Homework 2011-2012 C4 #13-15

Homework #13

1. When playing power chords how do you get the other strings not to play?
2. What strings do you use to play a low E power chord?
3. What must your fingers do to play an A power chord?
4. Why is an electric guitar preferable when playing power chords?

Homework #14

1. Where do you have to put your finger to play an F on the low E string?
2. What fret do you use to play a C on the low E string?
3. What is the "blues box" on the guitar?
4. What is double picking on the guitar?

Homework #15

1. What is cross picking?
2. What is finger picking?
3. What kinds of music usually use finger picking?
4. What is an open chord on the guitar?

Due Friday March 16, 2012 or Tuesday March 20 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C4 #10-12

Homework #10

1. What is it called when you move your fingers to different places on the piano to play scales?
2. What is the fingering of the right hand in the C major scale?
3. How many sharps are there in the G major scale?
4. Which notes are sharp in the D major scale?

Homework #11

1. What are the advanced fingering techniques needed to play Bach's "Minuet in G"?
2. What do the numbers mean when referring to chords?
3. What are the chords used in the 12 bar blues?
4. How many bars of each chord are in the 12 bar blues?

Homework #12

1. How do you find the flatted seventh or dominant seventh in any chord?
2. What chord voicing do you use to play the blues in the Garageband piano lesson #9?
3. What are the intervals that make up the pentatonic scale?
4. What other note is good to use when soloing in the 12 bar blues progression?

Due Friday March 9, 2012 or Friday March 16 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C4 #7-9

Homework #7

1. How many different notes are in one octave?
2. What are sharps and flats?
3. What is a whole step?
4. What is the pattern of whole and half steps in a major diatonic scale?

Homework #8

1. What is an arpeggio?
2. What direction does the arpeggio go in Alicia Key's song "Ain't Got You"?
3. How do you know what key a song is in when reading music?
4. What key is "Ain't Got You" in?

Homework #9

1. What does it mean when there is a dot after the note?
2. What does it mean when two notes are tied together?
3. What does it mean when a note is accented?
4. How is it written when a note is supposed to be accented?

Due Friday, March 2 or Friday March 9 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C4 #4-6

Homework #4

1. What are the names of two kinds of grips for drumsticks?
2. What are three kinds of rolls you can play on the drums?
3. How do you count eighth notes?
4. How do you count sixteenths?

Homework #5

1. If you are having trouble fretting a note on the guitar, what are some things you can do to make it sound clearer?
2. How many notes make up a power chord?
3. What are the letter names of the strings in standard guitar tuning?
4. What is palm muting?

Homework #6

1. What does a quarter note look like and how many beats does it get?
2. What do you call the notation that indicates a space where no note is being played?
3. What does a half note rest look like?
4. What do sharps look like? What do flats look like?

Due Friday Feb 18, 2012 or Friday March 2 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C4 #1-3

Homework #1

1. What are the 6 main parts of the guitar?
2. In the string numbering system of the guitar, what number is the thickest string?
3. What frets usually have markers on the guitar?
4. What are the main differences between and electric and acoustic guitar?

Homework #2
1. When tuning a guitar by ear, what is the order of operations?
2. Name one song that uses open D tuning?
3. What is a capo?
4. Where is G on the piano keyboard?

Homework #3

1. What is it called when music is written down?
2. In the treble staff what are the two mnemonics to remember the spaces and the lines?
3. What is it called when notes are stacked vertically in music notation?
4. Before you can read piano music what is one skill you have to master?

Due Friday Feb 10, 2012 or Friday Feb 17 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C3 #13-15

Review - Answer the following questions:

Homework #13

1. What are the chords in the song, "Mission Impossible"?
2. What are the notes in the first chord?
3. What are the notes in the second chord?
4. What are the notes in the last chord?

Homework #14

1. What is the most popular recording in 5/4 time?
2. What were the instruments used in that recording?
3. What were the order of solos in that song?
4. What Radiohead song is in 5/4 time?

Homework #15

1. What are some of the instruments used in the original recording of Mission Impossible?
2. What years were new episodes of Mission Impossible broadcast on TV?
3. What year was "Take Five" a hit?
4. Has Lalo Schifrin ever acknowledged his debt to Dave Brubeck?

Due Friday Jan 20, 2012

Homework 2011-2012 C3 #10-12

Answer the following questions about the music to Mission Impossible.

Homework #10

1. What time signature is the original Mission Impossible Theme in?
2. How do you count the rhythm of the main riff?
3. How do you count the rhythm of the melody?
4. How many eighth notes are there in a bar of 5/4?

Homework #11

1. What key signature is the original Mission Impossible Theme in?
2. What are the notes in the main rhythm riff?
3. What are the notes of the first part of the melody?
4. What are the notes of the second part of the melody?

Homework #12

1. Who wrote the original Mission Impossible Theme?
2. What are some other scores this person wrote?
3. What nationality was the author?
4. What is the chord structure of the Mission Impossible Theme?

Due Friday Jan 6, 2012 or Friday Jan 13 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)