Welcome back!

 

This rotation, students will learn two songs and perform them for each other, using feedback to improve: 

- Don't Worry, Be Happy

- Seven Nation Army (instrumental)

 

Guitar tuning (test on the last week)

Names of the strings

Strumming

Chords (G, Am, and C)

Picking a single string

Reading guitar tablature

Rhythms (quarter, eighth, sixteenth and dotted rhythms)

Dynamics and balance

How to play at a steady tempo

How to perform with others

 

Students will also have the opportunity to play on the marimba, piano, and hand drums as a part of their songs. Each student will prove that they can play the three chords mentioned above, by memory, in order to move to another instrument.

 

We will also learn the names of the notes on the treble clef and practice writing them on our dry-erase music boards.

 

Students will also play Rhythm Basketball (a favorite).