Perhaps it'd be worth having an unofficial meeting (i.e., attend if you're
interested) this Tuesday at our normal time to hash out more of the details?
That'd give us more time to plan things out and to spread the word to ACWE (and
any other potentially interested groups).
Jessica
On Apr 3, 2020, 4:01 PM -0500, Warren Gill <mymaestro@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
Yep, me too... our work has increased too, and working at home is not making
things easier.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:16 PM Michael Bell <mikekb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am certainly in favor of Robert leading it. I don't want to put
pressure on him if he has other things to deal with. He is probably in a
similar situation than I am trying to quickly move a bunch of courses
online.
mike
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:12 PM Warren Gill <mymaestro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't really want to lead the class.
It's just MY 2 cents, I think Robert should lead it. If we open this
to non-ACWE peeps we want Robert in front so they are already
familiar with his style when we start actually playing again, and
keep growing membership.
I'm just throwing ideas out there in case Robert needs ideas,
materials, or some other input.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 1:35 PM Michael Bell <mikekb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
If we want to do some music history/appreciation type stuff, I am
happy to do that. I think the official college term for that
kind of stuff now is survey of western music or introduction to
western music. I was thinking it might also be interesting to do
something on the history of the wind band or the evolution of
wind instruments.
mike
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 1:27 PM Michael Bell
<mikekb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All that looks good, Warren. If you want to lead, I can run
the Zoom session and monitor the chat for questions.
mike
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 12:51 PM Warren Gill
<mymaestro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I did the music theory class in 2016, this was the
outline for the first three weeks. Originally, I was
going to skip the "notation primer", figuring that, hey,
we all read music, right? It turned out to be the 1st or
2nd most engaging session of the course... The other
engaging part was about transposing instruments, towards
the end of the course.
Here the plans I used for the 1st three weeks, with links
to the posters.
Week 1:
(Part 1) What is music theory, and why do we need it?
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/what-is-music-theory.pdf
(Part 2)
Music notation primer:
Music notation is the written language that universally
conveys both space and time. In the first session, you
learn about music notation, just to put us all on a level
playing field. You learn about notating:
Pitch (the five lines, clef, accidentals)
Rhythm (all those dots and flags)
Meter (feeling and categorizing the beat)
Beaming (putting patterns together)
Complex meter (7/8 of the time!)
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-pitch.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-rhythm.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-meter.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/beaming.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/complex-meter.pdf
Week 2:
In part two, you learn about scales and keys.
The major scale, and how to build one from a melody
Half steps and whole steps in a scale
Key signatures, all those sharps and flats
The Circle of Fifths
The minor scale
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/the-major-scale.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/key-signatures.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/the-circle-of-fifths.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/minor-scales.pdf
Week 3:
In part three, you learn about intervals.
Diatonic intervals (intervals within the scale) and
some melodies to assist your analysis!
Perfect intervals (why do we call them "perfect"?)
Imperfect intervals (just to augment the instruction)
How to analyze and write your own intervals!
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/diatonic-intervals.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/perfect-intervals.pdf
https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/imperfect-intervals.pdf
Here's the one page of the score we use to analyze
intervals and chords.
http://acwe.org/sites/default/files/MusicTheoryStudy.pdf
