Music
Technology
Recording
Techniques Analysis
Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
EXTRA
CREDIT Assignment Due 12/02/03
Objectives
1.
Students
will gain practice listening and analyzing recorded music from a recording
technology point of view.
2.
Students
will organize and articulate the results of this analysis.
3.
Students
will practice presenting these results in a professional manner utilizing
modern word processing skills.
Student
Tasks
1.
Listen
to the recorded album, taking notes on each of the 13 tracks. (13 pts.)
a)
Indicate
in your notes any and all sounds you notice that may have particular interest
from a musical, technical, or historical point of view.
b)
Make
note also of any pertinent commentary made by the instructor during this
listening.
2.
Turn
those notes in to the instructor to be credited toward the project’s final
grade. (13 pts.)
3.
Watch
the video “The Making of Sgt. Pepper.” (15 pts.)
a)
Take
additional notes on each of the 13 tracks from the commentary/demonstrations
given by George Martin, the album’s producer, and any of the other
interviewees.
b)
Note
the two additional tracks also discussed.
4.
Open
Microsoft Word.
a)
From
the Start menu, go to Programs
b)
Highlight
Microsoft Word and let go.
5.
Create
a header and apply page numbering. (2
pts.)
a)
In the
task bar at the top, open the View menu
b)
Select
Header and Footer
c)
In the
Header, type a title for your report and highlight it by dragging your mouse
across it (or by holding Shift while using the Arrow keys).
i)
Apply
a slightly larger font than the default.
ii)
Make
the title Boldface, using the “B” button in the task bar.
iii)
Center
the title, using the button second to the right of the “U” (underline) button.
d)
In the
Footer, click on the # sign in the toolbar.
e)
Center
the resulting page number.
6.
Under
the Header, double space and type a short introductory paragraph, describing
the purpose of your report and its contents.
(3 pts.)
a)
Return
to the original default font size
b)
Turn
the “B” (boldface) off.
7.
Double
space and type a numbered list of 15 song titles. (7 pts.)
8.
Add
the number 16 and follow it with the word “Conclusion.” (1 pt.)
9.
Double
space and type a short paragraph about the sounds and techniques you heard in
the first track. (3 pts.)
a)
Name
the track in the process.
b)
Include
a one-sentence comment on the significance (or insignificance) of this piece
and its recording or
c)
provide
any other facts about it that you have learned.
10.
Skip a
line and type “Back to Top.”
11.
Repeat
steps 9 & 10 for each of the 15 songs. (42 pts.)
12.
Double
space and type a short paragraph or two in which you offer your opinions and
concluding facts about the entire recording, referring to any part or parts of
it as illustrative examples. (3 pts)
13.
Create
Hyperlinks from the song list to each of the paragraphs. (16 pts.)
a)
Triple-click
on the first line of the paragraph pertaining to the first song. This should
highlight the whole line, and, hopefully, will include the name of the
song. If not, do this highlight with
your mouse or with the Shift & Arrow keys.
b)
Make a
Bookmark
i)
In the
task bar, open the Insert menu, and go to Bookmark.
ii)
Give
the bookmark a name by using an abbreviated form of the song’s title, leaving
NO SPACES (i.e.: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” becomes “SgtPepper”)
c)
Triple-click
on the first entry of the song list.
d)
Open
the Insert menu again, this time choosing Hyperlink.
e)
Highlight
the bookmark you just created.
i)
in
MSWord 97, this is found by clicking the SECOND “Browse” button.
ii)
in MSWord
2000, it comes up by default.
f)
Do the
same for the remaining songs’ paragraphs and to the “Conclusion” section.
g)
Based
on what you have learned about bookmarks and hyperlinks, turn all of the “Back
to Top” entries (at the end of each paragraph) into hyperlinks that lead back
to the top of the song list.
14.
Run
the Spelling and Grammar Checker from the Tools menu and make corrections as nessesary...nesecary...neccesary
needed. (5 pts.)
15.
Create
a title page for the front. (3 pts.) This gets tricky, working with or around
the header. I have left it to the end, but, of course, it should be cut and
pasted to the front of your report.
16.
This
report is NOT to be printed, but will be turned in either as an e-mail
ATTACHMENT to rbruning@lausd.k12.ca.us,
or on a virus-free, high density, Windows formatted diskette which you will
provide and which will be returned to you.
a)
The
file’s title is “031202_Yourlastname”
b)
The
file’s TYPE is NOT .doc or .wps, but .rtf (rich text format). If this poses a
problem for you, send me a message explaining what your problem is and I will
help you sort it out.
c)
Saving
to the Electronic Music Lab’s PCs is allowed temporarily only.
i)
Save
only to a clearly marked folder on the computer’s desktop.
ii)
Files
for this assignment remaining on the PC desktop after fifth period on 12/02
will be deleted without examination.
d)
It is
advised that you keep a backup copy of this file on a separate diskette or on
your home computer, should any corruption occur to the disk you have turned in.
17. Like
any good term paper, yours should credit your sources of information. www.easybib.com can help you with that.
17.
Scoring
criteria for this assignment is as follows:
|
Sgt. Pepper Score |
|||
|
Instruction |
Points |
||
|
# |
Earned |
Possible |
Percent |
|
1 Listen to CDs “Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” & “Magical Mystery Tour” |
0 |
13 |
0% |
|
2 Take Notes on each track
(providing evidence in class) |
0 |
13 |
0% |
|
3 Watch Video “The Making
of Sgt. Pepper’s” |
0 |
15 |
0% |
|
4 Open MSWord |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
5 Header & Footer |
0 |
2 |
0% |
|
6 Introduction |
0 |
3 |
0% |
|
7 Song List |
0 |
7 |
0% |
|
8 Type
"Conclusion" |
0 |
1 |
0% |
|
9 First track – In–depth
analysis; objective, not opinionated |
0 |
3 |
0% |
|
10 Type "Back to
Top" |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
11 Remaining Songs –
In–depth analysis; objective, not opinionated |
0 |
42 |
0% |
|
12 Conclusion – summary of
the facts plus personal opinion |
0 |
3 |
0% |
|
13 Hyperlinks &
Bookmarks |
0 |
16 |
0% |
|
14 Spelling |
0 |
5 |
0% |
|
15 Title Page |
0 |
3 |
0% |
|
16 File Name |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
17 Bibliography |
0 |
4 |
0% |
|
Subtotal |
0 |
130 |
0% |
|
0 |
day(s) late |
-5% |
0 |
|
Grand Total |
0 |
points or |
0% |
A score in the range of 90 –
100% will guarantee a 20-week letter-grade score improvement.