FINAL WMV ME MYSELF AND I

Reflection On Me, Myself & I

Opinion of this Project & Music Piece:

I feel like I have done well in this project but I have had some problems figuring out what 1 minute piano piece I should play and loop it although finding pictures that represent me was quite difficult because I don’t have a way to describe/represent myself overall I think I have chosen a good piece to represent myself.For my music piece I chose  to go with a all those pictures because these activities are all my favorite things to do and they are things that make me happy so I decided to write a piece on it.

Why have I chosen these pictures?

Theater:

I have chosen theater for my video because I have been studying it for many years and I also love to act and express my feelings in a way of acting and makes me have lots of courage on stage as I seem shy.

Happy Face:

The reason I chose a smile face is because I never feel blue I always smile and I cannot let anyone down with a sad face on me. I am really know to always staying happy.

Girl Relaxing On Couch:

This picture represents my laziness, at times I would stay indoors and watch on tech devices or just lay down on bed and sleep, instead of going outdoors. The reason why I don’t go outdoors in the park or a run is because I have no one and nowhere to go and to take me to that place.

Basketball:

I have chosen a basketball picture because I have participated in tournaments for 2-3 years of my life and it’s my passion. Basketball keeps me very active but the only times I can play basketball is at school or weekends/holidays

 Music:

Music has been a part of my life for a very long time, it has helped me for so many things. I also love to just relax and listen to some music, I particularly enjoy pop music. I don’t just enjoy listening to people singing music I love to hear those playing instruments. Although I don’t play well music just calms me down.

Ball Of Positive Sayings:

The ball represents many things of my life not just myself like I will always have faith, I like to dream and have hope, and love to believe etc…All these positive sayings have a meaning t them in life for everybody and they should enjoy the time they have got.

Technology:

Although I don’t really like ICT its self I like how technology works for example how things travel from one way to another or how people communicate etc…

Lightbulb:

If you can see the light bulb it has positive signs everywhere on it the whole idea of it means positive thinking meaning think positive, think happy, think of all the good things in life. For me I like to see the good things in people and life I always think positive it is a really good way of enjoying life.

Kids Picture:
I have chosen the picture of kids because this is when i help little kids all the time.I like to help little kids and this picture was the day when every Monday i come after school and help kids on their dancing ASA or any other.

Why have a chosen a happy pitch and note:
I have chosen a happy pitch/note because ,as i have typed , it shows that i am a happy person and is sometimes lazy yet active

Overall Reflection:
Overall i feel like i have done well on this project and would love to do it again next time but i think i should improve more on repetition but i feel this music piece and those pictures describe me and my life feeling a lot.

Me,Myself & I Audio

Me,Myself & I Pictures

guide

        When mixcraft opens up you will be choosing the purple option titled build your own virtual instrument track.

2.       Once the mixcraft has opened completely you will proceed to click on the tab that says mixer on the bottom if you will be recording you can only record with the purple piano.

3.       Once the mixer tab has opened you will then click on video file at the top there will be an option to ‘add a video file’ you will click that option.

4.       Once the option has opened you will click on desktop and then click on films folder, then you should see a file that is named ‘peter and the wolf 1 of 2’, click on that file.

5.       If your video file is not at the beginning you will need to click the space above the video and drag to the beginning.

6.       In order for your recordings to be heard you must click the audio track underneath the video. Once you click the bar you will see a box at the side, you should be able to see an icon titled ‘mute’ and that should mute your audio in order for you to play yours.

7.       If your video window doesn’t open you must go to video and click on ‘show video window’.

8.       To zoom out/ in you must hold your mouse on the video and scroll forward or backward, you should noticed that as you are zooming in or out the numbers will be less and more.

9.       To cut out a part of the video you will place your mouse on the beginning of the video and you should be able to see a double arrow replacing your mouse.

10.   Then you will drag the video to your preferred point or time in video, once you do that to the video you must repeat the step with your audio only linking the two.

11.   Once you have cut the video drag the video back to the beginning.

12.   If you prefer to see the whole clip zoom out a bit more with the directions from step 8.

13.   To save your video click on file, save as, desktop, grade 7, 7Y, and then create your own folder name.

14.   If you right click on an area of the audio you will see many options, if you click on split it will delete the audio that you do not need.

