1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. What would you apply to cut out background noise? | NOISE GATE | 2. If the audio is distorted what can you do to fix it? | Move person further away from mic, turn down the gain | 3. The vocal track has been recorded using a cardioid polar pattern. Give a reason for selecting this polar pattern. | directional polar pattern, the response reduces pickup | 4. Describe two ways to prevent feedback | Move the microphone away from the loudspeaker(s) or reposition the loudspeaker(s). Change the angle of the microphone or reposition the | 5. Why is intellectual property protection important? | It is important that artists can | 6. Describe two key features either musical or technological which are typical of Disco. | use of reverb, rhythmic electric guitar, a style of popular music for dancing, recorded (not live), amplified or electronic instrumentation, simple repetitive lyrics, prominent bass (groove or riff), octave leap on bass, drum machine, horn or string section, 16th disco beat. | 7. When mic'ing an amp what would this be called? | Close mic technique | 8. What decade would you most likely find Disco? | 1970's | 9. When music moves in an upwards direction what musical concept would best describe it? | ASCENDING | 10. What would you call the 8 bars in a song that is completely different to the rest of the music? | Middle 8 | 11. When a soloist makes up music on the spot? | Improvisation | 12. What technological development would be found during the Ragtime period? | Player piano | 13. Name features of synth pop | Drum Machine, Ostinato or riff, Repeated loops, Sampler or sampling, Bass synth, Synthesiser, Sequencer, MIDI Instruments | 14. When music sound bright and happy what tonality would this be? | MAJOR | 15. Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass belong to which family? | STRING FAMILY | 16. This pulse or sweep is often used to modulate synthesizers, delay lines and other audio equipment in order to create effects used in the production of electronic music. Audio effects such as vibrato, tremolo and phasing are examples. What is it? | LFO (low frequency oscillator) | 17. quality of the vocal capture | Compressor |
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