Month: March 2022

SUMMARY

By March 15th, 2022 as part of School of Rock class, I will learn how to play guitar. By following the House of the Rising Sun guitar lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjNnsAY-ijc&t=73s and will have improved my playing of our Session 5 SMART.

Role

Guitarist

Intention (SMART Goal)

By March 15th, 2022 as part of the School of Rock class, I will learn how to play guitar. Following the House of the Rising Sun guitar lesson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjNnsAY-ijc&t=73s and will have improved my playing of our Session 5 SMART.

PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

Niall Horan. I look up to Niall Horan anyways he didn’t make the song I am trying to cover he is a great guitarist and is in One Direction he did the guitar and he sang in the band. He’s really talented in several ways. He’s been doing that for years and his passion for music is really inspirational and makes me wanna learn more and more guitar.

Training Source(s)

2:02 shows chords needed to play the song

5:38 strumming pattern

SMART Goal Schedule

Working on guitar every day for an hour for two weeks 5 days each week, and watching tutorials on Youtube to improve on the guitar.

PRODUCTION

SMART Goal Starting Point Evidence

I’ve been playing guitar mainly at home for at least an hour a day but its a different. The guitar is a bit thinner so easier for me to not mute the strings.

SMART Goal Ending Point Evidence

POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION

During this project, I think I have improved a lot over the week. it’s not perfect but it’s an improvement which is growth. This was a fun project. It was difficult in some aspects to find the best video to help and learn the strum pattern and chords.

21st Century Skills

Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)

During this project, I used my creative side by trying different ways to play the song. I learned how to use guitar tabs and tried different videos. This was my critical thinking as well to try and find the most effective playing strategy.

Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)

Throughout this project, my classmate/friend Austin helped me learn how to play this song and how to do the chords correctly. I would often accidentally mute the strings but he helped me hold the guitar differently and mostly not mute the strings.

Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)

YouTube:

Guitar tabs on Tiktok:

Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)

Possibly becoming a guitarist in a band.

Reactions to the Final Version

My dad said it was very impressive and I have improved since when I first started playing guitar.

Self-Evaluation of Final Version

Definitely sounds a lot better than I did in the beginning but still needs improvement. Depending on the guitar I sound better or worse. I need to work on that skill and get used to other guitars.

Grammar and Spelling

I used Grammarly to help me.

Editor

Austin

Cue How much more difficult does it have to be for it to fit in the desirable difficulty factor?

Notes -Contextual interference is to change the pattern of the rhythm to make it more challenging. -Start playing a song slower to make it sure is perfect -Desirable difficulty is to make it a little more difficult not overwhelm just a little more of a challenge.

Summary

Contextual Interference and desirable difficulty

Summary

• I recorded my voice in front of several different types of popular microphones to see what sounded best with my voice, and I edited it in Soundtrap.

Microphone Audition Podcast

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1INBNL5z_uFc1QOQy2aylNEV1Py2Qln5k/view?usp=sharing

My Favorite Microphone

Blue Baby bottle

• The Blue Baby Bottle is a pressure-gradient cardioid condenser
• Has smooth and natural midrange and doesn’t have excessive high-end sizzle
• Read more: http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Blue-Microphones/Baby-Bottle
• Check out the SM58 Torture Test

Terms and Concepts

•  Microphones
  • Dynamic – The sound waves themselves create the electrical signal by moving the membrane diaphragm of the microphone. Very popular and very well known. It is good for the low and middle range, NOT the high range.
  • Condenser – The membrane has an electrical current that waits for sound. When the sound waves hit it, it responds instantly. They are all over the place, but they need an electrical charge {amplifier} from something {battery}.
• Polar Patterns
  • Omni – Picks sound up from all directions equally. This is used for interviews because it can pick up more than one person, without having to have two separate mics.
  • Cardioid – Picks up one half of the microphone, also known as a ‘directional mic’. Most sensitive in the front, about 180 degrees. Shaped like a heart.
  • Bi-directional – ‘Figure of 8’, picks the front and behind of the mic, but the 90-degree angle on both sides does not get picked up.
• Transduction – Converts one form of energy to another.
• Voltage – An electric force or a potential difference shown in volts.
• Phantom Power – Activates the condenser in a microphone. DC powered mostly between 12 and 48 DC voltages.
• Sensitivity – Voltage at its known sound level. Can be called by its voltage or decibels. A higher number means more sensitivity, everything is mostly in negatives. Sound pressure.
• Frequency Response – The range of sound the microphone can produce and how sensitive it is within the range. You want it nice and flat.
• Transient – A variation in current, voltage, or frequency.
• Placement – Placement of the microphone is key, depending on the sounds you want, it can just be the distance from you or the instrument from the microphone. This part of the microphone can affect others emotionally in a way to connect with the audience.
• Proximity Effect – Decreased sensitivity to low mics, which reduces background noise and vibration and counteracts when used very close to the source.
• Output – A place where the sound leaves the system.
• Characteristics – This is the Relative Response and Frequency measured in a Hertz graph to show how good or bad the microphone is. This can show the quality of the mic.
• Noise Rating – The signal (sound source) to noise ratio measured in decibels (dB). Noise is any sound in the background you don’t want. Electricity vibrates at 60dB so you want the ratio of the signal and noise to be higher than that. Preferably 90dB or higher.
• Hardware
  • Clips – A clip is something that you use to hold a microphone on something {for example – stand }, but, using the wrong kind of clips can affect the performance, make sure it is tight so it has the correct effect.
  • Stands – This ties in with a clip, this is what the clip will connect to. This keeps the microphone towards the object you want to hear without having to hold it or keep it still.
  • Windscreen – Something that covers and protects the microphone, mostly a foamy material.
  • Direct Box – A device used to connect an instrument directly into the audio mixer.

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

• I learned that even though there are many different types of microphones they all don’t do the same thing for sound. They focus on different aspects of sound quality. One problem I had was figuring out which microphone sounded the best with my voice as I listened closely I could hear a difference but was still had to decide which was the best. I figured it out by listening to them all over and taking apart what I liked and didn’t like.