15.   Then to switch your instruments there should be a block with a curvy piano in it and a normal piano on the right side, to switch your instruments out you must click on the preferred portion of the orchestral music and then you will see a list of instruments display on the ride side of the toolbox click on your preferred instruments and you are done.

16.   VERY IMPORTANT: Regularly save your mixcraft file, got to file, save as, desktop, grade 7, 7y then name your folder.

17.   You will need to save you video for the blog as a different thing from your normal mixcraft, export your mixcraft, to do that you must go to file, then mix-down to, then to WMV and then save the newly exported file on to grade 7, 7y and your folder.

18.   There will be a yellow icon on your timing block, that is your metronome, to enable it the icon must be of a yellow color if it is white it will not be heard and wont set your tempo.

19.   You must let your metronome count 8 bets until you begin to play the piano, to slow done your metronome press on the numbers beside the metronome and they will give you options on how many beats you can access.

If your video has now moved to the middle of the screen once you've cut it, click the top of the video bar and move it to the far left of the screen which is the beginning

(i have used my friends help guide because mine got deleted)

this is the ducks theme played on mix craft.although i was absent on the day my partner did it i feel like together we would have done it faster and i felt like the duck theme would have been eisier than the other because it is very slow and the timing began in the right place

this is the wolf theme made on mixcraft and from all of the themes i found this the most easiest because it is very slow although i did not know when to start playing so the timing may be a bit wrong however as i said it the easiest  from all and that was the only point for me

MISTAKE: the video was not cut from the end which made it 5 minutes long

For the peter theme that is made on mixcraft and i found it easier to play than the hunters because i could go just a bit faster than the original not like the hunter whereas you had to speed it up a lot and the peter was also just a bit hard to go at the right time so i had to go a bit earlier than usual

This is Peters theme but full version and I have understood how to play the full version by practicing more.

this is the ducks theme and i found this quite easy to play because going over the same notes however there are some notes that i found difficult.but now its simple

 

this is the birds theme and this is one of the easiest to play for me because the speed is fast,its high and its a quick played theme.

I have played Peters theme and I found this quite hard then the others that's why I have played half of it but yet I will learn it more from my keyboard however i have memorized it well.

This is my Wolf Theme which took me 5 minutes to practice and memorize I find it very easy to play.

i can play with only one hand this was just my beginner/first time and i find this theme easy to play because it is short and it is easy to remember which notes you should play and how fast.

                                      The Drum

  
What is a drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.  Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a drum stick, to produce sound. There is usually a resonance head on the underside of the drum, typically tuned to a slightly lower pitch than the top drumhead. Drums are the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.

Construction

the shell almost invariably has a circular opening over which the drumhead is stretched, but the shape of the remainder of the shell varies widely. In the western musical tradition, the most usual shape is a cylinder, although timpani, for example, use bowl-shaped shells.Drums with two heads covering both ends of a cylindrical shell often have a small hole somewhat halfway between the two heads; the shell forms a resonating chamber for the resulting sound. 

History:

The drum is the oldest known instrument in the world dating back to 4000 BCE in Egypt in the northeast corner of Africa. It is present throughout every region of Africa playing different roles amongst the various peoples.Drums made with alligator skins have been found in Neolithic cultures located in China, dating to a period of 5500–2350 BC. 

How to position your drum:

This grip is played with your palms facing downward.   Notice how every finger tip is lightly rested on the drumstick.  Make sure you do not grip the stick too tightly, or you will limit its’ rebound.  It is debated which finger is used to grip the stick. Some will use their thumb and index finger; others will use their thumb and middle finger.  Both are fine, as long as you chose one early and stick to it!

                                              The Trumpet 

What is a trumpet:
A trumpet is a musical instrument. It is the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded oblong shape.

Construction:

The trumpet is constructed of brass tubing bent twice into a rounded oblong shape.As with all brass instruments, sound is produced by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound into the mouthpiece and starting a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the trumpet. The player can select the pitch from a range of overtones orharmonics by changing the lip aperture and tension (known as the embouchure). The mouthpiece has a circular rim, which provides a comfortable environment for the lips' vibration. Directly behind the rim is the cup, which channels the air into a much smaller opening (the back bore or shank) that tapers out slightly to match the diameter of the trumpet's lead pipe. The dimensions of these parts of the mouthpiece affect the timbre or quality of sound, the ease of playability, and player comfort. Generally, the wider and deeper the cup, the darker the sound and timbre.

