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2023 Live Lesson Schedule
March 2023: African Music/Percussion (34:53)
February 2023: Eric Whitacre (44:24)
January 2023: Vivaldi and his Four Seasons (44:15)
December 2022: Britten and his Ceremony of Carols (43:57)
November 2022: Rossini and his opera themes (27:42)
October 2022: Mussorgsky & A Night on Bald Mountain (30:12)
September 2022: J. Strauss Jr. and his Waltzes (33:21)
August 2022: Saint-Saens and Carnival of the Animals (56:51)
July 2022: John Williams and his movie themes (30:01)
June 2022: John Philip Sousa and his marches (with bucket drumming!) (26:14)
May 2022: Grieg and In the Hall of the Mountain King (33:53)
April 2022: Gershwin's An American in Paris (52:02)
March 2022: Prokofiev & Peter and the Wolf (50:22)
February 2022: February: What's Not to Love? Musical Activities for Kids with Puccini's "Love" Tunes (34:40)
January 2022: Impressionism in Music
Christmas Song Sing-Along (3:03)
What is Tempo? (14:17)
Dynamics Practice (13:06)
High & Low Pitches with Body Scale (9:35)
Improvising on the Piano (7:22)
Learn Left Hand Chords to 4 Piano Songs (15:21)
Piano Playing Basics & Learn 4 Songs (18:38)
The Keyboard Instrument Family
The Percussion Instrument Family (14:09)
The Woodwind Instrument Family
The Brass Instrument Family
The String Instrument Family
Major/Minor Scales and Chords
Learn About Music Intervals
Beginning Rhythm Counting
Beginning Sight-Singing with Solfege Hand Signs
Hand-Clapping Games
Singing Games
Bucket Drumming
Body Percussion Musical Activities (15:27)
Music Notes: Names & Lengths
Music Notes, Symbols, & Terms (14:22)
The Notes of the Treble Clef (12:14)
Creating Homemade Instruments video (16:15)
Christmas Song Sing-Along video (17:16)
Bonus video: What is a Percussion Instrument? (14:09)
Bonus video: Birdsongs ~ Music in Nature from Cindy West
Bonus video: How to Easily Provide a Music Education for your Kids at Home

Beginning Music Theory (Do these lessons in order.)

The Notes of the Treble Clef (12:14)
The Notes of the Bass Clef (10:00)
Names of Music Notes, Symbols, & Terms (14:22)
Music Notes: Names & Lengths
Review Notes of Treble & Bass Clefs
Rhythm Practice through Body Percussion (15:27)
Rhythm Practice through Bucket Drumming
Beginning Sight Singing with Solfege Hand Signs
Beginning Rhythm Counting
Learn About Music Intervals
Understanding Major & Minor Scales and Chords
"The Friendly Music Staff" song
Music Theory with Piano Keyboard (beginning piano)
High and Low Pitches with Body Scale (9:35)
Practice with Dynamics
What is Tempo? (14:17)

Active Summer Learning for Elementary (but can be done anytime!)

Body Percussion Activities (15:27)
Bucket Drumming
Singing Games
Hand-Clapping Games
Piano Playing Basics & 4 Piano Songs
Piano Chords to Accompany 4 Songs
Improvising on the Piano

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Special Fine Arts Topic Masterclasses Course for High School: Drama, Music, Dance, & Art

Drama: Hamilton the Musical: How and Why it Became a Sensation! by Gena Mayo
Drama: Steps for Preparing & Auditioning for a College Degree in Theatre by Frank Caputo
Drama: Acting Technique, Warm-up, and Vocabulary 101 by Sophie Murk
Drama: Performing Shakespeare 101 by Sophie Murk (48:07)
Music: How We Sing: Vocal Anatomy and Production by Jonathan Cramer
Music: Affective Voices: Utilizing Resonance and Phrasing to Create Affect in the Listener by Jonathan Cramer
Music: How Musical Key Relate & the Nashville Number System by Chris Brink
Music: Beginning Guitar with "Amazing Grace" by Blayne Chastain
Music: Beginning Ukulele Lesson by Alyssa Anderson
Dance: African Dance by Elle Sahin
Dance: How to do the Shim Sham Tap Dance Routine by Anna Brown
Dance: Latin Dance by Elle Sahin
Art: Watercolor Tips and Tricks by Alisha Gratehouse
Art: Pen & Ink Techniques by Sally (Beyond the Stick Figure)
Art: Cartooning 101 by Melody Guevara

