First Year – Introduction to Digital Music (Foundations)
🎯 Goals
- Understand what Logic Pro is and how to use it safely and creatively
- Learn basic navigation, sound recording, and music creation
🎹 Term 1: Getting Started
- Introduction to the Apple Logic Pro interface
- Understanding tracks (Audio vs MIDI)
- Exploring Apple Loops
- Creating a first 8-bar song using loops
🥁 Term 2: Rhythm and Beats
- Using Drum Machine Designer
- Creating simple drum patterns (4/4 beat)
- Understanding tempo and bars
- Beat matching with loops
🎹 Term 3: Melody & Instruments
- Introduction to software instruments
- Playing and recording basic melodies
- Piano Roll editor basics
✨ Term 4: Putting It Together
- Creating a short piece with intro, verse, and chorus
- Adding fade-ins and fade-outs
- Exporting projects to MP3
🎵 Project: Create a 30-second theme song using loops and basic MIDI