Level One contains twelve custom lesson plans that will take students through important fundamentals including set up, technique, reading music, and playing their first songs. Scroll down to access all learning content.
Course Curriculum
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- Solo Score: One Two Buckle My Shoe
- Ensemble Score: One Two Buckle My Shoe
- 1. Warm-up (10:49)
- 2. Note Identification - D and B
- 3. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:28)
- 4. Get Ready to Play (1:42)
- 5. Component Practice (3:34)
- 6. Play-Along: Full Ensemble (0:29)
- 7. Be Inspired (1:08)
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- Solo Score: Duerme Mi Tesoro
- Ensemble Score: Duerme Mi Tesoro
- 1. Technique Focus - String Crossing (4:44)
- 2. Note Identification - D, B, and E
- 3. Sightread - B, D, and E
- 4. Review Song
- 5. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:21)
- 6. Get Ready to Play (3:12)
- 7. Component Practice (5:36)
- 8. Play-Along: Full Ensemble (0:20)
- 9. Supplemental Songs
- 10. Be Inspired (0:47)
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- Ensemble Score: Fire Dance
- 1. Warm-up
- 2. Note Identification - D, B, and E
- 3. Sightread - B, D, and E
- 4. Review Songs
- 5. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:33)
- 6. Get Ready to Play 1 - Reading Ensemble Scores (2:05)
- 7. Get Ready to Play 2 - Extended Techniques (4:19)
- 8. Component Practice 1 - Measures 1-2 (3:15)
- 9. Component Practice 2 (3:53)
- 10. Play-Along - Full Ensemble (0:37)
- 11. Be Inspired (0:40)
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- Solo Score: Ring Around the Rosy
- Ensemble Score: Ring Around The Rosy
- 1. Technique Focus - Chromatic Scale (6:01)
- 2. Note Identification - D, B, E, and G
- 3. Sightread - B, D, E, and G
- 4. Review Songs
- 5. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:21)
- 6. Get Ready to Play (1:55)
- 7. Component Practice (3:04)
- 8. Play-Along: Full Ensemble (0:23)
- 9. Supplemental Song
- 10. Be Inspired (3:29)
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- Ensemble Score: Rube Goldberg Machine
- 1. Warm-up (12:05)
- 2. Note Identification - D, B, E, and G
- 3. Sightread - B, D, E, and G
- 4. Review Songs
- 5. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:25)
- 6. Get Ready to Play (2:49)
- 7. Component Practice (6:17)
- 8. Play-Along - Full Ensemble (0:45)
- 9. Be Inspired (2:38)
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- Solo Score: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
- Ensemble Score: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
- 1. Warm-up (11:50)
- 2. Note Identification - G, A, B, C, D, and E
- 3. Sightread - C and A
- 4. Review Songs
- 5. Theory Focus - Reading Music on the Staff (4:27)
- 6. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:50)
- 7. Get Ready to Play (1:48)
- 8. Component Practice 1 - Measures 1-2 (2:37)
- 9. Component Practice 2 - Measures 3-4 (2:19)
- 10. Component Practice 3 - Measures 5-8 (3:12)
- 11. Play-Along - Full Ensemble (0:51)
- 12. Be Inspired (1:30)
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- Solo Score: Un Elefante Se Balanceaba
- Ensemble Score: Un Elefante Se Balanceaba
- 1. Warm-up (11:50)
- 2. Note Identification - G, A, B, C, D, and E
- 3. Sightread - C and A
- 4. Review Songs
- 5. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:27)
- 6. Get Ready to Play (1:29)
- 7. Component Practice - Measures 3-4 (3:59)
- 8. Component Practice - Measures 7-8 (4:11)
- 9. Play-Along - Full Ensemble (0:27)
- 10. Be Inspired (0:44)
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- Ensemble Score: Chant
- 1. Warm-up (11:50)
- 2. Note Identification - G, A, B, C, D, and E
- 3. Sightread - C and A
- 4. Review Songs
- 5. Look & Listen: Solo with Score (0:43)
- 6. Get Ready to Play (1:42)
- 7. Component Practice 1 - Measures 1-7 (5:10)
- 8. Component Practice 2 - Measures 8 and 13-17 (6:05)
- 9. Play-along - Full Ensemble (0:44)
- 10. Supplemental Song
- 11. Be Inspired (6:21)