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    The document provides instructions for four acid music activities: 1) experimenting with loops to familiarize oneself, 2) adding tempo and key changes to create a 12 bar blues structure, 3) constructing a basic rock or pop song using loops for verses and choruses with different sections, and 4) creating original soundtrack music for scenes from a film. The final activity describes scenes from a sea thriller film and tasks the composer to create 1 minute of music corresponding to events in the scene involving a character searching an abandoned boat.

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    The document provides instructions for four acid music activities: 1) experimenting with loops to familiarize oneself, 2) adding tempo and key changes to create a 12 bar blues structure, 3) constructing a basic rock or pop song using loops for verses and choruses with different sections, and 4) creating original soundtrack music for scenes from a film. The final activity describes scenes from a sea thriller film and tasks the composer to create 1 minute of music corresponding to events in the scene involving a character searching an abandoned boat.

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    Acid Activities p2

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    The document provides instructions for four acid music activities: 1) experimenting with loops to familiarize oneself, 2) adding tempo and key changes to create a 12 bar blues structure, 3) constructing a basic rock or pop song using loops for verses and choruses with different sections, and 4) creating original soundtrack music for scenes from a film. The final activity describes scenes from a sea thriller film and tasks the composer to create 1 minute of music corresponding to events in the scene involving a character searching an abandoned boat.

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    Acid Activities

    Activity 1 - Experimentation and Familiarisation

    Experiment freely with the large range of loops that come with Acid.).

    Some style CD's available include Techno, Rock, Latin, DJ, Hip Hop

    At home you might like to download the software from Sony Media, and build up a loop
    library by Googling for free acid loops.
    Experiment with changing key, speeding up and slowing down, looping, dragging,
    drawing, pasting, panning and volume.

    Remember that digital audio will clip and crackle if you have everything turned all the
    way up so that the DB Meter is constantly in the red. Make sure your levels are turned
    down so that the meter is only going into the red every now and then.

    Activity 2 - Adding Tempo and Key Changes (12 Bar Blues)

    What to do:-
    Create a song with 2 distinct sections of 12 bars in length. (The Bar numbers are across
    the top of the screen.)
    Right click on the horizontal bar underneath the time marks on the main Acid screen.
    Choose to “Add Key Change" at the following bars.
    1. |A |A |A |A |D |D |A |A |E |D |A |A |
    Repeat this pattern over the next 12 bars
    Replace bar 12 with some kind of drum fill or effect
    Add a tempo change at bar 13
    EXTENSION: If you want to be really tricky, add a few tempo changes in bar 12 during
    the fill to make the music sound like it is gradually changing speed

    Activity 3 - Construct a basic Rock or Pop song

    What to do:-
    Select 4 loops to represent each of the basic instruments in a rock band:-
    Drums
    Bass
    Guitar
    Keyboard
    These loops will be used for the VERSE section.

    Choose a second loop for each instrument to make a CHORUS section.


    Use this structure:- INTRO (4 bars only), VERSE, CHORUS, VERSE, CHORUS,
    MIDDLE, CHORUS, CODA.Each section should have 8 bars (or a multiple of 8).
    Use these chord progressions for each section:-
    VERSE: |A |A |D |D |E |E |D |D |CHORUS & CODA: |A |A |C |C |D |D |A |A |
    Use a mixture of loops from your VERSE and CHORUS to create the INTRO, MIDDLE,
    and CODA sections - mix and match these loops to create variety and contrast.
    Make up your own chord progression for the MIDDLE section

    Activity 4 - Movie Soundtrack

    SCENARIOYou are a film composer who has just been hired to compose a soundtrack for a sea
    thriller called CALM DEAD SEA.

    PLOT SUMMARY The film is a high budget epic set on an abandoned sailing boat, miles out at
    sea. It stars Bruce Willis as the hero, Jennifer Anniston as the beautiful and helpless damsel in
    distress, and Brad Pitt as the evil villain. This is pure Hollywood, at its best! (Needless to say, if you
    do well with this soundtrack you will be set for life!)

    YOUR BRIEFCreate an original piece of music that could be used to accompany the scene outlined
    below. The total length of the scene is exactly 1 minute. It is important that you succesfully interpret
    what is happening on screen and and reflect this in the soundtrack by creating an appropriate
    musical atmosphere and mood. Think suspense, thriller, suprise!!!

    Make sure that your music corresponds to the timings listed for each event. Choose your loops
    carefully to ensure that you create the required atmosphere.

    TIMING
    ACTION ON SCREEN
    (Secs)
    0-5 Exterior view of an abandoned sailing boat, swaying on still waters
    5-10 Boat interior: Camera scans around interior
    10-15 Shadows seen briefly in the darkness
    15-20 Cut to our Hero, speeding towards the abandoned boat in a speed cruiser
    20-25 Our Hero pulls up along side the boat and jumps aboard
    25-30 He scans the deck and heads inside, always keeping an eye out
    30-35 Our Hero is unaware that he is being followed and continues his search
    35-45 He is attacked and engages in a fierce and dangerous fight
    45-60 A Victory!! Camera pulls back as our Hero vanishes into the horizon

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