FIRST ACTIVITY: ECONOMY

SO DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO MUSIC FOR A LIVING?

  

Since the dawn of times, music has been a very important part in every culture around the world. Musicians have been appreciated even as shamans with healing powers. In fact, it's proven that music has some of these healing powers and it can be used for different kinds of therapies. Music is everywhere, starting from your own house, private parties, different kind of gigs, recitals, performances, concerts, commercials, jingles, and even in your favorite movies you can listen to songs as part of soundtracks. But, do you know how is a day in the life of a musician?

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DRUMS: Basic 8 Beat Rhythm

THE BASIC DRUM ROCK BEAT

 

BASIC ROCK PATTERN EXPLAINED IN DRUMS NOTATION:

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GUITAR: How to understand tabs

GUITAR TABS: HOW TO READ THEM

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EMPTY TAB LINES AND TUNING:

This is what you will see when you look for a tab of a song.

This shows the strings and what they are tuned to. Most of the time it will be tuned to standard tuning like this one.

GUITAR FRET NUMBERS:

The numbers on the lines show what fret you will play on what string. In the above example it shows that you will play the 5th fret, 7th fret, and 8th fret of the B string and the 5th, 7th, and 8th fret of the high E string.

You read tabs like you’re reading a book...left to right.

PLAYING CHORDS:

When you see notes that are stacked on top of each other you will play them together.

The above picture shows how you would play an A major chord in tab. The only flaw with tabs is they don’t show what rhythm to play.

 (A MAJOR CHORD)

"HAMMER ON" AND "PULL OFF":

This is a “hammer on” on tab lines. All you do here is hammer on from 5 to 7 on the D string then hammer on from 5 to 7 on the G string and repeat it again.

This is a “pull off” on tab lines. You will pull off from 7 to 5 on the D string then pull off from 7 to 5 on the G string and repeat.

PIANO: Finger Numbers - C and G7 chords

THE FINGERS:

Finger #	Regular name
1	Thumb
2	Index finger (also known as pointer finger, fore finger)
3	Middle finger
4	Ring finger
5	Pinky (also known as baby finger)

HOW TO FIND THE "C" (DO) KEY IN PIANO:

You will find WHITE AND BLACK KEYS on piano. Black keys are found in GROUPS OF 2 AND 3 BLACK KEYS. The "C" key is next at the left side of the 2 BLACK KEYS GROUP, as you can see at the picture below, you can play the "C" key with the finger #1 from right hand and the finger #5 from the left hand:

"C" INITIAL POSITION ON PIANO:

 

 PLAYING SOME LITTLE TUNES WITH THE RIGHT HAND FINGERS:

JINGLE BELLS:       3 3 3 - 3 3 3 - 3 5 1 2 3
                               4 4 4 - 4 3 3 - 3 2 2 3 2 - 5
                               3 3 3 - 3 3 3 - 3 5 1 2 3
                               4 4 4 - 4 3 3 - 5 5 4 2 1

LIGHTLY ROW:       5 3 3 - 4 2 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 -
                               5 3 3 - 4 2 2 - 1 3 5 5 3 - - -
                               2 2 2 2 2 3 4 - 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 -
                               5 3 3 - 4 2 2 - 1 3 5 5 1

ODE TO JOY:          3 - 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 -
                              3 - 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 -

 

PLAYING THE "C" AND "G7" CHORDS WITH THE LEFT HAND:

C chord: JUST PLAY 5, 3 and 1 FINGERS AT THE SAME TIME!
G7 chord: KEEP FINGERS 2 and 1 IN THE "C" INITIAL POSITION, BUT CHANGE FINGER NUMBER 5 ONE KEY TO THE LEFT. Let's take a look on the next video and we'll see how to:

PERCUSSION: Chandé and Mapalé, part of the beat of Colombia

COLOMBIAN RHYTHMIC PATTERNS

Here is one of the greatest Colombian masters of percussion: LUIS PACHECO, teaching a couple of the most representative rhythms in Colombia:

EL CHANDÉ

EL MAPALÉ

WELCOMING MESSAGE

WELCOME TO THE STUDENT'S BLOG!

In this site you will be able to make a quick review to any theme seen on classroom and develop the research workshops. You will also be free to ask questions, improve and make advances on your own instrument. Students enrolled in the MUSICAL TALENT will find all about the chosen songs and the right way to play them.