Writing a Song

 

Agenda: I. Blog Question 

II. Answer the questions below 

III. Write the lyrics to the protest/awareness topic you are covering.  

Writing a song can be very challenging, especially when you do not have the music for it yet. Today you will learn the basic elements to writing the lyrics (words) to a song.  

I. Blog Question: What makes a song have great lyrics (words in the song)? Think of your favorite song and write about what makes the lyrics to the song so great.  

II. Copy the questions below and paste it to a Word document and click on this link for the wikispace. You will find the answers on the wikispace page(click here) or http://www.guitar9.com/columnist3.html . When you are finished answering your questions (in your own words), save the word document and email it to me: omar.amador.79@gmail.com 

1. How many melodies does a song usually have? 

2. How many lines does a stanza have? 

3. What happens if you use the rhythm pattern of AABA? 

4. What happens if you use the rhythm pattern AABB? 

5. What should you not use twice when writing a stanza? 

6. What does the first, second, and fourth stanzas do? What does stanza three do? 

7. What happens if line 1 of a stanza has 10 syllables, how many syllables must line one of the stanza 2 and 4 have? 

8. When must you break the rules of writing a song? 

9. What steps should you do to write lyrics to a song? 

10. What is step one to writing a song (with music) 

11. What does the hook do and how is it form? (Step two) 

12. Why are the first few words of the song very important? 

13. What does step four do?  

III. Following 4 Steps on the wikispace, begin to write the song on a word file. Save your work and email to yourself so you can work on it later if you run out of time. The song is due on Monday.

Welcome to MMARSS

Welcome to the MMARSS blog. Here we will discuss various topics that deal with Math, Music, Science, Social Studies, and Literacy. When ever you come to the lab, you will check the MMARSS blog and answer any questions given that day.

Your first assignments for the MMARSS blog are:

I. Create a blog of your own and add MMARSSdhs.blogspot.com You will need an email address; if you do not have an email, now will be the time to create one (you can create an email using yahoo.com or gmail.com. Ask for Mr. Amador if you need assistance).
While creating your blog, you will be asked for a blog name. Be sure to make your blog sound like a newspaper for example "The Amador Times" or "The Amador Chronicle". Note: You must use professional names (do NOT use names like "MacDaddy1" or "Lil Prince$).


II. On your own blog, write an introduction about yourself and what you hope to gain from the MMARSS project. (Use proper grammar and refrain from profanity).

III. Answer the following question on the MMARSS blog:
Have you ever made your own music? What experience do you have with software such as Garageband?

IV. Subscribe to the MMARSS blog by clicking "follow this blog" on the main site and add five people on your blog.