School of Rock – Day 15 – Celebration and Reflection

SUMMARY

  • Write your class summary last, at the end of the course here… Only one to two sentences. How would you explain this class to a friend in one to two sentences?

it is a fun class.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • Write a couple sentences reflecting on your ‘Big Project’
  • Include a reflection on what you learned by doing this project. 

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

i learned about how to make what i made better.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in learning about music theory and song analysis?

i learned new things to make it better.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in learning about HookLab and HookTab?

i practiced my song.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

PRACTICE ROOM (LESSONS)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in learning to play the guitar, bass, piano, etc.?

i learned how to make more songs.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in learning about songwriting, music composition structure, and music production?

i learned to write better lyrics.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in learning about recording, engineering (sound effects, EQ), and mixing?

i learned better ways to mix my music.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in learning about topics related to the brain, creativity, emotional health, and productivity?

i learned more creative ways to make music.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

STAGE

  • Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in what we watched and did?

i learned more about others music preferences.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your overview class story narrative here!
  • Highlight what you learned and enjoyed THE MOST for the past three weeks
  • Highlight at least one thing you overcame that was hard for you, at first, an achievement you are proud of. 

i enjoyed the entyer thing

THE COURSE’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION (OVERALL)

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 5

What interested you most about the CONTENT material in this class?

What was the most surprising, satisfying thing you learned that you didn’t know before?

Process (The HOW)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 5

What did you like most about the CLASS STRUCTURE, ya’know the day-to-day work process? Why?

What didn’t you like most about the class structure?

If you took the class again, what would you change?

BONUS MATERIAL

Dr. Gebrian’s Brain-Friendly Practice Ideas

Dr. Gebrian’s YouTube Playlists on Practice Techniques and Brain Research

Annie Dang’s Songwriting YouTube Channel

Annie Dang’s YouTube Resources for Songwriting and Publishing

How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xaICKlp9kQc%3Fstart%3D634%26feature%3Doembed

Link to How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain by HealthyGamerGG on YouTube

School of Rock – Day 14 – Voice, Preparation, and Presentation

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

i Also colaberated with AJ

  • EVERYONE: 

dog barking sounded like scraching

Leadership Project (SMART Goal Evidence)

  1. Welcome to show and tell!
  2. Embed media as evidence of your completed work (SHOW)
  3. Write what you completed. Write it as if the person reading has no idea what you were working on for the past week. (TELL)

i making a story but almost only with sounds not words

Soundtrap Exporting and Mixing Resources

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yq-BnrEB8Ag%3Fstart%3D1%26feature%3Doembed

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

I practiced in soundtrap

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uDDeves6Crs%3Ffeature%3Doembed

was intresting

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

worked on spundtrap

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

did not do this i think?

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

did not do this i think?

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Watch how to present with power and poise

https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen.html
https://www.youtube.com/embed/02EJ1IdC6tE

Great presentations have many ingredients from the structure of the visuals to the delivery. But what makes it all work from voice, eye contact, word choice, body language, the visuals used, etc. Let’s take a look at the act of successfully presenting or pitching an idea to reveal these ingredients.

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/McHPIxErbeyuAz
Brain Rules for Presenters from Garr

  • Go for a walk and think about what these videos and the slideshow mean to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

did not do this i think?

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

watched RUMBLE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 10 – Community

SUMMARY

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
  • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kfhTruV_7aM%3Ffeature%3Doembed

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Habit Stacking and fill in the Template with your own habit stack from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cBDJDZAo41c%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

Write what was most interesting to you.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Corner
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: 5 Minute Lessons (you do not need the cards)
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Write what was most interesting to you learned – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3wSbCdQMC6I%3Ffeature%3Doembed

STAGE

  • Watch the from 46:00 to 1:15:00 minutes of Hitsville: The Making Of Motown
  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 8 – Leadership Planning and Preparation

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  1. Pick one of the following: Leading by being part of a team or Leading by example
  2. Place your project idea, the description, and the outcome here: bit.ly/2ZxekGt
  3. Write the same thing above these instructions under the LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY heading

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Masterclass Article

Oblique Strategies Cards by Brian Eno

Holistic Songwriter

  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Corner
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: 5 Minute Lessons (you do not need the cards)
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Write what was most interesting to you

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Watch and Listen to Adriel Wallick’s creative process (even though it’s about game design, it’s still a great process for any creative person)
  • Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 12 – Collaboration and Growth- Part 2

SUMMARY

i learned to manege myself and my music.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you hope to complete on your ‘afternoon’ today.

i am making a sound only story

 Goal Page: Progress For Today

  1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta!
  2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
  3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)

i am almost done

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=b2XXzcQhPvc%3Ffeature%3Doembed

i lerned more about the guitar

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Chapter 3: How to Build Better Habit in 4 Simple Steps from James Clear’s Atomic Habits

i learned how to make better habbits

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

i learned more about soundtrap and hooktheory and how to use them better.

