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You can't stop the beat

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Composition

Create a Garageband composition using loops from You Can't Stop the Beat. This can be used as a backing track for improvisation or practising.

1. Open up a new project in Garageband. Download the six You Can't Stop the Beat loops and import these into Garageband. Your teacher can help you with this. This small set of loops are based on the rhythm patterns you have been studying. If you (or your school) don't have access to Garageband, use Soundation instead for your composition. You can also access Soundation at home as it is an online program. 

Download these loops for use in Garageband
Bass
Bass Quavers
Strings
Brass Stabs
Keyboard
Horn theme
Download these loops for use in Soundation
Bass
Bass Quavers
Strings
Brass Stabs
Keyboard
Horn theme
2. Experiment with and assemble a composition of 32 bars in length. Upload this to your account in SoundCloud and ask your peers to listen/leave comments about it.

3. Extension - use this composition as a backing track for an improvisation using the G mixolydian scale. Record the improvisation and add it to your composition in Garageband. 

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