Commercial Music Track

Lesson Plan

Creating a Music Track with Electronic musical Instruments
Ryan Perrotte
rjperrotte@msn.com
Peters Township HS

TI:ME Technology Areas Addressed:

Electronic Musical Instruments
Multimedia/Digital Media
Internet

Level:

High School

Equipment:

Internet
Quicktime
Synthesizer

Duration:

41 Minutes

Prior Knowledge and Skills:

Students have basic skills on piano and an open mind

MENC Standards Addressed:

MENC 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
MENC 3: Improvising melodies, harmonies, and accompaniments.
MENC 4: Composing and Arranging Music within specified guidelines.
MENC 7: Evaluating music and music performances.

Materials:

Quicktime for Windows
Internet
synthesizer

Objectives:

Students will create background music for a tv commercial in real time
Students will critique each others work

Procedures:

Teacher will give each student a tv commercial without the sound track.
Students will search for specific sound that they think they might use for the given commercial
Students will improvise melodies and harmonies to the given commercials.
Students will compose a specific sound track for the commercial
Students will perform composition in real time in front of the class
Students will evaluate each others work

Evaluation:

Did students use ideas such as color, contrast, fluidity, and motion to prepare them for this exercise?

Follow Up:

Students will add audio voice over to this video using Digital Performer.