Periscope #8
My video is still available on Periscope until 02/17/16 10:30 PST
"Hello, How Are You?"
What do you do if beginning students are itching to learn a pop song? You can meet their desire by giving a partial taste or the whole enchilada using a lead sheet. These are some things I covered on my last Periscope Video.
"Hello, How Are You?"
What do you do if beginning students are itching to learn a pop song? You can meet their desire by giving a partial taste or the whole enchilada using a lead sheet. These are some things I covered on my last Periscope Video.
- Some lead sheets are available at musicnotes.com
- Start with teaching the scale of the piece
- Teach chords and their inversions
- Learn the melody line
This can take many weeks. I use this part of the lesson like dessert.
5. Try melody line with chords leaving out the middle note, just fifths or just a single note.
6. If they still want more sound, try hanging the chords under the melody. The melody note must be on top so find that inversion.The harmony doesn't have to be under every melody note.
7. This is not precision playing. Allowing exploration and improv.
Next week on Periscope is still undecided. I am there on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.
Periscope is a free app by the Twitter company that allows you to broadcast all over the world. There is no time limit. Viewers can participate by typing messages and questions and by sending hearts for content they like. The recorded broadcast is viewable for 24 hours after airing.
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