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1) Soundtrap

Project Overview: Learners will sequentially add musical ideas into a Soundtrap project using a combination of pre-made loops and original MIDI and audio tracks. Students will explore the musical ideas of texture, arranging, melody, groove, and more as they expand their technology and composition skills.

How Does This Connect to Guitar Class?: Developing arranging, production, and recordings skills will deepen students’ musical understanding and help them to apply their recording and compositional work to the guitar

Student Needs: Internet connection and access to computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Week 1:
Instructions – Watch Soundtrap lessons one and two
Assignment – Create a new Soundtrap project and create an 8-16 measure composition combining 3 loops.

Week 2:
Instructions – Watch Soundtrap lessons three and four
Assignment – Record a unique percussion or riff part in your Soundtrap project using musical typing or MIDI keyboard

Week 3:
Instructions – Watch Soundtrap lessons five, six, and seven
Assignment – Arrange the parts in your project to make your song 32 bars long, with sections that enter, exit, and change at different times

Week 4:
Instructions – Watch Soundtrap lesson twelve of the series
Assignment – Record a vocal track or instrument melody in your Soundtrap project

2) Lyrics Writing/Hip-Hop

Project Overview: Students will engage in a variety of lyric-writing activities in various styles and methods. This will culminate in them recording an original verse.

How Does This Connect to Guitar Class?: Developing rhythmic, vocal, composition and hip-hop skills serves as a great complement to guitar playing. Through these exercises, students will build their composition, phrasing, and rhythmic skills, all of which will improve their musicianship on guitar.

Student Needs: Internet connection and something to write with (digitally or pencil/paper)

Week 1:
Instructions – Watch the End Rhymes lesson
Assignment – Record video or audio of you performing 4 to 8 original lines over a track of your choice

Week 2:
Instructions – Watch the Scheming and Slogans lessons
Assignment – Record a video of hip-hop schemes OR slogans along with a track of your choice

Week 3:
Instructions – Watch the One Rhyme Many Melodies lesson.
Assignment – Record 3 or more melodies of a section of original lyrics with or without an instrument

Week 4:
Instructions – Watch and practice along with the Cadence and Flow video
Assignment – Create a video using one of the backing tracks to write an original verse

3) Body/Junk Percussion

Project Overview: Learners will build their drumming and rhythmic skills using their body and household materials.

How Does This Connect to Guitar Class?: The guitar often functions as a rhythm section instrument. Building rhythmic comping skills, such as phrasing, accenting notes, and internal pulse will transfer over to students’ guitar playing

Student Needs: Internet connection

Week 1:
Instructions – Watch Building the Backbeat video series
Assignment – Record a video of you playing 4-8 measures of the backbeat along with the 60BPM or 90BPM backbeat tracks

Week 2:
Instructions – Watch the composition lesson series
Assignment – Write an original drumbeat by adding, moving, or removing hits in the backbeat. Record a video of you playing 4-8 measures of your composition

Week 3:
Instructions – Watch the first three drum fill lesson series
Assignment – Record a video of you playing an 8 bar phrase of a composed beat with a fill at the end

Week 4:
Instructions – Watch the transcription videos lesson series
Assignment – Find a song you like and transcribe the drum part OR an approximation of that drum part. You can choose to write it down, play it, or both.

4) Ukulele

Project Overview: Students will learn several ukulele chords and songs they can play using those chords. They will also explore soloing on the ukulele.

How Does This Connect to Guitar Class?: Since the ukulele is another fretted string instrument, virtually all the skills needed to play it can be transferred over to the guitar, and vice versa. Students will learn to fret notes, strum, and read chord and scale diagrams. These are all skills that will improve their guitar playing

Student Needs: Internet connection, Ukulele

Week 1:
Instructions – Watch Paula Fuga video lessons one, two, and three
Assignment – Record a video of you switching between C and F for 8 bars over a drum beat of your choice

Week 2:
Instructions – Watch lesson 4 and play along with Just a Little Bit or The Thought of You
Assignment – Record video of you playing along with either Just a Little Bit or The Thought of You

Week 3:
Instructions – Watch lesson 7 and play along with The Sun Will Rise and Beautiful Face
Assignment – Record video of you playing along with The Sun Will Rise

Week 4:
Instructions – Watch the One-Note and Four-Note Solo lessons
Assignment – Record a video of yourself playing call and response with one of the videos

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