vocal effects

Vocoder

 

Auto-tune (as an effect, not to cover up poor tuning!)

Pitch changing

Doubling

Backing vocals

Effects units:

https://www.roland.com/uk/products/vt-3/

https://www.tc-helicon.com/tchelicon/product?modelCode=P0DLT

TASK:

How might you use vocal effects in your music? Can you double the vocal line? Do your own BVs? Pitch change? Delay? Reverb?

Songwriting reflection

In your writing groups, you need to discuss where you are with your songs and make sure that you have shared all recordings, notes and parts etc.

Go to your blog and make sure that you have labelled all posts to do with this class with 'songwriting'.

[if you haven't already done so, please go to 'layout' on your blog (left hand menu) and then 'add gadget'. Scroll down to 'labels'. Save arrangement. We will now be able to see your labels and you will be able to direct us to labelled post by clicking on 'view blog' then the label you want. When you submit the URL we will see just those posts]

For your assignment, you should address the following points:

a) How did you find working in a small group of relatively new to you musicians-

• What did you find difficult?
• Did any thing surprise you? 
• What did you enjoy about it?

b) How did you approach writing collectively- 

• Was there an obvious leader?
• Did you feel that everybody got to contribute?
• Were there limitations due to social distancing?
• How did you decide how you would work together?

c) What did you learn from the process-

• What will you take from this experience?
• How do you think this relates to working as a songwriter professionally?
• What did you learn about your peers and yourself?

When you submit, please submit as a google doc and a link to your songwriting posts.

Listening list - songwriting devices

Adding pentatonic melodies to your songs

 Earlier this week, you looked at how pentatonic scales work with Olly - https://wkcolly.blogspot.com/2019/09/erykah-badu-melody-vocal-harmonies.html

In your songwriting class this week, please add the melody to your group songs using the pentatonic scale.

As a reminder, here are the notes used for the pentatonic scale is different keys:

(https://www.musicianonamission.com/pentatonic-scale/)

Chord progressions

 

Songwriting - what makes a song?

This week we looked at the concept of music and songwriting and defined and discussed the elements that go into it. 

Some elements were:

Verse

Chorus

Intro

Outro

Bridge

Break/solo

Pre-chorus

We also looked at how these are organised ie AB, ABA, AABB, ABC and strophic (AAA).

Your task was to have n initial discussions and just playing together. You will be working as a band to experience the process of writing collectively in a room, building on what you are learning in Olly and Keith's classes. 

The examples we listened to were:

• folk song:

 

• blues:

 

•  anthems:

 

•  composed and field recorded religious music combined to create music as 'art':