Right click on the link and click on 'open in new tab'. A new tab in your browser should open with an online virtual metronome.
If no one in your group knows how to increase and decrease the tempo of the online virtual metronome nominate a group member to tell me this.
1. Using the file you used in the previous step locate C, D, Eb and F# on your instrument. Set the metronome at 60. As the metronome is playing everyone in your group is to play those notes on their instrument in unison and with one note per beat. Once everyone in your group is playing in unison and comfortably stop.
2. Set the metronome at 60. As the metronome is playing everyone is to play a random and varied combination of C, D, Eb and F# on their instrument with one notes per beat. By varied I mean that everyone may be playing different notes at the same time. Once everyone in your group has played a number of random and various combination of C, D , Eb and F# in beat and feels they are comfortable doing this stop.
3. Repeat step 2 but with the metronome set at 80
4. Repeat step 2 but with the metronome set at 100
5. Repeat the step 2 but with the metronome set at 120
6. Repeat step 2 but with the metronome set at 140
7. Repeat step 2 but with the metronome set at 160
8. Repeat step 2 but with the metronome set at 180
9. Your group is to repeat steps 1 to 8, but instead of locating and playing C, D, Eb, and F# on your instrument, locate and improvise by playing the notes G, Ab, Bb and the higher C on your instrument.
10. Your group is to repeat steps 1 to 8, but instead of locating and playing only half the notes of the C Hungarian Gypsy scale on your instrument, locate and improvise by playing the notes C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, Bb and the higher C on your instrument.
Preparing for your video blog.
You will need to brainstorm your ideas about the following questions,
Why is it important for ensemble players to be able to maintain the beat of the music they are playing?
2. Playing in time can be difficult ( even for trained musicians!). It can take many practices before a musician can play a piece in time. How was your experience in completing steps 1 to 10? Did you feel it was difficult or easy? Did you feel that changing the speed of your playing was a challenge to adjust too? Did you feel it was harder to stay in time at slower or faster speeds?
3. Improvising can be difficult (not all musicians can do it! ). It can take many practices before a musician can improvise with variety and confidence whilst following a musical formula, like a scale. How was your experience in improvising in beat on your instrument, using the C Hungarian gypsy scale? When answering this question, you may was to answer the following questions and include them in your answer.
* Did you feel it was difficult or easy for you?
* Did you feel that changing the speed of your playing was a challenge to adjust too?
* Did you feel it was harder to stay in time at slower or faster speeds?
* Was it hard to play a varied combination of notes found in the C Hungarian Gypsy scale on your instrument?
* Was it easy to play a varied combination of notes found in the C Hungarian Gypsy scale on your instrument?
* Did you feel like you got better at improvising as you practised more?
Click on the following link. It will open a page with an online brainstorming application that you will use for brainstorming your ideas.