Homework #19
Answer the following questions about the History of the Electric Guitar Lesson:
1. When did people start trying to amplify their guitars?
2. What were some problems with amplified acoustic guitars?
3. What was the first truly electric guitar called?
4. Who were the first two people to invent the solid body electric guitar?
Homework #20
Answer the following questions about playing the piano:
1. Why do your wrists and arms need to be straight?
2. What are the black notes called?
3. What are the numbers of the fingers?
4. What note is the dividing line between G and A?
Homework #21
Answer the following questions about the songs we played last week:
1. What two keys does the right hand part of I Got a Feeling start with?
2. What position does the left hand have in I Got a Feeling?
3. What key is "Heart and Soul" in?
4. Who wrote "Heart and Soul" and when was it first a hit?
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Monday, November 3, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Homework 2014-2015 C1 #16-18
Homework #16
Answer the following questions about the Country Blues Lesson:
1. Where did you start your road trip through the sharecropping south?
2. When did the great flood of 1927 start and how long did it last?
3. Why was the South so poor after the Civil War?
4. Why was Mississippi a good place for cotton?
Homework #17
Answer the following questions about drumming:
1. What kind of notes are counted 1and 2and 3and 4?
2. How do you count 16th notes?
3. What do you call a long series of patterns in drumming?
4.What is the symbol to repeat several bars?
Homework #18
Answer the following questions about the drumming in the movie "Drumline":
1. What did the drummers have to stabilize the drums when they marched?
2. What is the usual formation of the drum corps?
3. What was the point of the new drummers playing in the rain in the beginning of the movie?
4. Name 3 tricky moves that the drummers did in the final drum-off?
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Answer the following questions about the Country Blues Lesson:
1. Where did you start your road trip through the sharecropping south?
2. When did the great flood of 1927 start and how long did it last?
3. Why was the South so poor after the Civil War?
4. Why was Mississippi a good place for cotton?
Homework #17
Answer the following questions about drumming:
1. What kind of notes are counted 1and 2and 3and 4?
2. How do you count 16th notes?
3. What do you call a long series of patterns in drumming?
4.What is the symbol to repeat several bars?
Homework #18
Answer the following questions about the drumming in the movie "Drumline":
1. What did the drummers have to stabilize the drums when they marched?
2. What is the usual formation of the drum corps?
3. What was the point of the new drummers playing in the rain in the beginning of the movie?
4. Name 3 tricky moves that the drummers did in the final drum-off?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Monday, October 20, 2014
Homework 2014-2015 C1 #13-15
Homework #13
Answer the following questions about drum rudiments:
1. Who invented drum rudiments?
2. What are the 5 kinds of rudiments?
3. How can you make them sound smooth?
4. How do you play a flam?
Homework #14
Answer the following about reading drum music:
1. What does the drum clef look like?
2. What do the two numbers of the time signature stand for?
3. What are the 3 visual components of an eighth note?
4. What is the purpose of rests?
Homework #15
Answer the following questions about the Country Blues lesson:
1. What does Amiri Baraka say in his quote?
2. What were some of the problems sharecroppers in the South have?
3. What did these problems have to do with the blues?
4. How do these songs relate to current day music?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Answer the following questions about drum rudiments:
1. Who invented drum rudiments?
2. What are the 5 kinds of rudiments?
3. How can you make them sound smooth?
4. How do you play a flam?
Homework #14
Answer the following about reading drum music:
1. What does the drum clef look like?
2. What do the two numbers of the time signature stand for?
3. What are the 3 visual components of an eighth note?
4. What is the purpose of rests?
Homework #15
Answer the following questions about the Country Blues lesson:
1. What does Amiri Baraka say in his quote?
2. What were some of the problems sharecroppers in the South have?
3. What did these problems have to do with the blues?
4. How do these songs relate to current day music?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Homework 2014-2015 C1 #10-12
Homework #10
Answer the following questions about the guitar review:
1. What happens to all the other strings when you tune one string higher?
2. What do the guitar parts of I Got a Feeling and Use Somebody have in common?
3. Name 3 main differences between electric and acoustic guitars.
4. In TAB which guitar string does the bottom line represent?
Homework #11
Answer the following questions about the Drumline movie:
1. Do you think the movie was an accurate representation of college life?
2. Do you think the hazing of the freshmen was excessive?
3. What is unique about Devon's situation at the college?
4. How does the love interest play into the plot?
Homework #12
Answer the following questions about the history of rock:
1. Where did rock and roll come from?
2. What are Chuck Berry's contributions to the genre?
3. How old will Chuck Berry be on this October 18th?
4. What surprising thing did Chuck Berry do when he was 17?
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Answer the following questions about the guitar review:
1. What happens to all the other strings when you tune one string higher?
2. What do the guitar parts of I Got a Feeling and Use Somebody have in common?
3. Name 3 main differences between electric and acoustic guitars.
4. In TAB which guitar string does the bottom line represent?
Homework #11
Answer the following questions about the Drumline movie:
