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Day 3: Finish the Scavenger Hunt

Day 3: Finish the Scavenger Hunt

Wednesday, August 5th, 2026

Shortened Period

Class is shorter today because of an administrative session. You have **20 minutes** of work time, and the Loop Scavenger Hunt is due at the end of it. Start the moment you sit down.

Objectives

  • I can finish all five sets of the Loop Scavenger Hunt.
  • I can turn in a worksheet with every loop name and project name filled in.
  • I can pick one set to share with the class and explain why I chose it.

Warmup: Pick Up Where You Stopped

Log in, open Soundtrap, and get your worksheet out. Before the timer starts, answer for yourself:

  1. Which sets did you finish yesterday?
  2. Which set are you starting with today?

Checkpoint: Warmup

  • I am logged in to Soundtrap with my worksheet in front of me.
  • I know exactly which set I am starting with.

Work Session: 20 Minutes of Work Time

Finish the Loop Scavenger Hunt. The requirements have not changed — five separate projects, four loops in each, every loop chosen because it sounds good with the other three.

SetWhat to collect
1One loop each from Drums, Bass, Synth, and Piano.
2Open the Genres menu, pick one genre, and take all four loops from it.
3One loop each from Percussion, Strings, Vocal, and Guitar.
4Four loops whose names start with the letters C, J, L, and S.
5Your choice — any four loops you want.
Twenty minutes is not enough time to browse. If you are behind, work in order and stop previewing after three or four options — take the best one you have heard and move on.

Every project needs a school-appropriate name, and every name needs to be written on your worksheet. A project Mr. Willingham cannot find is a project that does not get graded.

Checkpoint: Work Session

  • All five projects exist in Soundtrap, each with four loops on the timeline.
  • Every project has a school-appropriate name.
  • Every loop name and project name is written on my worksheet.
  • I saved every project.

Work Session: Pick One to Share

Tomorrow every person plays one set for the class. Choose yours now, while the projects are still open in front of you.

Listen back to all five and pick the one where the four loops fit together best — not the one that took the longest, and not the one with your favorite single loop in it. A set with one amazing loop and three that fight it is a worse pick than four loops that agree with each other.

Circle your pick on your worksheet and be ready to say one sentence about it: what the four loops are, and why they belong together.

Checkpoint: Work Session

  • I listened back to all five sets.
  • I circled my pick on my worksheet.
  • I can name the four loops in it and say why they work together.

Closing: Turn It In

Before you log off:

  1. Save every project one last time.
  2. Turn in your worksheet.
  3. Log off the Mac and put your headphones away.

Tomorrow you play your pick for the class, so leave that project easy to find.

Standards

  • MSMTC8.CR.3 — Evaluate and refine selected musical ideas to create musical work that meets appropriate criteria (finishing each set so all four loops meet the “sounds good together” requirement, not just the category requirement).
  • MSMTC8.RE.1 — Choose music appropriate for a specific purpose or situation (listening back to all five sets and choosing the most cohesive one to present to the class).
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