MY DEAR STUDENTS
1/4/06
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Remember, NOT EVERYTHING WRITTEN IN HERE IS HOMEWORK. Please do not feel too much pressure, and stop sweating for crying out loud. You guys are great students and I'm very happy to teach you all. Keep grooving. |
This is your music instructor, Ippei Ichimaru. I just put this page together to let you guys know what you should work on for the next lesson. This is just a temporary page and subject to change. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.
 | MY DEAR MONDAY STUDENTS |  |
| 3pm Open |
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| 3:30pm Amy F. CELLO |
Bowing
- On the down bow: put the flock down. - On the up bow: put the tip down. C major scale - 2 octives Textbook - P24 #47 "Seven Nation Army" by White Stripes "Let It Be" by Beatles  "Come Together" by Beatles
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| 4pm Noah M. PIANO |
Basic
- Find all C, D, E, F, G, A & B on the keyboard Chords (Triads) -Triads on C major (C, D-, E-, F, G, A-, B dim) -Triads on C# major (C#, D#-, E#-, F#, G#, A#-, B# dim) - Enharmonics Textbook - P21 "Old Time Rock'n Roll" "Holiday" by Green Day "Feliz Novidad" by Green Day
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| 4:30pm GUITAR |
Tuning by yourself
Open Chords/Barre Chords (E shape) - A shape "Back in Black" by AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC "Hells Bells" by AC/DC "Old Time Rock'n Roll" "American Idiot" by Green Day "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey
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| 5pm Open |
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| 5:30pm GUITAR |
Basics
- Remember the name of the strings. (Low E, A, D, G, B and High E) - Find out the easier way to count the number of frets using the dots on the finger board. e.g. 1st dot is 3rd fret, 2nd dot is 5th fret. Textbook - P15 "American Idiot" by Green Day "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
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| 6pm PIANO |
Basic
- Find all C, D, E, F, G, A & B on the keyboard Textbook - P14 (Birthday Party) "Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer"
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| 6:30pm Kev P. BASS |
"Come Together" by Beatles
"Hey Jude" by Beatles "Senorita" by Los Lonely Boys 12-bar blues form in A "Let It Be" by Beatles "Just Like You" by Three Days Grace "Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm - USE TWO FINGERS!!!! - A quarter note = 92 "Fat Lip" by Sum 41 "Before I Forget" by Slipknot "Stand Up" by Trapt "Outside" by Staind
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| 7pm Ali L. GUITAR |
Tuning by yourself
Barre Chords (E, A, F, G, C & D shape, E maj7, E-7, Amaj7, A-7, Half-A shape) - Diminished 7th Reading #58 (Page 27) "Cute Without E" by Taking Back Sunday "My Immortal" by Evenescene "Smells Like Teen's Spirit" by Nirvana "Stay Together for The Kids" by Blink 182 "My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne "Wonder Wall" by Oasis "Heart-shaped Box" by Nirvana "Dumb" by Nirvana "All Apology" by Nirvana - Drop C# tuning "(5th tune)" by Evanescence "So Cold" by Green Day "Rain" by Breaking Benjamin "Broken" by Seether "Californication" by RHCP "Paranoia" by Green Day "Memory" by Sugar Cult "I'm Not OK" by My Chemical Romance "Mr. Bright Side" by The Killers "Ender" by Finch "Helena" by My Chemical Romance "The Way You Look Tonight" "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis
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| 7:30pm Kev G. GUITAR |
Tuning by yourself
Open Chords/Barre Chords (E &A shape) - F Shape "Numb" by Linkin Park "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day - Posture!! "Star-spangled Banner" "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC "Like A Stone" by Audio Slave - Guitar Solo "So This is Freedom" by The Unseen
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| 8pm Jordan S. BASS/GUITAR |
(Bass)
Slap in E7 Scales - Major, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Minor Pent., Major Pent., Major 2 octives Arpeggios - Major, Minor, 7th, Maj7, Min7, Min7(b5), dim7 Scale Degree Notes on E & A string Sight Reading - "Auld Land Syne" "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da" by Beatles "Penny Lane" by Beatles "Come Together" by Beatles "Surfin' USA" by Beach Boys "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison "Play That Funky Music" "When I'm Sixty-four" by Beatles "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen "I Saw Her Standing in There" by Beatles "Knocking on the Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan
(Guitar) Open Chords (C, D, E, E-, F, G, A) - E7 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
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| 8:30pm Open |
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 | MY DEAR TUESDAY STUDENTS | |
| 2:30pm Open |
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| 3pm Kyle M. GUITAR |
Tuning up by yourself.
