Welcome & Introduction
Circle of 5ths - Major Pentatonic Scale
Ear Training: Imprint the Pentatonic Sounds in your Head
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Fun Ear Training 1: Pentatonic Tones in Different Keys (4:19)
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Fun Ear Training 2: 12 Major Penatonic Keys in Order (3:02)
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Fun Ear Training 3: Listen to the 12 Major Pentatonic Sounds by Ear (3:19)
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Fun Ear Training 4: Listen to the Oriental flavor of Pentatonic tones (1:32)
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Fun Activity 2: Play around with the C Major Pentatonic Tones
Solo Improvisation 1: 4/4 Melodic Pentatonic Tones Sing
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Guiding Rule 1: To make music & create solos, we must improvise in Rhythm (3:39)
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Guiding Rule 2: Music Sounds Great going up sequentially in 4/4 (2:42)
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Guiding Rule 3: Keyboard Fingering Tip - Thumb leading the first tone (1:59)
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Fun Activity 3: Practice your Solo 1: Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Ukulele
Solo Improvisation 2: 4/4 Melodic Pentatoic Tones Coming Down
Solo Improvisation 3: 4/4 Melodic Pattern Going Up & Coming Down
Solo Improvisation 4: 6/8 Melodic Pattern Going Up
Solo Improvisation 5: 6/8 Twirling Dance
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Guiding Rule 12: Create a Spiral Effect - 2 Groups of Triplets coming down (0:38)
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Guiding Rule 13 : Fingering Tip for Keyboard: Pinkie to guide in every 6th note (3:53)
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Guiding Rule 14: When 6/8 coming down in Fast Tempo - Twirling in a Dance (2:10)
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Fun Activity 7: Practice your Solo 5: Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Ukulele
Solo Improvisation 6: 4/4: Walking Steps
Solo Improvisation 7: 4/4 Run like Raindrops keep falling on my head
First Line of Songs - Using Pentatonic Tones
Composing Part 1: Understand that Songs need to have Lyrics for them to sing!
Composing Part 2: Understand that Melodies have long and short tones
Fun Activities: Practice writing long tones & short tones
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Practice Activities
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Song 2: Changing Partners - Long tones & short tones (1:07)
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Answer: Changing Partners
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Song 3: Do Re Mi - Long Tones & Short Tones (1:06)
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Answer: Do Re Mi
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Song 4: Kum Ba Yah: Long tones and Short Tones (1:33)
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Answer: Kum Ba Yah
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Song 5: My Way: Long tones and Short tones (1:03)
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Answer: My Way
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Song 6: O Susanna: Long tone and Short tones (1:06)
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Answer Sheet: O Susanna
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Song 7: Silent Night, Holy Night (1:06)
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Answer Sheet: Silent Night, Holy Night
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Song 8: Silver Bells: Long tones and short tones (1:04)
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Answer Sheet: Silver Bells
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Song 9: Tennessee Waltz: Long tones and Short tones (1:24)
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Answer Sheet: Tennessee Waltz
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Song 10: Unchained Melody: Long tones and short tones (0:58)
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Answer Sheet: Unchained Melody
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Song 11: Dashing Through The Snow: Long tones and short tones (0:50)
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Answer Sheet: Dashing Through the Snow
Composing Part 3: Songs need to have Rhythm
Fun Activities: Put these Different songs into 3/4 or 4/4
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Practice Activities
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Song 2: Changing Partners
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Song 2: Changing Partners Melody (1:30)
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Song 2 Rhythm Step 1: Changing Partners - Emphasis in the Lyrics (1:00)
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Song 2 Rhythm Step 2: Changing Partners - 3/4 or 4/4 (2:39)
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Song 3: My Way
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Song 3 Rhythm 1: My Way - Emphasis in the Lyrics (1:01)
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Song 3 Rhythm 2: My Way - is it 3/4 or 4/4? (2:02)
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Song 4: Silver Bells
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Song 4 Rhythm 1: Silver Bells - Emphasis in Lyrics (1:20)
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Song 4 Rhythm 2: Silver Bells - Is it 3/4 or 4/4? (0:52)
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Song 5: Tennessee Waltz
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Song 5 Rhythm 1: Tennessee Waltz - Emphasis in the lyrics (0:58)
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Song 5 Rhythm 2: Tennessee Waltz - Is it 3/4 or 4/4? (1:23)
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Song 6: Dashing Through the Snow
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Song 6 Rhythm 1: Dashing Through The Snow - Emphasis in the lyrics (1:20)
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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
Composing Part 5: Song has structure - Mary Had A Little Lamb
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Pentatonic Song 1: Mary Had A Little Lamb Song Sheet
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Mary Had A Little Lamb - Pentatnoic Tones in Different Keys (5:17)
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Mary Had A Little Lamb - 4/4 Rhythm (0:55)
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Mary Had a Little Lamb - Lyrics has Structure (1:52)
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Mary Had A Little Lamb - Music Phrasing (2:25)
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Mary Had A Little Lamb - Song structure - a b a c (1:04)
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Mary Had A Little Lamb - 8 Bar Form (2:07)
Fun Activity Pentatonic Song 2: Tom Dooley
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Sheet Music for Tom Dooley
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Pentatonic Song 2: Tom Dooley
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Tom Dooley - Pentatonic Tones in Different Keys (3:09)
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Tom Dooley - Both Hands in 2 different keys (2:15)
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Tom Dooley - 4/4 Rhythm (1:31)
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Tom Dooley - Lyrics Structure (1:15)
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Tom Dooley Song Structure: a a' a'' b (1:47)
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Song Composition Tip: Music phrasing - long tones at the end of a phrase (0:56)
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Tom Dooley - 8 Bar Form (1:05)
Fun Activity Pentatonic 3: Five Hundred Miles
Fun Activity Pentatonic 4: Auld Lang Syne
Fun Activity Pentatonic Song 5: Amazing Grace
Final Stage of Composition: Putting Lyrics & Melody tones together!
Conclusion & Congratulations
Bonus Section - Resources for Students
