"Thriller" Samples

HOPEFULLY WHEN WE START THRILLER, STUDENTS CAN PUT TOGETHER

MOVES THAT LOOK GREAT, MAYBE SOMETHING NEW? IT'S YOUR CALL.

HERE ARE SOME VIDEOS TO HELP GIVE AN IDEA.

AUDITIONS FOR WHO WILL BE "MJ" WILL BE ON THURSDAY APRIL 8, 2010.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:00am Auditorium "Thriller" Discussion for students who want to

dance. Sign-up Sheet on my desk. 15-20 students who can commit to a couple mornings per

week 7am-8am to learning the routine.


March 26-April 4, Spring Break Stay Safe


April 7, 2010 7am-8am First practice in Auditorium. "Thriller"

Spring Concert Thursday, May 13th, 2010 7PM -9PM

Steel Band: Clemente by Students

Matilda-Maryanne




Moliendo Cafe

A student recorded this before we actually recorded it for a cd.

FunkyTown Video

Order of Sharps and Flats

Flats: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Fb
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Sharps: F# C# G# D# A# E# B#
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http://www.studybass.com/lessons/harmony/the-order-of-sharps-and-flats/

Circle of 5ths Explained

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths
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1. For our purposes the circle of 5ths relates the Major Scales together.

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2. There are 12 Major scales. So far we have learned C, G, D, F, and Bb in class.

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3. When you start at C at the TOP, you count every 5 letters to get to the next SCALE.

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Example: C to G would be C, D, E, F, G and G to D would be G, A, B, C, D

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4. When starting at C at the TOP, going LEFT, you count every 4 letters to get to the next scale.

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Example: C to F would be C, D, E, F and F to Bb would be F, G, A, Bb

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5. You should be able to fill in the chart using this method. Remember flats (b) begin on the left.

And sharps (#) begin on the right.

Music Alphabet Letters

Music Alphabet

All music is made up of notes. A note is basically a pitch produced by some musical instrument.

Every note in music corresponds to a letter. The music alphabet is made up of only seven

letters: A-G.

This is because when playing the notes in order, the note that would be "H", sounds like another

"A", so we just start the set over.

Example: A B C D E F G A or: C D E F G A B C

Bassoon Workshop

Today students had a workshop during class about the bassoon.

Students filled out a worksheet that asked them different things about what they were learning.

1. What instrument are we learning about today?

2. What is it made out of?

3. How much does it cost to make or buy one?

4. What is a Bocal?

5. What does it look like? Describe it.

6. What music groups can a bassoon be a part of?

7. What GENRE (Type) of music can a bassoon play?

8. Why does a bassoonist SIT down when playing a bassoon?

9. What does a bassoon sound like?

10. What music instrument family does the bassoon belong to?

Brass/Woodwind/String/Percussion

11. Where have you seen this instrument before?

12. What CLEF does a bassoon use? Why?

13. What did you learn today?

Click on the photo to enlarge.

These are the parts of a bassoon.

This is the Bocal. This is the mouthpiece of the bassoon. The reed is put on the end of the bocal and a bassoonist will put the reed in their mouth and blow air through it to make a buzzing sound.

Form: Listening Examples

When looking for the FORM you are looking for a PATTERN or a change of PATTERNS in the music.


The music will always start with "A".

Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bTMbePj0A&feature=related

The first 3 changes are A B C FORM

Vocabulary: FORM

The term musical form is used to refer to the structure which music is built upon.


Music form may have changes in harmony, rhythm, or musical instruments as a

way to determine the different sections in the music.


Letters can be used to label the form of any piece of music, from the simplest to the
most complex.

Each major section of the music is labelled with a letter; for example, the first section is the A


If the second section (or third or fourth) is exactly the same as the first, it is also

labelled A.


The first section of the piece that is different from A is labelled B.


Sections that are not like A or B are labelled C, and so on.

COMMON FORMS:

ABA

ABC

ABCA

ABCB

ABCD

ABAC

Rhythms

Rhythm Sheet #1.

A. Quarter Notes

B. Quarter Notes & Half Notes

Example: (try these out)

(CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT LARGER)

FINAL EXAMS

Tuesday

EVENS

Wednesday

ODDS

Thursday

MAKE-UPS

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Music for second semester

Advanced Steel Band

Moonlight Sonata

YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ta5qRTRejA


Banana Boat ( Day-O)

YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZASlYwCNyw


Beginning Steel Drums

Che Che Cole (not found)


Oye Como Vah http://www.steeldrumisland.com/collection/

Beethoven

Click HERE to learn about Beethoven and test your skills!

What is your score?

Lesson #2 Staff, Notes, Clefs

Click here for Lesson #2 about how Clefs work and how to remember where notes are placed.


CLICK HERE for MUSIC THEORY LESSON

Lesson #1 Note Duration

Click on the following LINK to learn about Notes, Duration (length of time to play them).

MUSIC THEORY LINK CLICK HERE

Mallets

A good place to get better mallets is PanYard.

PanYard has a website called Http://www.panyard.com

They are located in Ohio.

For mallets I recommend the classic.

Click Here for a link to the mallets.

Starting from the left are the mallets for the Lead/Tenor player (1st row).

I actually prefer the 2nd pair of mallets for 1st and 2nds.

If you want to get mallets for 3rd part then you should get the 4th pair of mallets in the picture.

You DO NOT have to purchase these to succeed in class. I have sticks you can use.

This is only a good purchase if you want a little better sound from your drum or you plan on

taking more than 1 year of steel drums. Wood mallets that we use in class are just fine.

Music Symbols

Tuesday January 19, 2010 Notes

Bass Clef - The Bass Clef is used for Cellos (3rds) and Bass.

Treble Clef - The Treble Clef (also known as the "G" Clef, is used for Tenor and 2nds)










Staff - The 'staff' has 5 lines and 4 spaces where music is written.







Time Signature - The time signature tells us two things.
1) How many pulses (beats) per measure. 2) What kind of note gets the beat.

4 .... 2
4 or 4