Today I finalised my composition. I finalised the percussion played along with the second verse. When adding percussion, I noticed that my melody was slightly out of time but I left it because I was still happy with it. From verse A to verse B, the song calms down, particularly from percussion in verse A to percussion in verse B. The melody is rather different from verse A to B but the tonality is the same. I included call and answer (commonly used in African music) in verse A, as well as verse B being a longer answer to verse A. After completing my African composition, I am very happy with my interpretation and composition of African music.
In my third composition lesson, I completed my 16 bars. Ms Heggie then suggested I add another 16 bars to work on in the next two lessons. I completed a melody (for the second 16 bars) and added a basic clap in the background. I have also experimented with different drum and accompanying beats but have not yet found suitable beats for verse b of my composition.
Today was my second lesson working on my African composition. I added a marimba call and answer as well as many orchestral percussion such as claps, drums, etc. The percussion helps create a steady rhythm. I am very happy with my progress and am almost done with my African composition.
As I had missed the past few lessons, at the start of the class I decided to arrange a Mexican composition - focusing on mariachi bands. I started by recording my melody using the piano with the sound of a trumpet. I then added trombone for harmony and strings for accompaniment. I was then disappointed with my arrangement and did not believe that it sounded like a mariachi band. I then deleted my progress and restarted focusing on the music of Africa. I quickly developed a suitable marimba melody and added rhythm and harmony. I was really happy with my progress focusing on African music. I then completed the sheet about our style of music and discovered how African music usually uses lots of repetition and ostinato as well as call and response. I would like to use call and response in my composition as well as a lively rhythm and strong harmonies.
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