NF5 make : Dont Bb or B# Just be natural

Sharp:placed before a note to indicate that it is to be raised by two semitones double sharp
Flat:a musical symbol or note whose pitch has been modified
Natural:a musical symbol written alongside a note to change its pitch

Summary

               In this assignment I had make a copy of the previous assignment which was NF4: The ABC's of music. I then had to adjust them by making two of the notes flat notes & two more notes sharp notes. The notes I turned into sharp notes I turned their change their letter by putting a number sign like this # in front of the letter. The letters I turned into flat notes I changed their letter by putting a lower case b in front of it. I then play the composition to see if it sounded right & if anything needed adjustments. Then I saved the composition & uploaded it to blogger. This is how I completed this assignment.  

NH4: The ABC's of music.

treble clef: a sign on a staff, indicating the position of G above middle C on the second line
bass chef: a sign on a staff, indicating the position of F below middle C on the fourth line
pitch: to determine or set the key of (a tune, an instrument, or the voice)
octave: the eighth tone of an ascending or descending diatonic scale, or a tone seven degrees above or below a given tone in such a scale

Summary

         In this assignment I had to organize the notes in alphabetical order. I used quarter notes, half notes & a few rest notes. I labeled them with letters according to high or low the notes were. If they were really high it was labeled as an A & if it was really low it was label either a E or D. If it was in between it was either G,F, B or C. After I labeled the notes, I played the composition all together to see how it sounded & if there was anything that needed to be adjusted. After I made a few minor changes, I uploaded it to blogger which is how I completed this assignment. 

             

NF3:Take a rest

rest
is an interval of silence in a piece of music

Summary

                In this assignment I had to create my own composition again but this time using quarter rest notes & the other notes we learned & used in the 2 assignments. I used 4 measures to put my notes into as usual. I put a couple of quarter notes, half notes & quarter rest notes all around the 4 measures until I thought their was enough. When I finished putting the notes around the measures I played the composition to see if it sounded right. I made a few minor adjustments to the notes in the composition & when I was fully pleased with it, I saved it.

              

NF2: When two become one

half note: a note having one half the duration of a whole note

Summary

             In this assignment I had to create my own composition again but this time using quarter notes & two half notes. This time I had to use four measures just like the last time. I put a couple of quarter notes & half notes on each measure. When I finished putting the notes around the measure I played the composition to see if it sounded right & if anything needed to be adjusted. Whatever I thought needed adjusting I fixed right away. This is how I finished this assignment. 

NF1: Quarter Note Madness

Staff 
- a set of five, equidistant, horizontal lines joined together by a brace
Grand staff
- this is theoretical combination of eleven lines that encompass the the bass clef and treble clef staves with the common line between them designating middle c
Time signature
- a symbol placed at the left side of the staff indicating the meter of the composition
Measure
- a bar (or measure) is a segment of time defined by a given number of beats of a given duration 

Summary

                In this assignment I had to create my own composition using only quarter notes. I had to make this composition using only four measures. I put about 6 quarter notes into each measure. When I finished setting up all the quarter notes around the measures I then listened to the whole thing all together. I changed up what I felt needed to be readjusted, saved it & then uploaded the recording up to blogger.   

Audacity radio commercial project

Propaganda: the spread of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution , a cause, or a person.

Compel: to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure

Exaggerate: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth 

Promoter: one that promotes, especially an active supporter or advocate 


Narrator
Nirvana: the band that hates to be loved. 
<play clip 1>
Nirvana put alternative rock, the noisy, icon-smashing spawn of punk rock, into the commercial mainstream. (nytimes)
Nirvana started & created a path for upcoming grunge rock bands.
Nirvana's concert tonight at the 7,000-seat New York Coliseum sold out immediately. (nytimes)
<play clip 2>
Listen to their distorted, lazy sound coupled with meaningful lyrics. 
The CD of the group's greatest hits made its debut at No.3 on Billboard's Top 200 chart
<play clip 3>
The meaning here goes deep, very deep. 
945,000 copies have been sold so far. (nytimes)
They're messages are timeless.

Summary 

                        In this assignment I had to make an advertisement that would help me convince others to listen to Nirvana. First I went to nytimes.com & looked for articles that talked about their opinions on Nirvana & their music, facts about Nirvana & a little background history on the band & what they did to impact music. The facts & opinions that I found off the articles that I liked the most were put into my script. After I put the facts & opinions on my script I put a different Nirvana song out of three to put to play in the background while I say the facts & opinions. Every Nirvana song played related to the sentences. I then exported the recording so they can then be put into one big recording. 

Audacity bleep project

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                          This assignment was difficult to complete. I had to listen to the song over & over again to see where the curses were, label where the curses were & then bleep out the curses. It became difficult because sometimes I would label the curses at the wrong place & then the bleep recording wont bleep out the curse, it would just bleep out a different part of the song. To complete this assignment, I downloaded a bleep sound online. I then put it in the same window as the song "Wicked games" by The Weeknd & then I reduced the bleep sound to one second. I copied & pasted a whole bunch of the one second bleep sounds on to where the curses were so it could bleep out the curses. When I did this I then auto ducked the song so when the curse was about to come, the bleep sound would come on & the curse would silence itself so you would'nt be able to hear it. This is how I completed this assignment.

Audacity first narration part 6

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             In this assignment I had to use the effect fade out to fully complete this. I let my recording about the song pyramids play along with the song. Then when the recording finished I selected the remaining parts of the song the narration recording stop playing at & selected the remaining parts of the song to be fade out. I then I played the recording to see if it was correct to what the project was supposed to be & it was. I then exported the recording & uploaded it to sound cloud. That's how I got my final result.

clipping: distortion of sound, usually due to the audio being too loud.
file name extension: a suffix of three or four characters

Audacity first narration part 5

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   In this assignment I used auto-duck to complete this assignment. I clicked on effect on the left top of the audacity window. I selected the recording of me talking about the song pyramids to auto-duck. When I auto-ducked my recording. I listened to it & I noticed when my recording came up, it lowered the volume of the song pyramids which I thought was cool. This is how I completed this assignment. 

