Film Scoring & Composition

Identify the 12 notes of the chromatic scale on a piano keyboard layout.

Navigate BandLab's piano roll to enter, edit, and quantize notes.

Distinguish between whole steps (tones) and half steps (semitones) on the piano roll.

Enter a short melody into BandLab's piano roll by placing notes at their correct pitches and octaves.

Identify note durations (whole, half, quarter, eighth) in the piano roll's grid.

Enter a rhythmic pattern using correct note durations.

Create silence by using rests or empty space in the piano roll.

Internalize the feel of 4/4 time by tapping along to a metronome in BandLab.

Adjust the project's tempo (BPM) and describe its effect on a piece's mood.

Construct a major scale in the piano roll using the W-W-H-W-W-W-H step pattern.

Construct a natural minor scale in the piano roll using the W-H-W-W-H-W-W step pattern.

Enter the C Major and A minor scales into the piano roll.

Compare the emotional character of major vs. minor tonality by listening to examples.

Define a triad as a three-note chord built from stacked notes.

Build a major triad and a minor triad from any root note.

Construct the diatonic triads for a key (e.g., C Major) by building a triad on each note of the scale, using only notes from that scale.