MATERIALS AND VOCABULARY

 

      COLLECTION 1 - MAJOR, MINOR and SCALE DEGREES

 

      1 - Scale degrees in Major, simplified hand signs

 

      2 - Further practice, call and response, note numbers.

           2A - Some background explanation


     3 - Scale degrees in Minor. Simplified hand signs for b3,

           b6, b7

 

      4 - Minor scales, further practice

 

      5 - Chain melodies in Major


      6 - Chain melodies in Minor

 

 

   

      COLLECTION 2 - MODULATION and MELODIC CONTOUR

 


      1 - Up and Down: modulating with numbers, simple patterns

 

      2 - Further exploration of possibilities with changing numbers

 

      3 - Exploring embellishments: neighbor notes.

           3A - From neighbor note to appoggiatura

 

      4 - Melodic contour: arpeggio, line and embellishment

 

      5 - Melodic contour: exploring a theme from Mozart

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      INTERPLAY

 

 

      COLLECTION 2 - DUOS: FROM CALL and RESPONSE to 

      CONTINUOUS CANONS


      1 - An example with piano and cello

 

      2 - Edgar and Ping Hui: Violin and Trumpet

 

      3 - Val and Hui Min: Voice and Guzheng

 

      4 - Nini and Ping Din: Cello and Erhu


      5 - Some advice to improve

 

 

      COLLECTION 1 - GROUP WORK. CALL AND RESPONSE

 

      1 - Call and response with short melodies in Major

 

      2 - Leading and following

 

      3 - Variation on a repeating bass pattern (1-5)


      3A - longer phrases, alternating leading and following


      3B - Variation in minor on a repeating bass pattern (1-b7)

 

      4 - Dominos in 4/4. 4A - Dominos in 6/8

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      REPERTOIRE CONNECTION

 

     

      COLLECTION 2 - LEVEL 2


      Debussy: the little Shepard: an exploration

 

      

      COLLECTION 1 - EXPLORING MATERIALS FROM THE MASTERS

 

      1 - Bach's theme from Brandenburg Concerto No.5

 

      2 - Mozart: exploring the theme from Clarinet Concerto 2nd Mov.


      3 - Fritz Kreisler's Liebeslied


      4 - Cesar Franck's canon from the Violin Sonata


      5 - Messiaen's 3rd mode

 

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      COLLECTION 2 - HARMONIC IMPROVISATION


      1 - Playing over a single chord


      2 - Embellishing chord tones


      3 - Incorporating embellishments


      4 - I and V: chord tones only


      5 - I and V with embellishments


      6 - The circle of falling fifths

 

      IMPROVISATION

 

      

      COLLECTION 1 - IMPROVISATION GAMES

 

      1 - The Ostinato Game


      2 - Cantus Firmus: growing and shrinking melodies


      3 - Cantus Firmus: variations

 

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