Month: April 2020 (Page 2 of 2)

Lesson 1: Song Maker

This is just a fun and easy activity for you to get creative and for all of us (including me) to try out this format of doing music lessons through my website. No pressure!

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO on STREAM

if you are having trouble playing it on my website

or CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO FILE

Assignment: Chrome Music Lab Song Maker Composition

Hopefully you’ve already had a chance to experiment with the Chrome Music Lab that I posted before. If not, now is your chance! Watch my video about all the things you can do in the Song Maker, and then make some cool songs/loops of your own! Don’t forget to copy and save the links of any songs you want to keep to show your family or friends later.

Once you’re happy with your creation, copy its save link and go back to Teams to submit it as a reply to my post in the music channel (please do not make a new post in the music channel). Have fun!

Click here to enter the Music Lab

 

Below are some extra challenges if you want to try even more!

Bonus challenge #1: I started creating Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in the Song Maker. Can you finish it?

Bonus challenge #2A: I also started Dona Nobis Pacem. Can you finish this one?

#2B Can you layer all 3 parts of Dona Nobis Pacem the same time the way we sing it?

Bonus challenge #3: Can you re-create another, even harder song by yourself (you might need to choose the chromatic scale in settings to have all the notes you need)?  Star Wars? O Canada ? Old Town Road? Megalovania?

Welcome back to band Gr. 7s!

Hello grade 7 band students! I hope you are all doing well. I have found some fantastic resources for us to use moving forward with band in this unusual

time. I have a video message for you here:

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO if you are having trouble playing it on my website.

Please fill out this form here.  We may not be able to play live together right now, but I have a couple of ideas in mind for how we can still make music as an ensemble.

To be honest, I am still deciding whether I will be posting material for you on this site or on Teams… so I’m going to do both to start and see which works better. Maybe it will be a mix of the two, really it just comes down to whatever works best.

Hang on to your March practice sheets! I will have you send me a photo or scan of those once I’m set up to receive assignments from you. In the meantime, you can get started on your April practice sheet here you will have to download your own copy to keep on your computer and edit (File > Save As) and then send it back to me at the end of the month.

You’ll hear more from me soon! In the meantime, keep on practicing The Avengers, Ayre and Dance, and the scales & arpeggios on page 40 of Essential Elements (especially #1 and #3 for both concert Bb Major and Concert F Major), and anything else that you feel like practicing!

Take care,

– Mr. Martin

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