This week my classes will be working on the following:
Guitar One: Students are learning new notes on the guitar. We have begun a Beatles Project! Well, to be exact, I have divided the class into four small trios. They have been given a Beatles song to work on together. We will turn all four songs into a Medley for the Spring Concert in April 2010!
Guitar Two: I have already quized my G2 students this quarter. During the course of this quarter, I will (and have) hand out music for them to site read. They were given music yesterday, and everybody stepped up! I have seen a lot of improvement with this class, and will continue to motivate them to excel. We are using the book ROCK SHOP as our main source or reading this quarter.
Percussion: This week in Percussion, we are working on drum set patterns. We started with Jazz patterns last week, and have moved into rock patterns. In addition, we have been watching YOUTUBE clips of some amazing drummers (at my discretion) such as Mike Mangini, A.K.A. the world's fastest drummer, Buddy Rich, and others. Using tecnology in the classroom is something that one wouldn't expect in Music, but, it is providing quality education for my students.
FUSION: We are working on new songs everyday. We already have a song prepared for April! So, we are going to see how many songs we can learn between now and April, and choose what we will play for the concert. We now have a full-time singer in our group, Nicole Webb!!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Welcome Back Students!
I hope that everybody had a wonderful Winter Break! I can't believe that 2010 is here!
We are going to spend the beginning of the week, reviewing our studies prior to break.
Guitar One: Chord Review, Note Review, Rhythm review, Tablature review.
Guitar Two: Tab Studies, improvisation studies, Barr Chords, Power Chords.
Percussion Class: We are going to get back into Jazz drumming starting today. We will break up our week with Jazz Drumming and Mallet Percussion.
FUSION: Review our new songs, begin Music Theory Studies, begin individual studies.
Grading for this quarter is over. Report cards are coming out!!!
Have a great week!
We are going to spend the beginning of the week, reviewing our studies prior to break.
Guitar One: Chord Review, Note Review, Rhythm review, Tablature review.
Guitar Two: Tab Studies, improvisation studies, Barr Chords, Power Chords.
Percussion Class: We are going to get back into Jazz drumming starting today. We will break up our week with Jazz Drumming and Mallet Percussion.
FUSION: Review our new songs, begin Music Theory Studies, begin individual studies.
Grading for this quarter is over. Report cards are coming out!!!
Have a great week!
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