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SvTwovDq9l8%3Ffeature%3Doembed

i learned more about the artists

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

the mixing and adding effects was what intrestied me more it then the others beacuse it was something i could use more.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M%3Ffeature%3Doembed
  • WatchShawn Anchor’s TED talk about happiness
    • “We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backward? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.”  – TED.com
  • Listen to Freakonomics – Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? (Ep. 355)
  • WYNTON MARSALIS
    • “My first thing I have my students do is write a mission statement. And that mission statement has three sentences. What do I want to do, how do I achieve it, and why am I doing it? And based on that mission statement, I teach them. And I have, my fundamental teaching to them is, I want you to rise above the cycle of punishment and reward. I’m not going to reward you or punish you. This is information, and you can do what you want with this information. So, you’re always actualizing. And I always tell them, if you want to learn something I can’t stop you. If you don’t want to learn it, I cannot teach you.”
  • Go for a walk and think about what this podcast meant to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

gutiar

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

i solved the problems with my song

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 11 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 1

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
  • Remember to also add an entry to your SMART Goal Page underneath your goal statement.
  • Create a heading titled, ‘July 15th Work’.
  • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today

Goal Page: Progress For Today

  1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta!
  2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
  3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)
  4. Delete Mr. Le Duc’s instructions – yes, these instructions – yes the instructions you are reading right now! DO IT! NOW!! RIGHT HERE!! hello? please?

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Chapter 2: How Habit Shape your Identity from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_ryupLmKCU%3Ffeature%3Doembed

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ynFNt4tgBJ0%3Ffeature%3Doembed

What Makes This Song Great? Ep.71 BOSTON (#2)

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

The Marshmallow Experiment and Delayed Gratification

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TZYIJDtt3mU%3Fstart%3D1%26feature%3Doembed

“…a seemingly simple experiment devised by Walter Mischel to test will power: put a kid in a room with a marshmallow, and tell her if she can resist eating it for 15 minutes, she can have 2 marshmallows. It turns out the kids who could wait were much more likely to be successful as adults. “- RadioLab.org – Your Future in a Marshmallow

  • Two sources for more information on your success and delayed gratification
  • Radio Lab
  • This American Life
    • This American Life podcast Back to School
    • Listen to act 1 from minute 3:45 to 37:00.  Then skipped to Act 2 from 43:00 until the end.
    • Take notes
  • Take notes on important steps to help you succeed
  • Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

STAGE

  • Finish watching from 1:20:00 minutes of Hitsville: The Making Of Motown
  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 6 – Bass Basics

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

PRACTICE ROOM

Log your daily practice with your Paper Practice Log

Use the MusicWill.org JamZone, books, or ultimate-guitar.com. Remember to use a metronome to record the BPM rate you can play perfectly.

Bass Practice Extras

Step 1: Watch How To Add Bass Notes Guitar Strumming Lessons by Tomas Michaud

Screenshot from Tomas Michaud video

Step 2: Download the guitar TABS for his exercise (PDF)

Step 3: Practice one of the exercises

Bonus Bass Resource!

CLASSROOM

Watch How Bass Works (47 minutes)

organs where the first where the first to produce bass, tuba was also the first, inversions can be added, quantizes means chop up and put together,

LAB

Step 1: Watch How to write Chromatic Notes in Hookpad (some bass lines are based on chromatic scale)

screenshot from HookTab

Step 2: Watch 3 ways to use Hookpad’s MIDI drag-drop feature (you can create basslines and more and export to Soundtrap and other DAW – digital audio workstations)

Step 3: Try making a bassline to a chord progression or melody line.

Screenshot from HookLab

STUDIO

Play around with playing the low E string (6th string on the top of the neck) on your guitar. Create a simple three-note-ish bassline. Get funky with it.  Try different plucking tempos to great the groove. You can even try playing Smoke on the Water

Screenshot from Kidsguitarzone.com

CONTROL ROOM

OUTSIDE / IDEAS

Profile in Excellence

Screenshot from Polyphonic at YouTube

Profile in Excellence

Image from Wikipedia

Choice 2: Flip through the Quizlet on Bass Composition Techniques flashcards a couple times.

Screenshot from Quizlet Bass Composition Techniques

Choice 3: Watch How to Quickly Improve Focus – Andrew Huberman

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 5 – Rhythm Basics

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

PRACTICE ROOM

Log your daily practice with your Paper Practice Log

Use the MusicWill.org JamZone, books, or ultimate-guitar.com. Remember to use a metronome to record the BPM rate you can play perfectly.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

Rhythm Practice

Time for the right hand to take center stage (if you are a right-handed guitar player).

Watch Mike Palmisano show you how to play guitar like a drummer.

Find a Funklet beat you like.

On guitar, play along with the beat trying Mike’s guitar strumming technique.

Write a brief reflection on how both of these exercises are working.

A Side Note

CLASSROOM

Watch How Rhythm Works (47 minutes)

at the center of all beats is the “Pulse”, the “Pulse” can be messy but you cant hear it, you can be made to invision the meaning of the music rather then being told what it means, the “Pulse” can be broken up and emphasized,

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

LAB

Step 1: Watch Drum Arrangements Made Simple and learn how to create a simple groove and fill-ins.

