SWHS Music Room 201: 02

Welcome to Keyboarding Class...
201
Daily During Period 2
8:53- 9:42 AM

The course is based on the Alfred Basic Piano Library - LINK for students enrolled in the course to use for study when you don't have access to the paper copy. Physical copies stored in the Southern Wells HS Music Room.

THIS WEEKS WEEKLY PLANS Week 2
	Day	Date	Class Agenda	Standards	Listening/ Assignments	Resources/

Mon	Day #007	8/20	L: (Lecture) The Grand Scheme What is a Leger line? ABPL: Play music on Pgs. 10-15 MT.n: Review, How to submit a progress report. Please submit report on MT.n Practice Assignment today. (5 minute session)		Lecture #5	QUIZ: Lecture #5
Tue	Day #008	8/21	R: The Grand Staff/Reading Notes APBL: Review Pg. 5, Quarter & Half Notes Review note duration (length of tone): Whole, Half, and Quarter Notes PR (Participation Rotation): A/D, KB			ABPL Text
Wed	Day #009	8/22	L: Safety Procedures Review APBL: Pg. 19-23 PR Only Today: Final Prep for Recital Make sure that you are able to play Merrily We Roll Along practice by playing it for each other during class today.			Recital Rubric #1
Thu	Day #010	8/23	Present Lecture #5 Pt. 2 Slides ABPL: Pg. 6 & 19-23 Rotate between Digital and Acoustic Pianos		Lecture #5 Pt. 2	MT.n Lesson
Fri	Day #011	8/24	L: Middle C Position Required Recital: Merrily We Roll Along ABPL: Pg. 19-23 PR: A/D, KB, Coll., MT.n	APBL: Pg. 6 - Merrily We Roll Along	MT.n Practice	MT.n Practice

THIS WEEKS WEEKLY PLANS Week 8
	Day	Date	Class Agenda	Standards	Listening/ Assignments	Resources/

Mon	Day #035	10/2	L: None The Windmill Submit a 5 minute MT.n "Progress Report" via email Continue to work on Quarter Recital Piece ABPL: Pg 43-50 PR: A/D, KB, MT.n	MT.n
Tue	Day #036	10/3	L: None The Windmill Continue to work on Quarter Recital Piece ABPL: Pg 43-50 PR: A/D, KB, MT.n
Wed	Day #037	10/4	L: None The Windmill Schaum Technique Trainer #5 Continue to work on Quarter Recital Piece ABPL: Pg 43-50 PR: A/D, KB, MT.n	MT.n
Thu	Day #038	10/5	L: None The Windmill Schaum Technique Trainer #5 Continue to work on Quarter Recital Piece ABPL: Pg 43-50 PR: A/D, KB, MT.n	Recital is Next Week. Be evaluating your pieces for playability by next week.
Fri	Day #039	10/6	L: None Friday Technique Recital: Schaum #5 & The Windmill Continue to work on your Quarter Recital Piece PR: A/D, KB, MT.n

Mon	Day #026	9/18	L: Melodic vs. Harmonic Intervals ABPL: Pg 36-40 Submit a 2:00 minute 'Progress Report" on MT.n PR: Coll.,A/D, KB	MT.n	Melodic vs. Harmonic Intervals
Tue	Day #027	9/19	L: None Today ABPL: Pg 37-42 PR: Coll, A/D, KB, MT.n
Wed	Day #028	9/20	L: None Today ABPL: Pg 39-47 PR: Coll. A/D, KB, MT.n Play: Rockets and Sea Divers for Mr. Haigh	Make a decision as to what you intend to play at the end of quarter recital. This recital will be held on the last day of the nine weeks.
Thu	Day #029	9/21	L: None Today ABPL: Pg 40-49 PR: Coll. A/D, KB, MT.n Work on selected pieces in binder and online.
Fri	Day #000	9/22	No School Today - Staff Inservice Day	MT.n

