Week 9 - Recorder Assessment

Part 1 - Rhythmic Notation and Note Notation

Part 2 - Recorder Playing (There should be an acceptable rendition in all my attempts. Playing the recorder and reading music is new to me.)

Week 9 - Instruments

String Family - you strum stings, pluck strings, bow strings, or pick strings to make or create sound.

Woodwind Family - you blow across a surface to create sound.

Brass Family - you buzz your lips into to make or create sound.

Percussion Family - you strike, hit, tap, shake, scratch, strike together to make or create a sound.

Vocal Technique & Melodic Contour Mapping

Here is my video.

Also, a picture of my visual melodic contour mapping is below. The row boats in the middle are smaller to represent the faster rhythm.

Week 7 - Vocal Technique

Here is my video of bad vocal technique.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1-jWl0O34U

It is Roseanne Barr singing the National Anthem at a MLB game. She starts the song off by asking someone if she can start and doesn't have a tone to match, she is not breathing correctly so she is out of breath at the end of phrases. She isn't supporting her voice from her diaphragm and that is why you can see her voice straining at her neck.

Here is my video of good vocal technique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDSALCKH_Y

It is Whitney Houston singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. She has good posture and her breathing is with her diaphragm. She also matched the tone the orchestra played for her before she began singing.