Step 2: Learn how to Arranging Drums in Hookpad

Step 3: (Optional) Explore Advanced Drum Arrangements in Hookpad.

How was this activity? Write a reflection on what you did and learned.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

STUDIO

Funklet is back!  This time in the studio. Pick a drummer, like Clyde Stubblefield. Play around with the drummer’s beat with Funklet’s editing options. Play a rhythmic guitar strumming pattern over the beat. Practice playing in time with the beat. Try muting the strings and keeping tempo, chucka-chucka style. Watch this chucka-chucka tutorial, to better understand the technique.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

OUTSIDE / IDEAS

Flip through the Quizlet on Rhythm Terminology flashcards a couple times.

Image Metric levels from the Wikimedia Commons

After playing with Quizlet, go for a walk and think about the rhythm of your steps.  How many beats per minute is your walk/pace/cadence? What is the tempo of some of your favorite songs?  How many beats per minute is your favorite tempo?

Write a brief reflection on your mental meanderings.

ATOMIC HABITS – Tiny Changes that Create Remarkable Results – James Clear

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1gdkBt9it84%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gdkBt9it84

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

CONTROL ROOM

Funklet is back, AGAIN!  This time in the control room.

Pick a drummer.

Export the MIDI file.

Import it into Soundtrap.

Record a rhythmic guitar strumming pattern over the beat.

If you get stuck with any of these steps, watch Mr. Le Duc’s Tutorial for Exporting and Importing MIDI Files with Funklet, HookLab, and Soundtrap.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School or Rock – Day 3 – Melody Basics

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

PRACTICE ROOM

Watch How to practice effectively…for just about anything – Annie Bosler and Don Greene

Log your daily practice with your Paper Practice Log

Use the MusicWill.org JamZone, books, or ultimate-guitar.com. Remember to use a metronome to record the BPM rate that you can currently play perfectly.

What did you think about your practice today?

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

CLASSROOM

Watch How Melody Works (47 minutes)

There are many different ladders that almost have the same notes. Notes got sharper when they went up and notes got flatter when they went down. Some melody’s start slow and simple but then get more complicated and faster.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

LAB

https://youtube.com/watch?v=AyWT-2yfJ6Y%3Flist%3DPLs87IfRAxky1npoTny7JHKbuSlnfhvLSH

Beginning Basics for HookTheory Videos

Watch the tutorial. How was this activity? Write a reflection on what you did and learned. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

OUTSIDE / INSPIRATION / IDEAS

Watch Elizabeth Gilbert discuss creativity.

Watch Your elusive creative genius

Go for a walk and think about what she and Brian Eno shared. Write anything you found interesting and useful. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

STUDIO

https://youtube.com/watch?v=rl-V2IsUprQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed

How Melody Works LinkLink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-V2IsUprQ

Melody Composition Terms

  • Theme – write the descriptions next to the term
  • Motive
  • Period
  • Phrase
  • Antecedent (Question) Phrase
  • Consequent (Answer) Phrase
  • Scale Degrees
    • Tonic
    • Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant
    • Dominant, Subdominant, Leading Tone
  • Steps
  • Leaps
  • Conjunct motion
  • Disjunct motion
  • Repetition
  • Contrast
  • Variation

Melody Resources

Mr. Le Duc’s Key of C Major Notes and Chords Chart (PDF)

Easy Melody Writing Guide

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CONTROL ROOM

Go back into Soundtrap and play!

  • Write a brief reflection on how this process worked for you.

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most. Problem-solving is one of the most essential skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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STAGE

We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.

This is the performance room for sharing and playing together.

Reflect on which instrument you picked and what we played today.

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DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

School of Rock – Day 2 – Basics and Foundations

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

PRACTICE ROOM

Use your Paper Practice Log

Use JamZone and books.

What did you think about today’s practice?

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CLASSROOM

https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgaTLrZGlk0%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Write notes of topics you want to remember. This video is very intense.  There is a lot of music theory in it.  Please enjoy and try not to get overwhelmed. much of this will make more sense as you work with these concepts. Think of this as an overview. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

LAB

Explore some more songs at https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/charts/chart/top

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JOURNAL

Go for a walk. Think about your life as a narrative for today.  A story of today. You as the protagonist. What/who is your nemesis? Are you trying to win/accomplish something? What? Write notes here about what you thought… and experiment with your blog.  Maybe change the theme? Have fun! DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

STUDIO

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DCTil7LLZ5E%3Flist%3DPL1wHeEmBdcWTqzeGIgiZJSOoSJd3sXHk3

Start American Songwriter Andrea Stolpe’s series: How to Write a Song: Use Imagery and Small Moments

Write a brief reflection of some of the highlights you learned.

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CONTROL ROOM

Continue Soundtrap.com expert training. Pick tutorials that interest you.

https://academy.soundtrap.com/p/soundtrap-expert

Get to Know the Studio

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pmJCXL9S_d8%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Explore the Regions

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UODMsk4kOZs%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Explore Tracks

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ra_Ik1l8YKg%3Ffeature%3Doembed
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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most.  Also, share what you needed to do to complete the day’s work. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as what you got done. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM