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 L3 Unit 3 Assignment 1. Industry Roles  Forensic Musicologist   Stage Pyrotechnics A pyrotechnician is someone who organises a set of flashy explosives or flammable liquids during a show for big effect. This can do music concerts but they also specialise in firework displays.  A day in the life of a pyrotechnician would include a vast range of planning and meticulous focus on planning, setting up, safety execution, and teardown. The setting up would include inventory and loading, site inspections and permits, rigging and wiring, system programming, and safety checks and rehearsals. During the show they would have to be in charge of a range of different things such as monitoring and operation, and safety oversight. After the show is finished, they will have to endure long hours of cleaning up and storing items away to be sent back to the warehouse. A very demanding job to say the least. The annual salary of a pyrotechnician is around £31,000 a year in the UK but in...

 Unit 2 Assignment. Song 1: Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath Performance This song is performed by the band Black Sabbath The band consists of Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, Geezer Butler on bass, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward on Percussion, and Tom Allom on Piano The energy is Psychedelic/Cosmic and the end of the song is very bluesy This song was most recorded live but it was clearly overdubbed as it Tony Iommi is also playing the flute in this song which he wouldn't be playing guitar at the same time The vocals in this track are very faded as Ozzy used a Leslie speaker to create the vibrations behind the vocals. The Rhythm is quite relaxing and uses bongo drums  Technology Planet Caravan was recorded at Regent Sound Studios and Island Studio in London, England. The effects in this song include a Leslie Speaker for Ozzy's vocals and a clean and cosmic tone for Iommi's guitar. Theres also a load of flute sound effect to contribute to that cosmic vibe they were trying to make. At the tim...

The Vitaphone The Vitaphone was a sound system used for feature film that only just developed sound in their films. This device has been featured in over 1000 short films made by Warner Bros. The Vitaphone is the last major analogue sound-on-disc system and the only one that was used which has been commercially successful. many early short films include "The Jazz Singer" (1927) used the Vitaphone system. The name "Vitaphone" originates from the latin and Greek words, respectively for "Living" and "Sound". The Jazz Singer’s success made the Vitaphone system synonymous with the advent of sound cinema. Warner Bros., the studio behind the technology, quickly became a powerhouse in Hollywood by capitalizing on this new wave. The "Vitaphone" trademark was later associated with cartoons and other short subjects that had optical soundtracks and did not use discs. Early History In the early 1920s, an electrical engineering and manufacturing comp...

  What is a musical scale? A scale is a series of note that goes up in pitch and down in pitch and is often used for guitar solos What is a chord? A chord is a combination of notes played at the same time to create a nice sound  What is an interval? An interval is a difference in pitch between notes What is the major scale interval formula? The specific pattern between whole and half steps What are the notes of the C major scale? The notes to this scale are C D E F G A B C My chord progression and melody C, G, A minor, F I, V, VI, IV

 THIS IS HOW NOT TO PRACTICE!!!! These are the practises we should be practising. Learn the sections individually and then put it all together Expand your repertoire/challenge yourself  Analyse your mistakes and stop repeating mistakes Learn the volume of each song and use dynamics as portrayed in the song Read sheet music carefully and don't stop using it until you have learned the full song Use a metronome to get timing perfect and count how many beats are in a bar Listen to what the teacher has to say and play songs appropriate for your level of skill Create a habit of practicing and create a structure of what your practise sessions are gonna look like Think about the position of which you are sitting and think about technique with your picking hand, finger dexterity, and fretboard usage Control your emotions and treat your equipment with respect  Record yourself playing/practising/performing and analyse what has happened and take feedback Create goals and create plans...