Do you find yourself making the same mistakes repeatedly; no matter how much you practice?
Do you feel confused when it comes to reading rhythms and notes? Is most of your learning time
spent ‘hunting and pecking’ while trying to decipher those black notes? Do you find yourself
confused as to what the composer’s intentions might be and ultimately how to interpret them?
Learning music in a haphazard approach leads to inconsistency in our practice, playing, and
performing which feeds our insecurity and limits our natural potential.
Understanding the basics of musicianship will give you the tools to learn your music efficiently,
clearly, with virtually NO mistakes in the learning process. Your practice won’t be spent correcting
ingrained errors but in refining and reaching your full potential. Your playing level will come up as
will your confidence in performance.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
* Theory – a step by step workbook will help guide us through how to build scales to how
to identify keys, chords, chord progressions and forms in music.
* Rhythmic Training – learning to count and even conduct rhythms reveals a deeper
understanding of the music we play as well as helping us to avoid learning mistakes.
* Analysis – breaking down a piece of music from the big to small picture helps us make
sense of the music and enables us to learn and memorize it in a much more manageable
way. In this portion of the workshop we’ll learn to analyze the form, harmony, phrasing
and figures of a piece.
* Interpretation – Once we’ve analyzed a piece we’ll look at the three elements of music;
melody, harmony, and rhythm, to see how we will apply the three interpretive elements of
music; dynamics, timbre, rhythm and rhythmic phrasing so that we can best express the
composer’s intentions.
* Chord and Scale Forms – There are only five forms, or positions, for any chord or major
scale. Once you learn those five forms you know how the fret board works. Categorizing
these forms helps tremendously with the memory process.