Listening homework 24th March 2011

Listen to a verse and chorus of "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers and answer the questions contained in the form below, once complete please click SUBMIT. Thank you..

Bass lines

Greetings! Below is the task sheet for creating and adding basslines to the tracks you are working on.
Read the sheet and follow the instructions. Enjoy!


Creating Basslines

Adding Harmony parts to your compositions

Here is part one in a series looking at how to develop your compositions harmonically. This first video looks at diatonic (within the key) harmony in the keys of C major and A minor.


Do let me know how you get on with this and if there are any amendments necessary to make these as easy as possible to follow...your help is much appreciated.

Developing the beat...1/16th note grooves

These two videos take the 1/8th note grooves a bit further and explore adding notes in the piano roll editor. They also look at adding syncopated funky snare and kick hits and more complex HiHat patterns..


These videos also look at some more in depth ways of entering notes using "step time" input as well as the "real time" note entry that was used in the 1/8th note grooves.

 

1/8th note rock grooves

Hi People

Welcome to the new blog...to kick off here is the first video to help provide some guidance on creating 1/8th note (quaver) drum grooves in Garageband. The video here gives an introduction to creating basic one bar grooves using kick, snare and Hihats. Enjoy!