Sing Up Music: Composing with
GarageBand What you’ll need Song Bank resources: track and activity notes One or more iPads with the GarageBand app A way of showing the iPad on a big screen (eg. by using a VGA Hip-hop backing track adaptor) Good speakers A catchy groove and a perfect opportunity to learn with Headphones and headphone Music Technology splitters (if working alone/in pairs)
Musical learning › focusing on aspects of singing, playing, improvising, composing and listening
2 Improvise using the minor 3 Add a chorus and create 1 Create a groove with pentatonic scale a lyrical hook drums, bass and guitar
Musical vocabulary
Pitch: pentatonic scale, chord Tempo: bar, beats per minute (bpm), Timbre: vibrato, distorted, bright, progression, key downbeat dark, warm, piercing Structure: verse, chorus, call and Texture: thick, thin Other: sample, effects pedal response
Warm-ups and focus-builders Steps to singing