Simple Trick to find 12 Major Pentatonic Scales in the Circle of 5ths

Circle of 5ths #3 - Compose your first Song & Improvise

Welcome & Introduction

Welcome to the course - Compose your first song using Major Pentatonic Tones (7:46)
Overview of the Course

Circle of 5ths - Major Pentatonic Scale

Major Pentatonic Scale - 5 Tone Scale (2:32)
Major Pentatonic Tones - No dissonant interval sounds (1:49)
Simple Trick to find 12 Major Pentatonic Scales in the Circle of 5ths (3:23)
Fun Activity 1: Use my Formula to find 12 Major Pentatonic Scales in the Circle (2:45)
Answer Sheet to Activity 1

Ear Training: Imprint the Pentatonic Sounds in your Head

Fun Ear Training 1: Pentatonic Tones in Different Keys (4:19)
Fun Ear Training 2: 12 Major Penatonic Keys in Order (3:02)
Fun Ear Training 3: Listen to the 12 Major Pentatonic Sounds by Ear (3:19)
Fun Ear Training 4: Listen to the Oriental flavor of Pentatonic tones (1:32)
Fun Activity 2: Play around with the C Major Pentatonic Tones

Solo Improvisation 1: 4/4 Melodic Pentatonic Tones Sing

Guiding Rule 1: To make music & create solos, we must improvise in Rhythm (3:39)
Guiding Rule 2: Music Sounds Great going up sequentially in 4/4 (2:42)
Guiding Rule 3: Keyboard Fingering Tip - Thumb leading the first tone (1:59)
Fun Activity 3: Practice your Solo 1: Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Ukulele

Solo Improvisation 2: 4/4 Melodic Pentatoic Tones Coming Down

Guiding Rule 4: Melodies like to come down sequentially in 4/4 (1:15)
Guiding Rule 5: Keyboard Fingering Tip - Pinkie as Guiding point (2:39)
Guiding Rule 6: Sing in your heart - Can you hear waterfall rushing down? (1:29)
Fun Activity 4: Practice your Solo 2: Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Ukulele

Solo Improvisation 3: 4/4 Melodic Pattern Going Up & Coming Down

Guiding Rule 7: To create drama for intros & endings, go up & come down (3:33)
Guiding Rule 8: Sing & Hum along when you improvise & play solos (2:14)
Fun Activity 5: Practice your Solo 3: Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Ukulele

Solo Improvisation 4: 6/8 Melodic Pattern Going Up

Guiding Rule 9: Waltz Dance Music is played in Groups of 3 (1:02)
Guiding Rule 10: Fingering Tip for Keyboard - Use Thumb to Guide 1 2 3 (2:42)
Guiding Rule 11: Play Triplets in 2 Groups for 6/8 Time (1:43)
Fun Activity 6: Practice your Solo 4: Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano & Ukulele

Solo Improvisation 5: 6/8 Twirling Dance

Guiding Rule 12: Create a Spiral Effect - 2 Groups of Triplets coming down (0:38)
Guiding Rule 13 : Fingering Tip for Keyboard: Pinkie to guide in every 6th note (3:53)
Guiding Rule 14: When 6/8 coming down in Fast Tempo - Twirling in a Dance (2:10)
Fun Activity 7: Practice your Solo 5: Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Ukulele

Solo Improvisation 6: 4/4: Walking Steps

Guiding Rule 15: Skipping a Tone & Alternating Up (2:49)
Guiding Rule 16: Fingering Tip for Keyboard: Thumb on the First Note (2:04)
Guding Rule 17: Walking Steps at Different Tempo (1:40)
Fun Activity 8: Practice your Solo 6 Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Ukulele

Solo Improvisation 7: 4/4 Run like Raindrops keep falling on my head

Guiding Rule 18: Skipping a Tone & Alternating down (1:34)
Guiding Rule 19: Fingering Tip for Keyboard: Pinkie as the guiding point (1:52)
Guiding Rule 20: Can you hear Raindrops keep falling on your head? (0:58)
Fun Activity 9: Practice your Solo 7 Sheet Music with Guitar, Piano, Ukulele

First Line of Songs - Using Pentatonic Tones

First line of songs Part 1 - Beginning with Pentatonic Tones (2:52)
Fun Activity 10: Find first line of songs that begins with Pentatonic tones
First line of songs Part 2 - Beginning with Pentatonic Tones (3:28)
First line of songs Part 3 - Beginning with Pentatonic Tones (1:37)

Composing Part 1: Understand that Songs need to have Lyrics for them to sing!

