Guitar anatomy
Placing the hands on the guitar
Reading tablature
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star | Alphabet Song
Free guitar apps for everyone
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Monday - Friday 12pm PST / 3pm EST
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INTRODUCTION
With social distancing keeping everyone at home, many of us are finding that wehave extra time on our hands, on top of the inability to meet in-person for music lessons. At Ausounds, we understand the struggles that everyone may be experiencing right now, andwe'd like to offer something that could help to educate, inspire, and unite our music community during these uncertain times. Ausounds will be hosting a free Music Lesson series with ChrisVasquez for the public on March 30th at 12pm PST. Anyone is welcome to watch, listen, orlearn to play.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Anyone interested in learning more about music should join us each day.These lessons will teach guitar, piano, percussion, music theory, improvisation, and more. Theywill be immensely beneficial to anyone who ever considered learning to play any instrument.Every lesson will include popular music examples that everyone can learn and share with friends and family. Students can participate with instruments they have at home, free instrumentapps discussed in the lesson, and with household objects. Each session will be interactive, fun,and engaging. Chris will cover a variety of topics and take requests for songs and topics duringeach session. All players are welcome!
WEEKLY AMBASSADOR GUEST
FRANKIE J
Grammy Nominated Pop Singer | Songwriter
Frankie J is a Grammy nominated pop singer | songwriter most notably know for his hit singles "Don't Wanna Try", "Ya No Es Igual", "Obsession (No Es Amor)", "Suga Suga" by rapper Baby Bash and the #1 hit single "Si Una Vez (If I Once)" by Play N Skills feat. Becky G and Kap G. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his album Faith, Hope y Amor in 2013 for Best Latin Pop Album.
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FULL 5 WEEK SCHEDULE
WEEK 1 (Week of March 30th): INTRODUCTION
BEGINNERS
Day 1 - Monday | Guitar for Beginners
Day 2 - Tuesday | Piano for Beginners
Piano anatomy
Finger placement
Mary had a little lamb
Twinkle, Twinkly Little Star | Alphabet Song
Free piano apps for everyone
Day 3 - Wednesday | Percussion at Home
Defining a "beat"
Four principle rhythms
Identifying rhythms in music
Identifying patterns
Home percussion instruments
Day 4 - Thursday | Music theory | Ear training at home and in the car
Defining melody, harmony, and rhythm
Ear training basics
Recognizing pitches
Recognizing intervals
Learn movie themes
Day 5 - Friday | A week in review | Total request live
Week in review
Take song requests from participants
Teach song requests
WEEK 2 (Week of April 6th): MUSIC DOESN'T WAIT
BEGINNER | INTERMEDIATE
Day 6 - Monday | Guitar for Beginners
Tuning the guitar
Defining chords
First open position chords
The importance of time
Strumming the guitar
Day 7 - Tuesday | Piano for Beginners
C major scale with finger placement
Defining chords
Defining chord progression
Playing in time
Day 8 - Wednesday | Percussion at Home
Reviewing our rhythms
Introducing 8th notes
How to count 8th notes
Counting out loud
Home percussion
Day 9 - Thursday | Music theory | Ear training at home and in the car
Introducing the treble clef
Memory systems
Math and music
Ear training at home and in the car
Day 10 - Friday | A week in review | Total request live
Week in review
Take song requests from participants
Teach song requests
WEEK 3 (Week of April 13th): CHOOSING A PATH
INTERMEDIATE
Day 11 - Monday | Beginner - Intermediate Guitar
More open position chords
Eighth note strumming patterns
Working on popular music examples
Day 12 - Tuesday | Beginner - Intermediate Piano
C major scale, left hand
C major scale with two hands
Playing chords with two hands
Continued work on the popular music examples
Day 13 - Wednesday | Percussion at Home
Explaining time signatures
Playing in 3/4 or 6/8
Song examples
Day 14 - Thursday | Music theory | Ear training at home and in the car
Introducing bass clef
Memory systems for bass clef
Combining all of our notes on the grand staff
Defining scales
Day 15 - Friday | A week in review | Total request live
Week in review
Take song requests from participants
Teach song requests
WEEK 4 (Week of April 20th): FINAL PUSH
INTERMEDIATE | ADVANCED
Day 16 - Monday | Intermediate Guitar
Introducing the pentatonic scale shape 1
Using the metronome
Measuring results
Pentatonic guitar riffs
Day 17 - Tuesday | Intermediate Piano
Scales in G major
Scales in D major
Scales in A major
Popular music examples
Day 18 - Wednesday | Percussion at Home
Defining 12/8, swing, shuffle
Defining cut time and half time
Recognizing rhythms
Day 19 - Thursday | Music theory | Ear training at home and in the car
Identifying song forms
Identifying song parts
Introducing the road map | lead sheets | charts
Day 20 - Friday | A week in review | Total request live
Week in review
Take song requests from participants
Teach song requests
WEEK 5 (Week of April 27th): THE NEXT STAGE
ADVANCED
Day 21 - Monday | Intermediate - Advanced Guitar
Introducing bends, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs
Defining improvisation
Defining relative minor
Guitar soloing
Soloing in any key
Day 22 - Tuesday | Intermediate - Advanced Piano
The circle of 5ths
Scales in all keys
Self accompaniment
Popular music examples
Day 23 - Wednesday | Percussion at Home
Defining dynamics
Defining "drum fills"
Creating magic moments
Supporting the song
Day 24 - Thursday | Music theory | Ear training at home and in the car
Introducing roman numerals
Applying roman numeral concept
Recognizing chord progressions
Knowing the rules
Breaking the rules
Speaking the language of music
Creating your own music from nothing
Day 25 - Friday | A week in review | Total request live
Week in review
Take song requests from participants
Teach song requests