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Creating 5 - What makes my piece "finished" ?

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Creating 5 - What makes my piece "finished" ?

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How do you know your creative work is ready to share?
~ I know my creative work is ready to perform when I feel like all the notes are in order and it sounds good.

-What setting would best fit the performance of your work?
~ My piece is sad and has a low, melancholy tone so the setting would be considered sad.

-What should the performer(s) of your piece know about the composition in order to successfully perform it?
~ You must use your left and right hand to perform this piece and you must the play the correct notes at a specific time.

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Listening 5 - How good is "good music" ?

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Listening 5 - How good is "good music" ?

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We judge the quality of musical works and performances by what we believe sounds good to us. Everybody has different opinions so not all songs that one person thinks sounds good will sound good to another person.
Our analysis and understanding of the music help us create playlists of similar music by putting all 'sad' songs together, put all 'happy' songs together, etc. Or not all songs have to be similar, they can just be your favorite songs that you like to listen to.

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Performing 5 - How do I perform my piece?

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Performing 5 - How do I perform my piece?

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-How does a performance influence audience response?
~ Your performance needs to be eye catching and needs to be catchy so that the audience will enjoy it and would actually want to listen to it.

-What response does your piece create?
~ My response my piece would get would be positive, because it is catchy and the beat is very upbeat but calm at the same time.

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Performing 4 - What makes my piece ready? 🤔

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Performing 4 - What makes my piece ready? 🤔

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To make my piece perfect, I practice and practice until I think it sounds perfect. My previous perfromance was an easy piece that anybody can perform but this piece is more difficult and takes way more skill.

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Creating 4 - What more can I add to my piece? 🤗 

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Creating 4 - What more can I add to my piece? 🤗 

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I improve the quality of my creative work by adding he sounds that I think go together and create a bomb composition.
I refine or change my previous musical ideas to advance my creation by listening closely to what beats I put together and making sure one hundred percent that they sound good together.

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Listening 4 - What makes up my music II? 😼

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Listening 4 - What makes up my music II? 😼

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The third song in my playlist is "Broke' by Joe Budden, the 4th is "Kehlani and Kylde" by Kehlani, and the 5th is "Wish you Wouldn't" by NF. The Sound of all songs are soft and gentle but do change into a 'rap' which is more of an aggressive sound. The Harmony is the same and so is the melody. Both the rhythm and the growth is similar. It goes from a low, soft, sad sound to a more upbeat and aggressive tone when the rapping begins, but it soon goes back to the soft sound.

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The first songs on my playlist is "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith, and "How You Gonna" by Sydney Renae.The instruments that are playing in both songs, is the piano and both pieces have vocals. Both songs would be considered as 'soft' songs. I want my audience to really focus on the lyrics because what is being said, is so relatable if you are having relationship troubles or are in a funk , romantically.
The composers uses the SHMRG elements to compose different and unique pieces.
By understanding SHMRG it makes me really listen to the music more closely.

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I improve my quality of work by listening closely to my piece and try to hear what doesn't sound right and try to find beats that sound good together. Listening and performing of music influences my creative ideas because it makes me know what kind of music I want to create.

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Performing 3 - What's going well/needs improvement? ⚒

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Performing 3 - What's going well/needs improvement? ⚒

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Based on my first recording, its important that you understand the structure and context of musical works so that your piece sounds good. You don't want the listeners to think that you have no idea what you're doing and not like your composition.
Performers improve the quality of their performances by practicing, Practice is key.
Steps I could take to improve my performance is to make my piece longer than it is now.

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Creating 2 - What influences creativity? 🔑

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Creating 2 - What influences creativity? 🔑

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I use my knowledge as a performer to begin my composition process by choosing random beats and if they sound good together , I'll use them but if I hear a slight error, I will search for a new beat that will fit perfectly with the previous beat. My creative decisions are influenced by the music I listen to.

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Listening 2 - Whats on my playlist? II 📲

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Listening 2 - Whats on my playlist? II 📲

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Three new songs on my playlist is "Broke" by Joe Budden, "Kehlani and Klyde" by Kehlani, and "Wish You Wouldn't " by NF. The emotions in all these songs is sadness. It's about break-ups and the words are very relatable even if you aren't going through a breakup.

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Performing 2 - What are my strengths and weaknesses? ⏳

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Performing 2 - What are my strengths and weaknesses? ⏳

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My piece has two parts , the chorus and the verse. SO those two together helps me put the whole song as one. Performers improve the quality of their performances by taking their time and listening carefully to their piece to know for sure if they want that to be their piece. Steps I can take to improve my performance is to take my time in learning how to play the piece on the piano. I need to have more patience because if I get one note incorrect, I get aggravated and decide I don't want to learn to play the piece anymore.

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The instrument that I will be using for my composition is mostly piano and maybe I'll add a few drum beats. I come up with my creative ideas based on the type of music I enjoy listening to. My creative motivation comes from my emotions and feelings, particularly sadness. The music I listen to does influence my creative decision because I like to listen to sad music even when I am in a good mood because I enjoy listening to the lyrics and realizing how relatable and smilier the artists feelings are to mine.

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My mood/setting for my playlist will be sad. When I am in a sad mood I like to listen to music and sad music lifts up my mood. Two initial songs that fit my playlist are "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith and "How you Gonna" by Sydney Renae. The songs fit the mood because they are both very emotional and have a slow, soft beat, the lyrics are both about the same thing: Break up/Heartbreak.

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The piece I will be learning, analyzing, and performing in my podcast will be " Stay with Me" by Sam Smith.
My decision to pick this song was because the lyrics really inspire me and it is a good song to listen to when I am in a melancholy mood.
The musical elements that capture my attention was the piano that was playing throughout the piece.