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Catch-Up and Extension

Lesson 91 · Unit 4 · Week 23

Catch-Up and Extension

Tuesday, February 9

As you walk inAl entrar

  1. Recorder from the bin.Toma tu flauta del cubo.
  2. Chromebook closed.Chromebook cerrado.
  3. One loop. Nothing is wrong with it.Un loop. No tiene nada mal.
Today you find out what you can hear but cannot yet build.
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Do Now
What Is In It?
¿Qué hay dentro?

Eight bars, twice. Nothing is wrong with this one. Do not judge it. List everything you can hear: how many things, what they are, and when they come in.Ocho compases, dos veces. Este no tiene nada mal. No lo juzgues. Lista todo lo que oigas: cuántas cosas, qué son y cuándo entran.

I can hear ______. The tune comes in at bar ______.Puedo oír ______. La tonada entra en el compás ______.
The loop, twiceEl loop, dos veces
Made for this class. You are going to rebuild this.

You are not looking for a mistake today. You are taking an inventory, because in twenty minutes you have to build it.

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Today
I Can
Yo puedo

I canYo puedo

I can rebuild a loop I am given and name which part of it I could not reproduce.Puedo reconstruir un loop que me dan y nombrar qué parte no pude reproducir.

I know I have got it whenSé que lo logré cuando

  • I wrote down everything I could hear in the loop.Anoté todo lo que pude oír en el loop.
  • I rebuilt as much of it as I could, and named the part I could not.Reconstruí todo lo que pude y nombré la parte que no.
  • I passed the check at the station that part sent me to.Pasé la prueba de la estación a la que me mandó esa parte.

Being stuck is data, not a verdict. The part you cannot rebuild is the most useful thing you will find out today.

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Warm-Up
The Row, Then Devices
La fila, luego los equipos
  1. Breathe in for 4, out for 8.Inhala en 4, exhala en 8.
  2. The row with the recording, up and down.La fila con la grabación, subiendo y bajando.
  3. Recorders back in the bin. All of them.Las flautas al cubo. Todas.
  4. Lids up.Pantallas arriba.
  5. Speakers until the rebuild starts.Altavoces hasta que empiece la reconstrucción.
The row, up and down, 76 BPMLa fila, subiendo y bajando, 76
Made for this class.

Fourth day of the routine. It should cost nothing by now.

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I Do
Three Things, Three Stations
Tres cosas, tres estaciones

The GridLa cuadrícula

You cannot get the hits in the right places. Pass: a partner checks your grid against mine, hit by hit, with nothing left over.No logras poner los golpes en su sitio. Prueba: alguien compara tu cuadrícula con la mía, golpe a golpe, sin diferencias.

The FeelEl groove

The hits are right and it still sits wrong. Pass: a partner A/Bs yours against the loop and cannot tell them apart.Los golpes están bien y aun así no asienta. Prueba: alguien compara el tuyo con el loop y no los distingue.

The ArrangementEl arreglo

It loops and never goes anywhere. Pass: a boundary where something enters or leaves, and you can say which bar.Da vueltas y no va a ningún sitio. Prueba: un cambio donde algo entra o sale, y sabes en qué compás.

You do not pick your station today. You rebuild, and the part you cannot rebuild picks it for you.

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You Do
Rebuild It
Reconstrúyelo
  1. Open "L091 Rebuild It". The loop is on a muted track.Abre "L091 Rebuild It". El loop está en una pista silenciada.
  2. Rebuild as much of it as you can.Reconstruye todo lo que puedas.
  3. Mute yours, unmute the loop, compare. Then back.Silencia el tuyo, activa el loop, compara. Luego al revés.
  4. When you get stuck, write down WHICH of the three it is.Cuando te atasques, anota CUÁL de las tres es.
  5. Go to that station and pass its check.Ve a esa estación y pasa su prueba.

Playing along is not rebuildingTocar encima no es reconstruir

Mute the reference to build. Unmute it to check. If it is playing while you work, you are following, not reproducing.Silencia la referencia para construir. Actívala para comprobar. Si suena mientras trabajas, estás siguiendo, no reproduciendo.

I could not rebuild ______, so my station is ______.No pude reconstruir ______, así que mi estación es ______.
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Exit Ticket
Show Me
Muéstrame
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    You rebuilt the hits correctly and it still sounded wrong. What does that tell you? 1 ptReconstruiste los golpes bien y aun así sonaba mal. ¿Qué te dice eso?
  2. 2
    What could you not rebuild, and what did you do about it? 2 pts¿Qué no pudiste reconstruir y qué hiciste al respecto?

Pack upA guardar

  1. Rebuild Card to the front.La tarjeta al frente.
  2. Chromebook docked and plugged in.Chromebook en el carro y enchufado.
  3. I count them before anybody leaves.Los cuento antes de que nadie salga.
  4. Slip to me at the door.Entrégame la hoja en la puerta.
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Tomorrow
Next: Adding Bass
Mañana: añadir el bajo

Tomorrow a bass line goes underneath all of this.Mañana un bajo va debajo de todo esto.

It is the first thing in this unit that has to agree with something else, and you have done that before - in December, with a second part.Es lo primero en esta unidad que tiene que concordar con otra cosa, y ya lo hiciste en diciembre, con una segunda voz.

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