Part 1: Musical Description
1.For my music project I used Rondo form. The pattern in my music was (A,B,A,C,A,D,A). It has 7 parts to it. Part A is 40 seconds, part B is 40 seconds, part C is 45 seconds, part D is 65 seconds, and the whole song is 4:50.
2.Im my music project I always start out with one instrument or loop playing then I keep adding more on to it while it goes, but they all still fit together. The average amount of loops i have playing at the same time is 4.
3.I used a lot of Dynamics in my music. This is because, each time a new part comes in, I start it with a low dynamic then move to a higher dynamic, or even when I have to fade out the music I use the volume control nob to lower the Dynamics. I also use the the volume control nob when there is a loop that is louder than the other, so i make the loop that is lower of volume then I raise it so its balanced.
4. I have low amount of tone color. I mostly used guitars and drums, I did use some small beats but it still didn't really make a difference. But my song uses the tone color wisely, if i used or added more to it, it would have sounded a bit off or messy.
5.In my music I used pitch many times. I actually had a pattern to my pitch for part A. It starts out with 0, then goes up to 2, goes back down to 0, down to 5, back to 0, goes to 2, and then ends with 0. I also used it in other parts but you can hear it more clearly in part A. The pitch even makes the music sound like it has a minor sound to it.
6.In my song the Dynamics and tone color and texture work the best together. This is because I used the volume control nob to even out or to show off one of the parts or a certain loop in the song. Also with the texture of my music it gives the music a type of feeling to it.
Part 2: Musical Evaluation
I think when I used texture in part A like I have, it makes the song sound good. I used 5 different loops in part A and those different loops created a good feeling and they all went together. But if I added more tone color to it, it would have made it sound more in tune and together. But overall I think I have done a pretty god job, even though it still not perfect.
Part 3:Process Description
First I started with putting random loops that would fit into my music. Then I started actually putting work into it and finished all the song. After I had finished that I went through every part; checked if they needed any touch ups. Then I went through the whole song and put in the panning and volume controls in and last but not least I put in the master pitch just to top it off and make it sound like its not only just the same loop playing in the same pitch.
Part 4: Process Evaluation
In my music project I was successful in the matching and togetherness of the loops in my song. The area I found most easy was the texture; I liked adding more instruments to certain sections so it would sound normal and like an actual orchestra. The area I found difficult was the master pitch control, it was confusing because I rarely use the pitch control in my previous projects, so it was hard for me to make a pattern or a perfect pitch to match the instruments. I made poor decisions in my pitch control, I went through quickly and didn’t really pay much attention to it...so if my ends up sounding off, its because of the pitch control. Next time I shall work on my pitch… I’ve been bringing pitch up a lot because I really did not put a lot of effort into it, so next time I have to try harder and not let it wait till the deadline.
Part 5: Summarize your learning
This project has shown me how fun and at the same time how hard it is to make a perfect song out of loops, rappers are pretty good at that, I must say. If I were to do this again I shall put more time on it and give it my all, work on the areas that I was not successful in and keep improving in the areas that I’m well at. But some questions that I still have is how does the pitch work…I really do not get the concept on that, like how does it change, does it change the sound and roughness or the sound quality.
This is all have to say for my project I hope it describes what I’ve done in a reasonable way.