Barre Chords (E, A, F, G, C & D shape, Emaj7, E-7, Amaj7, A-7) - Half-A shape "Money" by Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" by Pink Floyd "China Cat Sunflower" by Pink Floyd Sight Reading - "Hotel California" - "Auld Lang Syne" "Layla" by Eric Clapton "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix - Whole Intro (starting witn Bb dim) - Verse (E-, G, A) - Guitar breaks "Hey You" by Pink Floyd "Back in Black" by AC/DC "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC "After Midnight" by Eric Clapton "Hell's Bells" by AC/DC "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns 'N Roses
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| 3:30pm Open |
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| 4pm Open |
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| 4:30pm Jake H. GUITAR NEW TIME |
Barre Chords (E, A & F Shape)
- D shape Sight Reading - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" - "What A Wonderful World" "Time of Your Life" by Green Day "Back in Black" by AC/DC "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd "Behind These Hazed Eyes" by Kelly Clarkson "We'll Never Know" by Life House "Play Something Country" by Brooks & Dunn "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day "More Than a Feeling" by Boston
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| 5pm Julia S. GUITAR |
Textbook
- P19 & P21 "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Open Chords (D, C, G) "Old Time Rock'n Roll" "Puff the Magic Dragon" "Going on a Sleighride" "Deck the Hall"
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| 5:30pm Zach P. GUITAR |
Textbook
- P16 (Two string Exercise) Open Chords (C, D, D-, E, E-, G) - E, E-, G "American Idiot" by Green Day "Blvd. of Broken Dreams" by Green Day "Rock and Roll" by Zep "Dig in" by Lenny Kravitz
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| 6pm Ryan M. BASS/GUITAR |
(Bass)
Reading Music - Minuet in G by Bach (8 measures) Harmonics - Do the same pattern starting on E & D strings - G & D major scale Arpeggios (Major, Minor) "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream - Blues Scale "Start Me Up" by Rolling Stones "Black Dog" by Zep "Boogie, Oogie, Oogie" by A Taste of Honey "Sweet Child O'mine" by Guns 'n Roses "Play That Funky Music" "The Ocean" by Zep - Groove!!!!! Feel not only the beats but subdivisions as well "(Your composition)" by Ryan M. "Better Man" by Pearl Jam "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave "I Saw Her Standing There" by Beatles "Brickhouse" by Commodores "Scar Tissue" by RHCP
(Guitar) Open Chords (C, D, D-, D7, E, E-, E7, F, G, A, A-, A7) - F- Barre Chords (E shape) - A shape "Wild Thing" "You Really Got Me" by Van Halen 12-bar blues in C "Stairway to Heaven" by Zep - Intro, Verse & Bridge "(own tune)" - Make up the melody - D major scale with right fingering "Let's Get It Started" "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf "Canon" by Zachs "Whipping Post" by Allman Brothers "I Could Have Lied" by RHCP "Whatever Happened?" by The Strokes "Achilles Last Stand" by Zep "Since I've Been Loving You" by Zep "Mrs. Robinson" by The Lemonheads "Wonderboy" by Tenacious D "I Put A Spell On You" by Screaming Jay Hawkins "Ramble On" by Zep "Is This It?" by The Strokes "Wild Horses" by Rolling Stones
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| 6:30pm Kyle D. NEW TIME BASS/GUITAR |
(Bass)
Scales - Major (2 oct.), Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Blues, Mixo-lydian, Major Pentatonic (2 oct.), Minor Pentatonic (2 oct.) - New fingering of Major scale for 5-st bass. Slap (3 patterns) "Back in Black" "Hells Bells" "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" by AC/DC "Black Dog" by Zep "Play That Funky Music" "Good Time, Bad Time" by Zep 12-bar blues in E Chord reading - Autumn Leaves Working on Groove "I Feel Good" by James Brown - Keep the form and groove. - Feel the subdivisions of beats "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey "The Ocean" by Zep "Kashmir" by Zep "Trambled Underfoot" by Zep "House of Holy" by Zep "Rover" by Zep "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang "Let's Get It Started" "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf "Canon" by Zachs "Whipping Post" by Allman Brothers "I Could Have Lied" by RHCP Les Claypool's Solo "Whatever Happened?" by The Strokes "Achilles Last Stand" by Zep "Pigs" by Pink Floyd "Mrs. Robinson" by The Lemonheads "Scar Tissue" by RHCP "Wonderboy" by Tenacious D "Ramble On" by Zep "Is This It?" by The Strokes "Birdland" by Weather Report "Teen Town" by Weather Report "Wild Horses" by Rolling Stones
(Guitar) Open Chords/Barre Chords (E & A Shape) - D shape "Rock'n Roll" by Zep "Communication Breakdown" by Zep "Stairway to Heaven" by Zep "No Rain" by Blind Melon "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave "Better Man" by Pearl Jam "Since I've Been Loving You" by Zep "I Saw Her Standing There" by Beatles "Brickhouse" by Commodores "I Put A Spell On You" by Screaming Jay Hawkins
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| 7pm PIANO/GUITAR |
(Guitar)
Tuning up by yourself. Barre Chords (E, A, F, D, G & Half-A shape, Emaj7, E-7, Amaj7, A-7, ) - C Shape Reading Music - Etude No. 1 - Measure 18 to 30 - A quarter note = 60 - play the tune as smooth as possible "Meant to Live" by Switchfoot "Easier to Run" by Linkin Park - Starting from the bridge "Savior" by Skillet - Drop D tuning "Vertigo" by U2 (An eighth note = 184, goal is a quarter note = 150) "Pieces of Me" by Ashley Simpson "Miracle Drug" by U2 "Square One" by Cold Play "A Message" by Cold Play
(Piano) Basic Chords (Triads) -Triads on C major (C, D-, E-, F, G, A-, B dim) -Triads on C# major (C#, D#-, E#-, F#, G#, A#-, B# dim) - Enharmonics - Converting between Majors and Minors Sight Reading - "What A Wonderful World" "My Immortal" by Evanescence "Angel" by Sarah McLaughlin
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| 7:30pm BASS |
Textbook
- P14 #24 "Really Got Me" by Van Halen "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns'n Roses "Knockin' on the Heaven's Door" by Guns'n Roses "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
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| 8pm Open |
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My dear students, if you have any questions regarding to the lessons, don't hesitate and drop me a line via email.
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Scott's Jam | This guy, Mr. Scotty O'Brien, is organizing a jam session for young musicians who are under 21 every Sunday 2pm to 6pm. You guys should check it out. Remember, it's very important to play with somebody and to play in front of somebody. I can't emphasize this enough and this is something I can't teach in a one-on-one lesson. |
