Principle Instrument(Class)

• (Voice, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Brass/ Woodwinds and Drums) 

• Warm-ups: with scales, reading technical exercises, breathing techniques, stretching etc. 

• Listening to, rehearse, read, analyze or transcribe, selected music pieces for auditions, competitions, performances, showcases and/or special events.

• Work on techniques to push and enhance students by way of Demonstration; address tone quality, utilizing proper embouchure, singing/playing positions, posture, breathing techniques, articulation, and appropriate percussion technique. 

• Recognize the following ensemble skills through performance of selected music pieces.

• Practice etiquette/Rehearse: dynamic expression, style, blend and balance, steady tempo, rhythmic accuracy, intonation etc. Demonstrate all performance skills “at-sight” performance of music literature at the appropriate level. 

 

Music Theory 

(Learning, Reading and Notating Music)

• Identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression. 

• Define and describe key signatures and other musical terms incorporated in sheet music. 

• Demonstrate beats as well as rhythms and meters through a systematic counting procedure.

• Understanding Chord structures, Scales and Chord Patterns.  

 

Ear-training

(Skills and Techniques/Performance) 

• Singing, alone and with others, solfege exercises. 

• Sing to recognize fundamentals of Chord tone production. 

• Sing to match pitch through call and response (diatonic intervals, major and minor keys).

• Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments 

 

Rhythm & Groove

 (Creating) 

• Improvise rhythmic patterns by clapping, singing, or playing an instrument.

 (Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines) 

• Compose rhythmic exercises and short melodies using traditional notations which 

    incorporate use of dynamics. 

 (Critical Analysis/Transcribe) 

• Listening to, analyzing, and describing music 

• Identify and describe compositional devices, techniques, meter, tempo, tonality and patterns.  

• Compare and contrast musical works based on genre and culture. 

 

Ensemble 

(Combined Group Class of all Principal Instruments)

• Performing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

• developing the ability and discipline to play or sing with one or more people together as one band

• Rehearse for showcase as a united Band

 

Music History

(Cultural and Historical Context) 

• Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

• Describe how music relates to fine arts and other disciplines. 

• Examine the chronological development of various music styles, composers, and influences from each time period. 

• Identify major time periods and describe music’s influence on that time period. 

• Identify the influence of music on society and society’s influence on music within a given time period. 

(Understanding music in relation to history and culture) 

• Characteristics of music from different cultures. 

• Identify genres, styles, and composers within specific time periods. 

 

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Music Production & Technology

• Music and it's purpose: Why We Record

• The Recoding Process, 

• Sound, Signals, and Studio Acoustics; Learning to get the best sound out of your Studio.

• MIDI Sequencing and Programing with some of the worlds must leading softwares (Pro-Tools, Logic Pro, Reason,)

• How to stay on the cutting edge of music production; Listening to, analyzing, and describing music Identify and describe compositional devices, techniques, meter, tempo, tonality and patterns. Compare and contrast musical works based on genre and culture. 

• Effects and Signal Processors; How to operate and work with EQ's, Filters, Compressors, Limiters, Gates, and Reverbs to enhance the sound of your Production.

• Basic Preparation for Mixing and Mastering; How to properly prepare your music after it has been recorded for Mixing or Mastering. 

 

Music Business

• Music Publishers and What They Do

• Copyrights: The Law and You; Copyright Registration, Recording a Copyrighted Song, Duration of Copyrights, Transfer of Copyrights Copyright Infringement and Work For Hire.

• How to become a part of a Performing Rights Organization and why. (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC)

• Music, Money, and the Recording Artist; Recording Artists Royalties, Advances and how they work, 

• Managers and Agents; What They Do

• Recording Labels in Today's Reality (the Future)

• Contracts; Learn to do Analysis of Recording, Management, and Publishing Contracts

• When To See A Music Attorney 

 

Song Writing

• The Sketching Stage; The Thinking Before the Writing, Who are we talking too, What are we trying to convey, and to what audience, 

• Lyrics; Starting the Writing Process, Refining the Writing Process, 

• Writing a Melody, The Shapes of Melodies, adding Chords with the Melody.

• Song Structure/Form; Verses, Choruses/hooks , Bridges, Vamps etc.

• Listen to and analyze the writing styles of other well established song writers and composers within there respective genres.

• Copyrighting Your Song; Q & A on Copyright Concerns of Songwriters, How to properly fill out a FORM PA.

• Working with a Composer/ Music Producer.

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Drawing & Digital Art

(Cartoons)

• Step by step, body poses, facial expressions, color.

(Realistic Drawing) 

•  Shading and tracing

(Perspective Drawing) 

•  1, 2 and  3 point  perspective of 3D shapes. 

• Atmospheric Perspective.

• An Atmosphere perspective: The drawing of water, trees, fog clouds smoke, vapor etc. 

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(Digital Art)

• Digital Art Software 

• Krita 

• Adobe Illustrator 

•  Photoshop