Personally, the composition task is the hardest part of Level 1 Music. Since I was sure that I'm not pretty good at playing chords and make them work out, I decided to group with Cameron. Cameron and I have been playing together for quite a while now in various tasks. I and Cameron were looking at different themes of the composition such as Pop, Love song, and even a sad song. However, we faced different obstacles along the way, such as figuring out the melody and lyrics. Writing lyrics for a song is a way of telling a story, and it could things that are close to your heart/personal. So we have decided instead of writing Pop/Love song, we decided to write a Worship song instead.
Cameron is a very skilled pianist. After he figured out all of the chords and instruments, he sent me the recording and I tried to find a melody that suits the song first. After a day of just humming to the song, I found a melody that suits and asked Cameron for his opinion. We both agreed, with it and I got into the writing lyrics immediately.
I based the lyrics that I wrote with my experiences as a follower of Christ. However, I still considered that people have different beliefs. So I made the lyrics really more about my experiences than telling people to believe the things I believe in.
Luckily, we got low excellence for this composition. We didn't get the full mark as Mrs Beer suggested that we should've made a bridge in the song, instead of just repeating the verses and chorus. We still had fun with the assessment and we learned some new things. Now we have to do a second composition and I'm looking forward to share it in my blog!
I based the lyrics that I wrote with my experiences as a follower of Christ. However, I still considered that people have different beliefs. So I made the lyrics really more about my experiences than telling people to believe the things I believe in.
Luckily, we got low excellence for this composition. We didn't get the full mark as Mrs Beer suggested that we should've made a bridge in the song, instead of just repeating the verses and chorus. We still had fun with the assessment and we learned some new things. Now we have to do a second composition and I'm looking forward to share it in my blog!
Here is our first composition!
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