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Basic Dynamics in Music | Music Theory Tutorial

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Lets learn about Dynamics! (Direct Instruction)

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Lets learn about Dynamics! (Direct Instruction)

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Hello Musicians!

In all of the music that we sing we see these weird symbols called Dynamic Markings. I think that most of you have a good understanding of what they mean, but I want you all to take a look at these videos to get a better understanding of the different dynamics that we see when we are singing music together!

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Let's Learn | MELODIES AND SOLFEGE - English Captions

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John Coons introduces students to singing melodies with solfege.

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Performance opportunites for Ms. Sorbet's FJHS choir

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I will be updating this google sheet as the semester goes on with some really great performance opportunities for you guys! These will be completely optional, in school and out of school activities that you can use to build your resume. If you have any questions leave a comment and I’ll get back to you!

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Hello musicians!

This week will be our final concert, I have a few reminders for you all about concert attire!

1. Everyone should be nicely dressed in all black. This means no jeans, leggings, or t-shirts. This means black dress pants or skirts with nice button-downs or blouses, or a nice dress. If you have any issues with getting these, let me know, we have extras in the choir closet to share!

2. Everyone should have their music in their school choir binder. DO NOT COME TO THE CONCERT WITHOUT YOUR MUSIC!!

3. The concert will begin at 7, but you are to be in the choir room, seated, and ready to begin warm-ups no later than 6:15. If you have issues with transportation, LET ME KNOW NOW, we will arrange a carpool with one of your other musical buddies.

4. After the concert, folders should be emptied into the basket in the middle of the choir room, and placed on your chair.

These things may seem silly, but they will make the night go smoothly, and help us to focus on making good music. You've all worked so hard this semester, and you're going to do great this week!

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Private Voice lessons! (Alternative Music Ed Teaching)

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Private Voice lessons! (Alternative Music Ed Teaching)

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Hello Musicians!

You all did a FABULOUS job at our concert last week! You should be proud of the work you did this semester!

As the year ends, I am letting you all know that this summer I will be available for weekly private voice lessons.

Private lessons are a great way to start working on some solo songs to help you audition for outside-of-choir musical opportunities, help you prepare for your Advanced Choir audition in the fall, or if you would just like to become a better singer!

If you are interested have your Parent or Guardian reach out to me at 123-456-7890 or sorbet@fjhs.edu I charge $20 for a 30-minute lesson, and all lessons will be held at school in the choir room!

As always, if you have any questions let me know! Otherwise, have a great summer!

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Practice Sight Reading and Sight Singing Exercises Online - Sight Reading Factory®

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SightReadingFactory.com makes practicing the important skill of sight reading quick, easy, effective and fun! This cloud-based service allows you to customize and generate unlimited sight reading examples instantly, on-demand for students of all ages and abilities.

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staff paper for your composition!

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This is a tutorial on how to make songs or special sounds with note blocks and redstone. Once you know the basics of redstone music, you can make an infinite number of songs.

Use a redstone signal to play the sound

Right-click to change the pitch of the note block

Remember that redstone dust activates all of the blocks around it, not just one.

Always remember that you need a block of space above a note block.

Be careful with water as it destroys redstone on contact.

If you have a lot of redstone, it might be helpful to color code or label what part does what in case it breaks.

You can use pistons to start/stop the song.

You can use buttons to start/stop instead of levers.

It is possible to make a song with a certain section that keeps repeating until a signal comes through and moves to the next thing. This is achievable by making a closed circuit using redstone, repeaters, and note blocks, and use a hopper timer to time when to open the circuit and continue the song.

By placing repeaters and note blocks in lines, it is possible to play multiple times. Another way is to put note blocks under detector rails, so as you ride along you can play the song of your choice!

When making redstone music in vanilla Minecraft, it's very helpful to know how you can translate sheet music you find online into an actual note block circuit. The main two factors of music are rhythm and pitch. Rhythm is determined by how many repeaters you put before/after a note block, and how many ticks you set them to, and pitch is determined by how many times you right click a note block. Once you know how rhythm and pitches relate to ticks and note blocks, you can make an infinite number of songs.

Pitch is one of the most important factors of music. Here is a table of how all notes in music that are able to be played on Minecraft can be simulated with note blocks. The table shows how many times to press the noteblock to get the desired pitch.

Rhythm is another important factor of music, which is basically how long a note is held for. The next table shows how many redstone ticks, using repeaters, must go after a note block, depending on the tempo of the music, and what kind of rhythm the note is. Remember; the maximum number of ticks for one repeater is 4, so if you need more than 4 ticks, you need more than one repeater. Also, the numbers you see on top is the tempo of the music, which is how many beats there are in a minute.

