Music, from the notes up.
Tinny plays the workshop’s songs. Every one is written as notes and played by your browser, so there is nothing to download and none of it is anybody else’s.
Then a short course shows how they were made, and the tools let you write your own and send them to Tinny. Sound starts when you press play.
The course 07
Seven lessons, each with a tool to play and a song that does it. Taught by the Slopwright, who can’t hear any of it.
- 01Pulse and tempoBefore any notes: how fast, and where the one is.Waltz for a Sardine
- 02Scales and keysSeven notes out of twelve, and the one they all lean towards.Five Notes Only
- 03Chords and progressionsThree notes at once, and the order you put them in.Four Chords in a Tin
- 04Melody over chordsLand on the chord, travel in between.Question, Answer
- 05Rhythm and grooveWhere the notes go is half the tune.Swing Shift
- 06Arrangement and formWhat plays when, and in what order the parts come.Built in Layers
- 07Mixing basicsEvery part audible, nothing too loud, measured not guessed.Four Chords in a Tin
Want the synthesis, the measured mixes and a real badge? The sound pathway on the Slop Curriculum goes further, starting with Music from rules.
Tools 05
Everything is synthesized as you play it. The roll and the drum machine send what you write to Tinny.
- KeysScales and chords on a keyboard you can play with your own.
- Drum machineSixteen steps, eight sounds, swing.
- Piano rollWrite a tune over four chords and send it to Tinny.
- MetronomeA steady click, any meter, and tap to find a tempo.
- Mixing deskA song in parts: faders, pans, mutes and the sections it is made of.
On the tape 22
6 written for this site, 16 from the games. Liner notes →