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)
