Week 7

Date: 16^th September

This week we focussed on arranging, this was looked through different instruments and how we could include/involve them in our songs because “the possibilities are infinite” 1. We looked at songs that were originals then covers to show how introducing another instrument could change the overall sound. We then went into depth on individual instruments to show how we could incorporate them into a piece. We looked at “Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keyboard, Melodic Instruments and Vocals” 2.

During our discussion part of the lesson we were asked to bring our own original songs to share with the class this was done so that the lecture could listen to the song and tell us what we could do to make it the best it could be either changing something or introduce something to the song. That concluded the lesson.

References

1 Robyn Habel, “Arranging” (lecture presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1B, Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide, September 16th, 2019).

2 Robyn Habel, “Arranging” (lecture presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1B, Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide, September 16th, 2019).