School or Rock – Day 2 – Basics and Foundations

SUMMARY

CLASSROOM

Notes

Already seen this video by the way

-note = frequency

-octave = twice the frequency

-Major formula: WWHWWWH

-Minor formula: WHWWHWW

-Major triad interval formula: 4,3

-Minor triad interval formula: 3,4

-Diminished triad interval formula: 3,3

-Every key has a relative major or minor. Ex: C and Am

-Inversions can make a chord progression both easier to play and

LAB

Explore some more songs at https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/charts/chart/top

PRACTICE ROOM

Watch these videos and connect your guitar to Soundtrap and get some sound happening. Have fun exploring audio options.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dtx7MbjiSMs%3Ffeature%3Doembed
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ydHIfAJyHAw%3Ffeature%3Doembed
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-whmxpm0JPU%3Ffeature%3Doembed

I really enjoyed this period. I leaned some bass basics even though I didn’t have a bass with me at the moment.

OUTSIDE / WALK / JOURNAL

Today my enemy is soundtrap. although I enjoyed it it was also a little annoying.

STUDIO

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DCTil7LLZ5E%3Flist%3DPL1wHeEmBdcWTqzeGIgiZJSOoSJd3sXHk3

-try to communicate like speaking with a friend

-draw small moments from larger things/emotions

CONTROL ROOM

Continue Soundtrap.com expert training. Pick tutorials that interest you.

https://academy.soundtrap.com/p/soundtrap-expert

Get to Know the Studio

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pmJCXL9S_d8%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Explore the Regions

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UODMsk4kOZs%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Explore Tracks

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ra_Ik1l8YKg%3Ffeature%3Doembed
  • Write a brief reflection on how this process worked for you.
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Today I got to get the feel of Soundtrap and figure out the controls of the software. I ran into multiple issues along the way one of which was that I could not hear the reverb that I put on any of the instruments that I had in my project. I could not figure it out on my own so I looked it up. I found that I needed to set the sound quality to high. I tried it and it worked

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