Advanced Music Theory Course (High School Level)

Intro to Advanced Music Theory (book, printables, app)
Scheduling Tips
AP Music Theory Details
Quizlet Practice for Review
Pre-Lesson: Staff, Clefs, Note Names
Lesson #1: Aspects of Sound (14:49)
Lesson #2: Staff, Clefs, Ledger Lines (9:14)
Lesson #3: Accidentals, Notating Stems & Flags (10:08)
Lesson #4: Chapter 1 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #5: Note and Rest Names and Durations (6:58)
Lesson #6: Dotted Notes/Rests and Ties (4:31)
Lesson #7: Rhythm Terms & Simple and Compound Meters (19:02)
Lesson #8: Practice Your Understanding of Meter
Answers for Lesson #8
Lesson #9: More About Meter and Rhythmic Notation (17:14)
Lesson #10: Chapter 2 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #11: Chromatic and Major Scales (14:04)
Lesson #12: Key Signature and Major Key Circle of Fifths (8:54)
Lesson #13: Minor Scales (11:49)
Lesson #14: Minor Key Circle of Fifths (5:36)
Lesson #15: Scale Degree Names (9:13)
Lesson #16: Other Scales & Church Modes (7:20)
Lesson #17: Chapter 3 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #18: Aural Skills you need to have (5:30)
Lesson #19: Singing ~ Movable vs. Fixed "Do" (11:49)
Lesson #20: Singing Common Major Melodic Patterns (15:45)
Lesson #21: Singing Minor Scales (21:19)
Lesson #22: Singing Common Minor Melodic Patterns (7:28)
Lesson #23: Solfege for Chromatic Scale & Sight-Singing Tips (10:08)
Lesson #24: Melodies to Practice Singing
Lesson #25: Aural Exercises #1
Lesson #26: Intervals (16:30)
Lesson #27: Tips for Intervals (9:21)
Lesson #28: Strategies for Difficult Intervals (12:16)
Lesson #29: Chords and Triads (21:21)
Lesson #30: Chapter 5 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #31: Chord Functions (6:32)
Lesson #32: Diatonic Seventh Chords (15:51)
Lesson #33: All the Chords You Need to Know (9:52)
Lesson #34: Inversion Symbols (6:33)
Lesson #35: Figured Bass (19:35)
Lesson #36: Chapter 6 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #37: More on Chord Function (9:05)
Lesson #38: Cadences (6:52)
Lesson #39: Chapter 7 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #40: Aural Exercises #2
Lesson #41: Simple Part-Writing Rules (21:22)
Lesson #42: Part-Writing Examples (47:33)
Lesson #43: Chapter 8 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #44: Common Harmonic Progressions (15:39)
Lesson #45: Uses of Second Inversion Triads (3:51)
Lesson #46: How to Harmonize a Melody (13:21)
Lesson #47: Chapter 9 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #48: Melodic Form & Structure (9:53)
Lesson #49: Repetition (12:14)
Lesson #50: Rhythmic Transformation & Non-Chord Tones (12:35)
Lesson #51: Chapter 10 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #52: Tips for Melodic Dictation (40:27)
Lesson #53: Key Relationships, Mode Mixture, Modulation (32:07)
Lesson #54: Chapter 12 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #55: Secondary Function Harmony (47:18)
Lesson #56: More Secondary Function Chords (10:15)
Lesson #57: Secondary Function and Other Skills (11:00)
Lesson #58: Chapter 13 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #59: Aural Exercises #3
Lesson #60: The Process of Harmonic Composition (26:48)
Lesson #61: More on Harmonic Composition
Lesson #62: Chapter 14 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #63: Harmonic Dictation Prep (15:08)
Lesson #64: Practicing Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #65: Phrase Beginnings Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #66: Mid-Phrase Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #67: Visual Score Analysis (20:10)
Lesson #68: Instrumentation and Transposition (12:10)
Lesson #69: Chapter 16 Summary and Practice Exercises
Lesson #70: Intro to the Rest of the Book (1:52)
Lesson #71: Developing Listening Skills
Lesson #72: Strategies for Melodic Dictation
Lesson #73: Strategies for Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #74: Strategies for Harmonizing a Melody
Lesson #75: Strategies for Sight-Singing
Quizlet: Full Course Review
Review Sessions
Practice Test #1
Final Exam: Practice Test 2 (0:35)

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