If you must have your song in a tempo where triplets have no exact match, you can substitute for 2 sixteenth notes followed by an eighth note, which sound similar to triplets at faster tempos.

Different sounds can be made on note blocks by putting different types of blocks under note blocks. Here is a list of what block(s) you need to put under a note block to make it have a specific sound.

Note blocks can be used to make sounds that may benefit playing, or to make your favorite songs.

Note: All of the songs listed here that can be made into note blocks are in the public domain, meaning their copyright has expired.

"Choo Choo" Train

Follow these steps so that you can make a sound similar to a train whistle:

1. Place a button on the ground. Place redstone behind the button. Then, place a redstone piece on either side of the first redstone; one on the left, and one on the right.

2. Place 3 repeaters, set to no delay, behind the redstone, facing away from you, so that if the redstone were to be powered, the repeaters would pick up the signal.

3. Dig out the 3 blocks behind the repeaters and replace them with clay, so that when the note block is on top of the block, it emits a flute sound.

4. Place note blocks on top of the clay. Right-click one 8 times, another 12 times, and the final one 16 times.

5. Place 3 repeaters, side by side behind the note blocks, and set them to full delay, or 4 ticks. Place another row of repeaters behind them, and right-click them once, setting them to 2 ticks.

6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the three blocks behind the repeaters. When you press the button, now you have a train whistle sound.

7. If you want, you can turn this into a railroad crossing sound. When a minecart runs over a detector rail near the crossing, have redstone wiring connected to the note block circuit.

If you follow these steps, you can produce the basic melody for the song: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

1. Choose which note block sound you would like to use. Piano/harp is probably the easiest sound to use, because the Overworld is naturally made up of grass and dirt.

2. Place a note block, and right-click it 6 times. Attach a button to the front of the note block. Behind the note block, place a repeater set on full 4-tick delay, and another one behind that set on 2-tick delay. Repeat again, behind the structure you have made so far.

3. Repeat step 2, including the part where you repeat the same pattern again, except this time, right-click the note blocks 13 times. Repeat this same thing yet again, this time right-clicking the note blocks 15 times. So far, you should have 6 note blocks. Try pressing the button. If it does not sound, make sure the repeaters are facing the right way. If it is out of tune, make sure you have tuned the note blocks correctly.

4. Place a note block behind the last repeater, and right-click it 13 times. To conserve more space, the next 3 repeaters actually go to the right of the note block. Place a repeater to the right of the note block, and then 2 more to the right of that repeater. All of the repeaters should be set to full 4-tick delay.

5. Place a note block to the right of the repeater furthest to the right, and right-click it 11 times. Then, place a repeater in front of the note block, on full 4-tick delay, and another one in front of that one, on 2-tick delay, both repeaters facing toward you. Repeat, with the repeaters, like before, facing toward you.

6. Repeat all of step 5, including the part where you repeat the same pattern again, except this time, right-click the note blocks 10 times. Then, repeat again, but this time, right-click the note blocks 8 times. Finally, place one final note block in front of the repeater closest toward you, and right-click it 6 times.

7. Press the button, and it should sound like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." This is only the first part of the song, so if you want the rest of it, look up sheet music (which is easy to find). Here is the pitch/rhythm guide to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:

C: Right-click note block 6 times

D: Right-click note block 8 times

E: Right-click note block 10 times

F: Right-click note block 11 times

G: Right-click note block 13 times

A: Right-click note block 15 times.

Quarter note (exclusively "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"): 4 tick repeater + 2 tick repeater (6 redstone ticks)

Half note (exclusively "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"): 4 tick repeater + 4 tick repeater + 4 tick repeater (12 redstone ticks)

The following song is the first part of The United States National Anthem. Exact instructions are not included this time, so use your knowledge from the previous two songs, and look up notes/rhythms on the chart in the section titled "Translating Real Music to Minecraft Note Blocks," so that you can figure out how to tune the note blocks, how many repeaters go in between the note blocks, and what delay they are set to.

Tip: The tempo is 75, meaning that a quarter note is equal to 8 ticks, or 2 repeaters, both set to full delay.

The only instrument that has the full range of the song is harp/piano. This means that the block under each note block must be something other than wood, sand, gravel, soul sand, concrete, glass, stone, brick, gold, clay, packed ice, wool, or a bone block.