1. Do you think the movie was an accurate representation of college life?
2. Do you think the hazing of the freshmen was excessive?
3. What is unique about Devon's situation at the college?
4. How does the love interest play into the plot?
Homework #12
Answer the following questions about the history of rock:
1. Where did rock and roll come from?
2. What are Chuck Berry's contributions to the genre?
3. How old will Chuck Berry be on this October 18th?
4. What surprising thing did Chuck Berry do when he was 17?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Monday, October 6, 2014
Homework 2014-2015 C1 #7-9
Homework #7
Answer the following questions about the Thematic Lesson: Love Songs:
1. Why was the Flamingos lead singer crying?
2. What did the Flamingos song and Led Zeppelin song have in common?
3. How did Dion feel about singing love songs for his friends?
4. How did Leslie Gore switch up the love song?
Homework #8
Answer the following questions about the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling":
1. What kind of tuning does this song use?
2. What fret does the guitar part start on?
3. What happens after you play the part on the 8th fret?
4. What's the hardest thing about this guitar part?
Homework #9
Answer the following questions about the guitar parts to "Lose Yourself" and "All of Me"?
1. What kind of chord do you use for Lose Yourself?
2. What technique do you use to make the part sound full?
3. What do the guitar parts to both of these songs have in common?
4. What other skill did you learn in order to play All of Me?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Answer the following questions about the Thematic Lesson: Love Songs:
1. Why was the Flamingos lead singer crying?
2. What did the Flamingos song and Led Zeppelin song have in common?
3. How did Dion feel about singing love songs for his friends?
4. How did Leslie Gore switch up the love song?
Homework #8
Answer the following questions about the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling":
1. What kind of tuning does this song use?
2. What fret does the guitar part start on?
3. What happens after you play the part on the 8th fret?
4. What's the hardest thing about this guitar part?
Homework #9
Answer the following questions about the guitar parts to "Lose Yourself" and "All of Me"?
1. What kind of chord do you use for Lose Yourself?
2. What technique do you use to make the part sound full?
3. What do the guitar parts to both of these songs have in common?
4. What other skill did you learn in order to play All of Me?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Monday, September 29, 2014
Homework 2014-2015 C1 #4-6
Homework #4
Answer the following questions about the movie Cadillac Records:
1. What was it about Beyonce's performance that upset the real Etta James?
2. What famous Chess Records star was left out of the movie?
3. Did most of the Chess artists stay on after it was sold?
4. What was Chuck Berry's biggest hit?
Homework #5
Answer the following questions about the guitar:
1. What are the 6 main parts of the guitar?
2. How do you tune a guitar?
3. What frets usually have markers?
4. What is the purpose of a capo?
Homework #6
Answer the following questions about the song "Bubbly":
1. What open key does Colbie Callet use for Bubbly?
2. What fret does she put the capo on?
3. What fingers does she us for the simple version?
4. What picking technique does she use for advanced version?
email: albertwestside@gmail.com
Answer the following questions about the movie Cadillac Records:
1. What was it about Beyonce's performance that upset the real Etta James?
2. What famous Chess Records star was left out of the movie?
3. Did most of the Chess artists stay on after it was sold?
4. What was Chuck Berry's biggest hit?
Homework #5
Answer the following questions about the guitar:
1. What are the 6 main parts of the guitar?
2. How do you tune a guitar?
3. What frets usually have markers?
4. What is the purpose of a capo?
Homework #6
Answer the following questions about the song "Bubbly":
1. What open key does Colbie Callet use for Bubbly?
2. What fret does she put the capo on?
3. What fingers does she us for the simple version?
4. What picking technique does she use for advanced version?
email: albertwestside@gmail.com
Monday, September 15, 2014
Homework 2014-2015 C1 #1-3
Homework #1
Answer the following question about music:
1. Who was said to be responsible for the western musical scale as we know it?
2. How many notes are in this scale?
3. What is the most common mathematical ratio between the notes on this scale?
4. What are some of the other ratios in the scale?
Homework #2
Answer the following questions about the piano:
1. What are the alphabetical names of the white notes?
2. When you play them what do you call a series of chords?
3. What are the bass notes to "Heart and Soul"?
4. How do you know where you are on the piano?
Homework #3
Answer the following questions about "Johnny B Goode":
1. How does the song start?
2. What is the story line of the lyrics?
3. What set Chuck Berry apart from all the other early rock and roll singers?
4. What was happening in the USA around the time that the song was a hit?
Email homework to albertwestside@gmail.com
Answer the following question about music:
1. Who was said to be responsible for the western musical scale as we know it?
2. How many notes are in this scale?
3. What is the most common mathematical ratio between the notes on this scale?
4. What are some of the other ratios in the scale?
Homework #2
Answer the following questions about the piano:
1. What are the alphabetical names of the white notes?
2. When you play them what do you call a series of chords?
3. What are the bass notes to "Heart and Soul"?
4. How do you know where you are on the piano?
Homework #3
Answer the following questions about "Johnny B Goode":
1. How does the song start?
2. What is the story line of the lyrics?
3. What set Chuck Berry apart from all the other early rock and roll singers?
4. What was happening in the USA around the time that the song was a hit?
Email homework to albertwestside@gmail.com
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