Areas of Investigation

     Current Project
  Click for Naming Triads

     An introduction to popular music and tin pan alley
         Answer these questions about Tin Pan Alley  
         Tin Pan Alley Question Worksheet.doc
   Naming Triads
     NPR - Rock and Roll Summer School - “Give the Piano Man some”
     50’s R&R Original Composition
     Desktop Blues - creative
     Improvisation Basics: 12 Bar Blues & the Blues Scale 
    
Gospel, Soul and Motown - watch “the History of R&R” Disk 2
NEA Jazz - The New Frontier to the New Millenium
Watch Ken Burns Jazz - Episode III “Our Language”
     The Influence of Society and Music
     21st Century Top Ten
     WebQuest South Africa
     Understanding a Mixer or Audio Soundboard
     Latin America Music - BBC
     What’s on their ipod - Why do we listen to music?
     

World Music & Classical Eras
     Webquest Africa
     World Music Connections
     Classical Era WebQuest “I LOVE THE _____ ERA“ 


NoteFlight Composition
NoteFlight A - Start Here  
NoteFlight B - Writing a Melody Project 
NoteFlight C - Using Form

Composition
        #1 What are Triads?
     #2 16 Bar using C Triad
     #3 The Basic Functions of Harmony - I-IV-V
     #4 I/IV/V Major Progression

     Roots Rock Melody Composition
    
Theory
Ricci Adams - Music Theory
Major Scales Quiz 
Scales and Chords
   
Ear Training 
      Elastic Frog

Tutorials
*iLife help - GarageBand, iMovie, iTunes, and iPhoto
*Recording Technique - Recording Tutorials

Other Resources
Classical Composer Biographies
History of Rock & Roll Reading
     Black Minstrelsy
History of Rock
Music Jokes

Games and Practice - Fun with MUSIC

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