concepts Key Commands
Importing images into Pages Application - Pages
Shift + Command + V
(Insert)
Alt + Drag
(Move and Copy)