Follow the steps, in order, and use the chart in the section titled "Translating Real Music to Minecraft Note Blocks" to translate the pitches and rhythms into redstone music.

F4, Eighth note

D4, Eighth note

B♭3, Quarter note

D4, Quarter note

F4, Quarter note

B♭4, Half note

D5, Eighth note

C5, Eighth note

B♭4, Quarter note

D4, Quarter note

E4, Quarter note

F4, Half note

F4, Eighth note

F4, Eighth note

D5, Quarter note

C5, Quarter note

B♭4, Quarter note

A4, Half note

G4, Eighth note

A4, Eighth note

B♭4, Quarter note

B♭4, Quarter note

F4, Quarter note

D4, Quarter note

B♭3, Quarter note

One of the many ways to create note block songs is to use external software.

You can convert any song you want into a set of note blocks using an external application called Note Block Studio created by Davve. This method also requires MCEdit to import the result into your world.

1. First of all you need a midi version of your song. A specifically-made midi version is preferred; if there are no available midi versions, you can try certain converters to convert your mp3 files to midi, but the result is often not satisfactory.

2. Second, you should open your song in Note Block Studio, which can be done by pressing 'Load' then find your .midi file and import it.

3. Then play it to see how it sounds. If, in the top right, it mentions that the input is 'Not compatible', you can fix this by clicking the button and then pressing 'Fix'.

4. Now go to File → Export as Schematic, and choose your own options there.

5. Open your world in MCEdit and Import the Schematic you just exported and place it wherever you want in your world. Wait for it to load.

6. Press Ctrl + S to save your world. Close MCEdit, and open up your Minecraft world.

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A very basic note block circuit with two note blocks powered by a redstone clock, another of them through a NOT gate This is a tutorial on how to make songs or special sounds with note blocks and redstone. Once you know the basics of redstone music, you can make an infinite number of songs.

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1. Check this Padlet daily, it will be my main source of communication with all of you!
2. Come to class prepared! We want to make music together, but we can’t do that unless we all have our music learned and ready!
3. Be kind to one another, follow the golden rule
4. Stay focused. Keep your eyes and ears on me and your music while in class.
5. HAVE FUN!!!

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Week Eight: (Culturally Relevant Teaching)

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Week Eight: (Culturally Relevant Teaching)

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Hello Musicians!

This week we will be learning all about the music that YOU love to listen to! I have places a google form under this post for you to submit your favorite song. I will compile a list and we will vote on three of them in class tomorrow to sing together this week. One of those songs will be sung on our concert at the end of the year!

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Choir Lock in! (Philosophy versus Advocacy)

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Choir Lock in! (Philosophy versus Advocacy)

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FJHS Alumni Night (Former Student Discussion)

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FJHS Alumni Night (Former Student Discussion)

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Learn how to write music on the staff! (Learning Styles)

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Learn how to write music on the staff! (Learning Styles)

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Hello My Musicians!!

This week in class we are going to learn about how to place notes on a musical staff.

For your homework, you will take the note block composition that you created last week and write it on the treble staff.

Tuesday: I will return your rubrics from your note-block composition. If there are serious errors that will prevent you from being able to complete this assignment, I will help you to either fix them, or you will be able to choose one of my example compositions to work with.

Wednesday: Have a rough draft of your composition to be turned in for feedback.

Thursday: I will return feedback to you on your notation

Friday: Final notation due, with a title, correct notes, correct rhythms, and those who would like to present to the class will have an opportunity to do so to get 5 bonus points.

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Note Block Composition Assignment (Early Childhood Music)

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Note Block Composition Assignment (Early Childhood Music)

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Hello Musicians!

This week for homework we are going to be working on composing a short song using note blocks in Minecraft.

This is the PowerPoint we went over in class from Minecraft Education:

To learn more about how note blocks work

Assignment Rubric:

An advanced example

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Class Google Drive folder

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Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break! I'd like to begin the semester with this little survey, so please complete it before class on Wednesday!

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Hello Musicians! To begin the semester we are going to be reflecting on our experience in choir last fall! Please answer these questions before class on Wednesday!

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I grew up in Covington, Louisiana but went to high school at LSMSA in Natchitoches, Louisiana and my parents now live in Conway Arkansas.

I am pursuing a triple major in Music Education, Vocal Performance, and Musical Theatre.

I want to be a music educator because music brings me joy ad I want to bring that same joy to others. I also think that education is a really good outlet for creativity in music.

When I'm not doing music I love to read, watch, and be a part of theatre! I also like to embroider.