PAST WEEKS PLANS

Thu	PD #1	8/10
Fri	Day #001	8/11	Personal introductions Tour the Space Course Overview & Daily Expectations			swraidermusic
Mon	Day #002	8/14	Lecture #1: Finger Numbers & The Keyboard Alfred Basic Piano Library (ABPL)	Lecture #1		ABPL Text
Tue	Day #003	8/15	Lecture #2: White Keys on the Piano Musictheory.net Introduction	Lecture #2	MT.n Practice	Lecture #3
Wed	Day #004	8/16	Lecture: The Keyboard "black keys" sharps Collaborate: Check each other for understanding		MT.n Practice
Thu	Day #005	8/17	Lecture: The Keyboard "black keys" flats. ABPL: Pages 4-5		MT.n Practice
Fri	Day #006	8/18	Lecture: The Grand Staff & Reading Notes ABPL: Pages 7-12 MT.n: How to submit a progress report. Our First Weekly Skill Recital MT.n: Review, Please submit report on MT.n Tuesday's Assignment (5 minute session)		MT.n Lesson	Lecture #4
Mon	Day #007	8/21	L: (Lecture) The Grand Scheme What is a Leger line? ABPL: Play music on Pgs. 10-15 MT.n: Review, How to submit a progress report. Please submit report on MT.n Practice Assignment today. (5 minute session)		Lecture #5	QUIZ: Lecture #5
Tue	Day #008	8/22	R: The Grand Staff/Reading Notes APBL: Review Pg. 5, Quarter & Half Notes Review note duration (length of tone): Whole, Half, and Quarter Notes PR (Participation Rotation): A/D, KB			ABPL Text
Wed	Day #009	8/23	L: Safety Procedures Review APBL: Pg. 19-23 PR Only Today: Final Prep for Recital Make sure that you are able to play Merrily We Roll Along practice by playing it for each other during class today.			Recital Rubric #1
Thu	Day #010	8/24	Present Lecture #5 Pt. 2 Slides ABPL: Pg. 6 & 19-23 Rotate between Digital and Acoustic Pianos		Lecture #5 Pt. 2	MT.n Lesson
Fri	Day #011	8/25	L: Middle C Position Required Recital: Merrily We Roll Along ABPL: Pg. 19-23 PR: A/D, KB, Coll., MT.n	APBL: Pg. 6 - Merrily We Roll Along	MT.n Practice	MT.n Practice

A piano lesson site that I have used personally has recently updated its program. The free trial that existed previously in a very limited format, just a few lessons, has expanded its free offering with a more complete curriculum. The weekly lessons are made available for 2 weeks at a time. Please check it out and establish a trial membership HERE only if you are a very beginning level student.

FIRST DAY INTRO TO THE COURSE:
There is no prerequisite to this course other than a desire to learn and a willingness to FAIL. If this is your first experience with playing an instrument or even your second or third, this instrument will challenge you. It takes a coordination unlike almost any other instrument. It will use more of your brain than almost any other discipline.

For these reasons, you are expected to work hard during the time you are in class. This will involve time while sitting at a piano or keyboard practicing your technique or getting drill and practice on
reading music notes or spending time tutoring and collaborating about skills taught by Mr. Haigh and other more advanced students. Even though piano is primarily a solo and/or accompaniment instrument. You will be expected to perform for Mr. Haigh and for each other during class time and on special "recital" occasions. These recitals count for a great deal of points as they are like projects or semester exams in other classes which display mastery of an accumulated body of knowledge and skills.

Grading:

Daily Practice and Participation 5 points per day
1.) Play on an Acoustic Piano 2.) Play on a digital keyboard, 3.) Spend some time on MusicTheory.net, and 4.) Collaborate and share what you have learned to do today with another student or Mr. Haigh.

Recital Performances 75 points per performance
Each week students will demonstrate skills in front of other members of the class.
About mid-term, you will be required to perform a short piece of music for the class. This is called a recital in the music world, but it is basically a test of material you have learned and a chance for you to demonstrate your technical and musical learning over the previous weeks. At the end of the semester, a public recital will be held where you may invite guests to come to hear your performance.

Quizzes and submitted assignments, 15 points each
Most of these will be submitted MusicTheory.net "progress reports"

The school grading scale will be applied to the total points with a final recital counting as 10% of your final grade.

Documents related to this information will be accessed in a folder that you will have full access/editing rights to during the course of this class. The link to that folder is HERE

So.... Now that we have talked about the class and found your Google Drive Folder for class related documents, Let's get to work... please click the link below and let me introduce you to some keyboard music theory.

http://www.musictheory.net/exercises/keyboard

FREE PIANO MUSIC
Here are some links to "free" piano music. If you want the full piece, you usually need to buy it. But some good stuff to learn. Thanks to former piano class students, Savannah Deakyne. and Timber Tucker, for recommending these sites.
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Online Sheet Music.com (piano resources)

Making Music Learning Fun.com (piano resources)

Another site discovered by Jessica Williams is Musescore an online notation software where people have shared their arrangements.

3/17 Here is a link to a reverse note naming exercise to practice naming notes on the piano keyboard.
Note Naming on the keyboard (Keyboard Reverse Identification) No key signature

If you need a review follow the link below.

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/the-keyboard-keys

12/3 Here is another theory lesson. The Key SIgnature If you have any questions after working through this, just let me know.