Batch processing: automation of a series of repetive tasks on a computer so that the tasks run without manual intervention
Dynamic range: the difference between the loudest and the softest part in an audio recording

Audacity first narration part 4

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                To complete this assignment I used the time shifting tool. I shifted my recording about the song pyramids to the middle of the actual song pyramids. When I finished shifting my recording I then clicked on the edit tab at the top left corner & split the recording into their own sentences. I then spread out the sentences onto the pyramids song. This is how I completed this assignment. 

kHz: the common audio sample rate
Red book: the most widely used standard for representing audio on cd

Audacity first narration part 3

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              In this assignment I combined the song Pyramids by Frank Ocean & my recording talking about this song. I put both of these recordings in the same audacity window without recording them. I then exported these two recordings together which opened up a small window saying that if I exported this recording it would be put into one recording. This is how I completed this recording

Codec: a computer program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream
Windows Directsound: a windows interface between applications and sound card driver

Audacity first narration: Part 2

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                To complete this assignment I had to upload my recording for the audacity first narration part 1 & edited it a little bit. I edit my previous recording by taking out all of the silences in my recording. I took out the silences by using the sectional tool by picking the silent part & then using the backspace button to delete the silences. After taking out the silences, I listened to my recording to listen for pauses & then separated them into their own sentences & recordings.

Compression: a process that tends to even out the overall volume level by increasing the level of softer passages and decreasing the level of louder passages
Noise floor: a level or amplitude representing the amount of near-continouus background noise present in the signal
Dynamic Range: the difference between the loudest and softest part in an audio recording                                                                                        

Audacity first narration

Song: Pyramids

Artist: Frank Ocean 

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             Frank Ocean's voice is incredibly soothing and comforting. Listen as Frank serenades you with "Pyramids." His singing makes you feel at ease and makes it impossible to resist singing along. Not only does he sing like a master, but he can rap like the best of them. His singing changes throughout the song to smooth and calm to a singing at a faster passe that you can dance along to. 

ADC: analog to digital converter

Clipping: distort to sound

DAC: digital to analog converter

Audacity Assignment 6

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                  In this assignment I had to make my "Get low with DJ Joe" recording echo. I made this happen by going to on the audacity menu & selecting silence on a part of your DJ name recording. Then I went to the menu of audacity again & select the bar that says effect then your click on echo. When I did this I played my recording from the beginning & that's how I got my results & completed this assignment.  

Mp3: a lossy, size-compressed, audio format which is the main format for transmitting audio over the internet
AAC: a lossy, size-compressed audio format
Ogg Vorbis: an open source lossy, size-compressed audio format

Audacity Assignment 5

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           In this assignment I had to cut a few things out of my recording & use the time shifting tool. My sounds that I downloaded to be behind my "Get low with DJ Joe" were kind of long so I cut off all the extra sound until I got the sound to be at 10 seconds. My "Get low with DJ Joe" was kind of small so I had to drag it to the middle if the 10 seconds of my other recording which is 5. That's how I finished my assignment.

                 

Audacity Project Format: the format in which audacity stores its projects
Hz: measures a frequency event in a number of cycles per second 
kHz: the common audio sample rate

Audacity Assignment 4

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            In this assignment I had to once again use my "Get low with DJ Joe" recording but, this time I had to put a beat behind it, so I can hear my recording & the beats at the same time. I went to freesound.org & download two sounds which I incorporated into my recording. I then I dragged the two sounds onto audacity & upload my "Get low with DJ Joe" recording & then recorded then playing all at the same time. At the end I was satisfied with the outcome. 

Sample: a discrete value at a point in a waveform representing the audio of a that point
Sample rate: this represents the number of digital samples captured per second in order to represent the waveform 
Sample format: the number of computer bits present in each audio 

Audacity Assignment 3

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                 In this assignment had to fade my "Get low with DJ Joe" in & then fade it out. I uploaded my " Get low with DJ Joe" recording onto audacity & then I click on effects on the menu bar. The first effect I used was fade in & then I used the fade out effect at the end of the recording. In that order the recording sounds like it is fading away which sounds pretty cool. That is how I completed this assignment. 

Linear: a simple, directly proportional, one-to-one, "straight line" relationship.
Logarithmic: a non-linear relationship where one item is proportional to the logarithm of the other item
Gain: a measure of how much a signal is amplified

Audacity A2

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                In this assignment I had use an effect called amplify on my " Get low with DJ Joe" recording. I uploaded my recording of me saying "Get low with DJ Joe' but, changing it a little bit now by going to the menu & putting an effect on it which is called amplify. I recorded the recording with the effect & that's how I finished this assignment.

Amplitude: the level or magnitude of a signal
dB: a logarithmic unit describing the ratio of that unit to a reference level

Audacity Assignment 1

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                    In this assignment I had to record myself saying my DJ name which is DJ Joe. I picked Joe because it is my name shorten. I recorded myself saying "Get low with DJ Joe" is kind of like my catchphrase while recording mixes so I recorded myself saying "Get low with DJ Joe' on Audacity which is a program used to create and edit digital audio recordings. This assignment was super easy & their was no struggle. That's how I completed this assignment.

Audio file format: A file format storing audio data on a computer system.
Waveform: A visual representation of an audio signal.
WAV: it is short for waveform audio file which is an Microsoft and IBM audio file format .
Clipping: distortion to sound.
Headroom: the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion