Squelching through the sticky mud
doing this is very hard
Title: LET'S GO ON A JOURNEY (4): Writing a long story or song
Activity: This involves writing a longer story using different songs linked together by the common theme.
Resources:
Computer program used as a composition tool
Tape recorder used for accompaniment
Classroom instruments used for accompaniment
What to do: In this activity we extend the simple
story to a sequence of stories and songs.
The pupils will be drawing on the experience gained in the previous examples of using the
composition program; adding percussion parts to songs and recording using a tape recorder.
Split the class into groups, one for each stage in the 'journey'.
Each group then needs to experiment with the composition program to find tunes and phrases
that suit their part of the story.
If you are using the Compose program then each group will be listening to the different
tune files to find a file that suits their part of the story. For example, the group
working on the muddy part of the journey might use the 'Compose3' tune file.
Squelching through the sticky mud |
doing this is very hard |
Squelching through the sticky mud |
doing this is very hard |
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Squelching through the sticky mud |
we are getting very tired |
It can take valuable computer time to work on both the music and the words and so it may
be helpful to record the tune on tape so that the group can work on the song away from the
computer.
When they have finished the words for the song, add some accompaniment using the ideas
from earlier activities. Both the recordings of sounds and the classroom instruments can
be used here.