Sunday, June 24, 2018

Band Blog

I've been blogging a little bit before now, but this online location seems great for a Band Blog.  I'm going to attempt to update this blog frequently.  This entry is going to act as a test, to see if another website will show my updates.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

The NEW Inside Music

Inside Music has changed.  It's now being run by a company called MusicFirst. 

 
You should be able to go to https://ncuhs.musicfirstclassroom.com and sign in with your same login info that you used.  Today we begin the next section - Lesson 3: Musical Dialogue.  After you log in, go ahead and explore the website a little bit and then try the Get Ready #1.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

2014-2015

The new school year has begun!  "Applied Music Theory" (AKA "Music Composition") has two full-time students, one half year voluntary student, another new composition student trying to get in some composition in a different block, and one third-year composition student taking the course as an independent study.

So far, we've been working with Inside Music to "get ready," writing short melodies with skips, steps, and leaps.  For example:



We've also started working on major & minor scales. Here's a place to practice them: http://www.musictheory.net/exercises/keysig

Now, it's time to create your own blog. Go to http://www.blogger.com to get set up (or you can use the blogger app on an iPad).  It will walk you through the process, and I can help if you need it.  Blogger is owned by Google, which is associated with your .ncsuvt school email account, so use that.  If you haven't ever used that account, I can help you get it set up.  Please call your blog something that makes sense to this class, such as "Jack's Compositions" or "Music by Jill."  There's no need to use your last name.

This is something that you can personalize.  Make it your own!  You will be accessing this blog a lot for assignments, so you may want a link to it somewhere (http://ncuhscomposition.blogspot.com)