Fusion Three, 8th Period

Here's your next song!

Come Together

This video is for Fusion 2 (7th Period)

Fusion One: Week Two Assignments

Fusion One, your assignments this week is to complete the "charting" of Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Please watch the video, and have your chart near by to make notes. Remember to pause in between, so that you can write down the bars accurately!!!

Keep watching the video!!!

Guitar One Students Week Two Review

Greetings Guitar One Students!

Here is a "review" of the material that we have been covering in class:

1) The Music Staff:

• 5 Lines, 4 Spaces
• Open Notes - E (1st String), B (2nd String), G (3rd String).
• Fingered notes - F (1st String, 1st Fret), G (1st String, 3rd Finger)
• EZ Chords - C (3 string strum), G7 (4 string strum), G (4 String Strum), D7 (4 string Strum).
• Rhythm - Whole note (4 counts), Half note (2 counts), Quarter note (1 count).
• Rests - Whole Rest (4 counts), Half Rest (2 Counts), Quarter Rest (1 Count)

2) Tablature:

• 6 Lines; each line represents a string on the guitar.
• #'s noted on a string tell us which fret to play on, and which string to play.

3) Posture:

• Sit up straight, feet flat on the floor.
• Hold guitar so that you only see the top of the body.
• Picking individual strings: pluck a string, then rest pick on the string below.

4) Parts of the Guitar:

• Head
• Neck
• Body
• Bridge
• Nut
• Tone Hole

That's it for now! Please review the notes above! They will help you gain a better grasp on the musical concepts that we are working on in class!!!

Links To Songs

It is just as important to watch and listen to the songs that we learn in class! Here is a link to each song that all fusion groups are currently working on:

Boulevard of Broken Dreams, by Greenday


Black Magic Woman, by Santana


I Saw Her Standing There, by The Beatles


Summer of '69, by Bryan Adams

Welcome to the 2010-2011 School year!

Welcome Davis Academy Students and Families! This year, the Music Department has four performing Fusion groups, and a Beginner Guitar Class... Stay tuned for new postings, instructional content, and much more!