Posts Tagged ‘Learn’
Chapter 2 – Getting to Know Your Keyboard
Little Kids Rock provides free musical instruments and instruction for public school students who have been left behind due to budget cuts. We do this through the gracious support of our donors, as well as our Honorary Board Members, including Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon, BB King and a host of other celebrated friends in the music industry.
Instructors involved in the program use the unique Little Kids Rock methodology to teach students to play musical instruments. The program focuses on popular music styles that most students already listen to, including rock, blues, rap and hip-hop. Heavy emphasis is put on composition, improvisation and recording. Kids regularly get to record their own music, create CDs even make their own rock videos.
One of the things that makes Little Kids Rock so successful is that after training teachers, the program can be up and running quickly and at no cost to the school. We build on the expertise and skills of music teachers and give schools the flexibility to offer classes within the core curriculum or as after-school enrichment. Because all instruments are donated free of cost, all kids have the chance to learn, play and rock out!
Duration : 0:3:24
McCoy Tyner Style Tutorial
Visit my website at http://www.lot2learn.com for midi files, backing tracks and solo transcriptions.
My first “McCoy Style” video was so well received I decided to make another one. I have placed some annotations in the video and hope that the enhanced midi keyboard view will help with deciphering the various techniques I use.
As with my previous McCoy style video, here are some basics:
1. Know your pentatonic scales in all 12 keys. If you need to review these check out the pentatonic tutorial done by Volvoxburger – watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVYky3cNC_Y Practice different patterns in the right hand using these scales and try moving in and out of different keys.
2. You can move in and out of different keys as long as you end up at the tonal center at key points or as I call them “landing zones”. These typically will be the first beat of a 4 measure phrase.
3. 2nd inversion triads (there is a typo in the video) can be effective in the right hand when used in combination with stacked 4ths in the left.
4. Much of McCoy’s improvisation is rhythm based – that’s why he has dynamite drummers and very solid bass players. Vary the rhythms of both hands. Check out the section from 3:30 – 3:36 for an example of this.
5. Anticipate the upcoming chord in the LH by playing a line in the RH based on that upcoming chord in beat 3 or 4 of the preceding measure.
Production Notes:
The backing track was created partially with Band-in-a-Box with additional drums (crash cymbals) and bass added using the Roland FP-4.
The MIDI keyboard on the screen is from a program by PGMusic (makers of Band-in-a-Box) called PowerTracks Pro Audio. The notes played on the keyboard are captured using the program Camtasia and resized and placed in the proper position using the video editing program Adobe Premiere elements.
Duration : 0:6:51
Little Kids Rock Promo
Little Kids Rock provides free musical instruments and instruction for public school students who have been left behind due to budget cuts. We do this through the gracious support of our donors, as well as our Honorary Board Members, including Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon, BB King and a host of other celebrated friends in the music industry.
Instructors involved in the program use the unique Little Kids Rock methodology to teach students to play musical instruments. The program focuses on popular music styles that most students already listen to, including rock, blues, rap and hip-hop. Heavy emphasis is put on composition, improvisation and recording. Kids regularly get to record their own music, create CDs even make their own rock videos.
One of the things that makes Little Kids Rock so successful is that after training teachers, the program can be up and running quickly and at no cost to the school. We build on the expertise and skills of music teachers and give schools the flexibility to offer classes within the core curriculum or as after-school enrichment. Because all instruments are donated free of cost, all kids have the chance to learn, play and rock out!
Duration : 0:8:57
Free Keyboard Lessons from Little Kids Rock Chapter 1 – Getting Started
Little Kids Rock provides free musical instruments and instruction for public school students who have been left behind due to budget cuts. We do this through the gracious support of our donors, as well as our Honorary Board Members, including Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon, BB King and a host of other celebrated friends in the music industry.
Instructors involved in the program use the unique Little Kids Rock methodology to teach students to play musical instruments. The program focuses on popular music styles that most students already listen to, including rock, blues, rap and hip-hop. Heavy emphasis is put on composition, improvisation and recording. Kids regularly get to record their own music, create CDs even make their own rock videos.
One of the things that makes Little Kids Rock so successful is that after training teachers, the program can be up and running quickly and at no cost to the school. We build on the expertise and skills of music teachers and give schools the flexibility to offer classes within the core curriculum or as after-school enrichment. Because all instruments are donated free of cost, all kids have the chance to learn, play and rock out!
Duration : 0:4:17
Learn Sibelius in 1 Hour – Ep5: Flexitime Input with Midi Keyboard @ uSchoolme
In this lesson (5 / 12) you will learn how to record live, using a midi keyboard into Sibelius with acclaimed composer, teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator James Humberstone.
To hear and read more of James please check out his website @ www.composerhome.com
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Duration : 0:6:10