Activity 11: Write out the lyrics of these first line of songs
Answer Sheet to the First Lines of the Songs
Composing the First line of song is the toughest!
Activity 12: Writing lyrics to your first new song

Composing Part 2: Understand that Melodies have long and short tones

Song 1: O Christmas Tree - Pentatonic Numbers under the syllables of the words (2:07)
Spot out the 'long tones' and the 'short tones' (2:11)

Fun Activities: Practice writing long tones & short tones

Practice Activities
Song 2: Changing Partners - Long tones & short tones (1:07)
Answer: Changing Partners
Song 3: Do Re Mi - Long Tones & Short Tones (1:06)
Answer: Do Re Mi
Song 4: Kum Ba Yah: Long tones and Short Tones (1:33)
Answer: Kum Ba Yah
Song 5: My Way: Long tones and Short tones (1:03)
Answer: My Way
Song 6: O Susanna: Long tone and Short tones (1:06)
Answer Sheet: O Susanna
Song 7: Silent Night, Holy Night (1:06)
Answer Sheet: Silent Night, Holy Night
Song 8: Silver Bells: Long tones and short tones (1:04)
Answer Sheet: Silver Bells
Song 9: Tennessee Waltz: Long tones and Short tones (1:24)
Answer Sheet: Tennessee Waltz
Song 10: Unchained Melody: Long tones and short tones (0:58)
Answer Sheet: Unchained Melody
Song 11: Dashing Through The Snow: Long tones and short tones (0:50)
Answer Sheet: Dashing Through the Snow

Composing Part 3: Songs need to have Rhythm

We compose songs to rhythm
Song 1 Rhythm Step 1: O Christmas Tree - Find the emphasis in the lyrics (2:37)
Song 1 Rhythm Step 2: Put the song into Time Signature - 3/4 or 4/4 (1:40)

Fun Activities: Put these Different songs into 3/4 or 4/4

Practice Activities
Song 2: Changing Partners
Song 2: Changing Partners Melody (1:30)
Song 2 Rhythm Step 1: Changing Partners - Emphasis in the Lyrics (1:00)
Song 2 Rhythm Step 2: Changing Partners - 3/4 or 4/4 (2:39)
Song 3: My Way
Song 3 Rhythm 1: My Way - Emphasis in the Lyrics (1:01)
Song 3 Rhythm 2: My Way - is it 3/4 or 4/4? (2:02)
Song 4: Silver Bells
Song 4 Rhythm 1: Silver Bells - Emphasis in Lyrics (1:20)
Song 4 Rhythm 2: Silver Bells - Is it 3/4 or 4/4? (0:52)
Song 5: Tennessee Waltz
Song 5 Rhythm 1: Tennessee Waltz - Emphasis in the lyrics (0:58)
Song 5 Rhythm 2: Tennessee Waltz - Is it 3/4 or 4/4? (1:23)
Song 6: Dashing Through the Snow
Song 6 Rhythm 1: Dashing Through The Snow - Emphasis in the lyrics (1:20)
Song 6 Rhythm 2: Dashing Through the Snow - Is it 3/4 or 4/4? (1:15)

Composing Part 4: Put Music to Your First Line

The first line of your song composition

Composing Part 5: Song has structure - Mary Had A Little Lamb

Pentatonic Song 1: Mary Had A Little Lamb Song Sheet
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Pentatnoic Tones in Different Keys (5:17)
Mary Had A Little Lamb - 4/4 Rhythm (0:55)
Mary Had a Little Lamb - Lyrics has Structure (1:52)
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Music Phrasing (2:25)
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Song structure - a b a c (1:04)
Mary Had A Little Lamb - 8 Bar Form (2:07)

Fun Activity Pentatonic Song 2: Tom Dooley

Sheet Music for Tom Dooley
Pentatonic Song 2: Tom Dooley
Tom Dooley - Pentatonic Tones in Different Keys (3:09)
Tom Dooley - Both Hands in 2 different keys (2:15)
Tom Dooley - 4/4 Rhythm (1:31)
Tom Dooley - Lyrics Structure (1:15)
Tom Dooley Song Structure: a a' a'' b (1:47)
Song Composition Tip: Music phrasing - long tones at the end of a phrase (0:56)
Tom Dooley - 8 Bar Form (1:05)

Fun Activity Pentatonic 3: Five Hundred Miles

Pentatonic Song 3: Five Hundred Miles
Sheet music to Five Hundred Miles
Five Hundred Miles - Pentatonic Tones in different keys (4:12)
Five Hundred Miles - 4/4 Rhythm (1:54)
Five Hundred Miles Song structure: a b a' b' (2:37)
Five Hundred Miles: 16 Bar Form (0:33)

Fun Activity Pentatonic 4: Auld Lang Syne

Pentatonic Song 4: Auld Lang Syne
Sheet Music for Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne - Pentatonic Sounds in different keys (3:42)
Auld Lang Syne - 4/4 Rhythm (2:14)
Auld Lang Syne - Song Structure (1:53)
Auld Lang Syne - 16 Bar Form (0:43)

Fun Activity Pentatonic Song 5: Amazing Grace

Pentatonic Song 5: Amazing Grace
Sheet Music: Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace - Pentatonic Sounds (1:43)
Amazing Grace: Rhythm 3/4 (1:44)
Amazing Grace Lyrics: Use powerful words of emotion (contrast with antonyms) (0:46)
Amazing Grace Song Structure: a a' b a'' (1:52)
Amazing Grace: 16 Bar Form (2:08)

Final Stage of Composition: Putting Lyrics & Melody tones together!

Your First Song: Lyrics + Melody Tones
My Song Composition - Rhythm, Phrasing, Lyrics, 16 Bar
A Sample of my song composition in 16 Bar (3:08)
Putting Chords to your First Song Composition
Steps to write your Next Song

Conclusion & Congratulations

Summary of the course

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