Music Alchemy Project - Worksheets

- One step ahead - “The Music Alchemy Project” – WORKSHEETS 0 – PERSONAL All entries marked with an asterisk (*) can be skipped. Personal Data First Name Last Name Instrument Email* Computer Personal Folder Freesound website Freesound account name http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php Ironi Alef Attendance 30/11 14/12 28/12 4/1 18/1 1/2 Feedback 30/11 14/12 28/12 4/1 18/1 1/2 How interesting?  1 – COLLECTING Musical Power Questions Rhythmical Energy (high-low) Strong Feelings(high-low) Smart and Interesting(high-low) Popular and Well-known(high-low) Styles(Examples) L H H H Romantic music 2 – SHAPING Music Examples for Forms Try to find music examples in the Internet of the following shapes (at least one for each): Open – Continuous (Fugue, Fractal) Closed – Continuous (Song) Open – Disruptive (Variations, Serial) Closed – Disruptive (Sonata, Story) Shape (1-4) URL 2 http://www.myfavoredmusicsite.com/myfavoredpiece.mp3 Freesound Collage Open various sounds in http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php and try make a collage of different sounds. Try to apply one of the following shapes: Open – Continuous (Fugue, Fractal) Closed – Continuous (Song) Open – Disruptive (Variations, Serial) Closed – Disruptive (Sonata, Story) Open Goldwave and record a little piece while playing with these sounds. Save the result into your personal folder. Used Freesounds (numbers) File name in personal folder 12345, 43215, 32154 MyFirstVariations.wav  3 – HEATING Freesound Examples Find sound examples in http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php for each of the following material types: Figures (rhythmical) Layers (long sounds) Events (effects) Expressions (melodic) Material type Sound number Material type Sound number Figures 12345 Recording Source Idea (How to record the sound?) Material Type Sound File Sport Shoes Wishing fast on the floor X shoes.wav 4 – RELEASING Freesound Examples for different rhythmical temperatures Find sound examples in http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php for each of the following grids: Metric rhythm Rubato rhythm Chaotic rhythm Tones with known scale Tones with less known or shifting scale Tones with no scale Known sound Sound variation Unknown sound Sound number Rhythm 1=Metric2=Rubato3=Chaotic Tones 4=Known scale5=Less known or shifting scale6=No scale Sounds 7=Known 8=Sound variation9=Unknown 12345 2 4 1, 4, 7 are ‘fixed’ materials.2, 5, 8 are ‘fluid’ materials.3, 6, 9 are ‘gas’ materials. Examples where fixed sounds become fluid Open all 4 windows of the Freesound Music Workbench at http://www.cm-gallery.com/FleX/Collections/!Start.htm. Play the sounds with animation (click into graphics) and without animation (press stop and click into graphics). List sounds that sound ‘fixed’ without animation and become ‘fluid’ with animation. Sound numbers: 12345, 45123, … 5 – MIXING Create your own Sound Scape Open all 4 windows of the Freesound Music Workbench at http://www.cm-gallery.com/FleX/Collections/!Start.htm. Arrange 4 windows as shown below: Open “Help” and learn how to play animated sounds. Select sound windows from each of the Figures, Layers, Xpressions and Events pages. Click on “Create”. In each window, try to find sounds you like and select them while clicking on the sound’s checkbox. Click “Add Group”. Select another group of 4 sounds that fit the former one. Click “Publish” and save the sound page to your personal folder. Sound Window Your Sound Page Figures Layers Events Xpressions Noise Tracks 2 Chime Colors Tone Effects Physical Sounds MyFirstSoundPage.htm 6 – POURING OUT Create your Sound Trip and send it to someone Open a Sound Reef from the Sound Surf Beach at http://www.cm-gallery.com/FleX/SoundTrips/SoundBeachFrame.htm. Click “Record”. Surf while clicking gray buttons on the Surfboard. Click “Email”. Save the Email text as text file. Send the email or give the text file to someone else. Sound Reef Sound Trip I sent this Sound Trip to: “Sesame Open” MyTrip.txt … Get someone’s Sound Trip and change it Get email or another text file from someone else. Highlight the text and click “Enter”. Click “Record” and add something to the Sound Trip you got from someone else. Sound Reef I got this Sound Trip from: I changed it to Sound Trip “Sesame Open” … MyNewTrip.txt Website: www.cm-gallery.comEmail: freed@cm-gallery.com The Music Alchemy Project - Worksheets