History:

The earliest trumpets date back to 1500 BC and earlier. The bronze and silver trumpets from Tutankhamun's grave in Egypt, bronze lurs from Scandinavia, and metal trumpets from China date back to this period.Trumpets from the3rd millennium BC of Central Asia have decorated swellings in the middle, yet are made out of one sheet of metal, which is considered a technical wonder.

How to position your trumpet:

The fingers of the left hand should grip the instrument so that the first and little fingers support most of the weight. The two middle fingers operate the third valve slide (one pushes out and the other pulls back in). Be sure that only about a half inch of the ring finger is inserted through the ring. The left thumb is placed in the first valve slide saddle, again by only about a half inch. The palm of the hand should not be pressed tightly (if at all!) against the valves.

how to play the trumpet?

inhale through your mouth, assume the proper lip position, put the instrument up to your lips, and blow.  You should feel your lips change tightness as they lock into a note. After playing your first note, try tightening your lips slightly and pushing down valves one and two. Note that valves are numbered one through three. Valve number one is closest to you, and valve number three is toward the bell of the horn. The note should be higher.

                                             The Flute

What is a flute:

The flute is a family of musical instrument of the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is anaerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. 

History:

The oldest flute ever discovered may be a fragment of the femur of a juvenile cave bear, with two to four holes, found at Divje Babe inSlovenia and dated to about 43,000 years ago. However, this has been disputed.In 2008 another flute dated back to at least 35,000 years ago was discovered in Hohle Fels cave near Ulm, Germany.The five-holed flute has a V-shaped mouthpiece and is made from a vulture wing bone. The researchers involved in the discovery officially published their findings in the journal Nature, in August 2009.The discovery was also the oldest confirmed find of any musical instrument in history.

How you position the flute:

The flute rests on the lowest section of your left hand’s
index finger. This part of the finger meets the flute
body between the two topmost keys (C and C#) and
supports from below.
If you are guiding the end of the flute forward with
your right hand, the left hand feels like it can support
from beneathe the flute, and does not have to push the
flute toward your chin. Elbows are comfortably down.
Picture the flute as pivoting on the left index finger, so
that it acts as a hinge

How does the flute make sound?

when you breath into the flute, your air stream travels down the piping. The air stream hits against the side of the flute, moving it and creating a sound. To change the pitch of the flute, you simply lift up fingers or cover more finger holes. This changes the resonate frequency creating a different pitch. To make the tone louder you need a larger resonator, or larger air flow, and to make the tone softer it is the opposite.

                                           The Violin

What is a violin:                                                            The violin, the flute (also known as a fiddle), is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, and the cello. 

Construction and Mechanics:

A violin generally consists of a spruce top (the soundboard, also known as the top plate,table, or belly), maple ribs and back, two endblocks, a neck, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings, optionally including a chinrest, which may attach directly over, or to the left of, the tailpiece. A distinctive feature of a violin body is its hourglass-like shape and the arching of its top and back. The hourglass shape comprises two upper bouts, two lower bouts, and two concave C-bouts at the waist, providing clearance for the bow.

History:

The earliest stringed instruments were mostly plucked (e.g. the Greek lyre). 

Turkic and Mongolian horsemen from Inner Asia were probably the world’s earliest fiddlers. Their two-stringed upright fiddles were strung with horsehair strings, played with horsehair bows, and often feature a carved horse’s head at the end of the neck. The violins,violas, and cellos we play today, and whose bows are still strung with horsehair, are a legacy of the nomads.^[3]

It is believed that these instruments eventually spread to China, India, the Byzantine Empire and the Middle East, where they developed into instruments such as the erhu in China, the rebab in the Middle East, the lyra in the Byzantine Empire and the esraj in India. The violin in its present form emerged in early 16th-Century Northern Italy.

How to position your violin:

The violin should rest on the collarbone. The purpose of the chin rest is to protect the varnish, provide a secure and comfortable place for the jaw , and to adjust the distance from the jaw to the collarbone. Generally, flatter simpler chin rests are more comfortable than more contoured ones. A chamois skin or other non-slippery cloth may be used to cover the collarbone for comfort.

The violin resting lightly on the collarbone and the jaw resting gently on the chin rest establish two stable points of contact with the instrument.

I have posted 2 videos of the hunters theme on the keyboard and in this first one i have made a mistake that i can learn from. Instead of playing a low note i played a high note and i have played it too fast. The second video is the correct playing of low instead of high.