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Music Theory

Teach music notation through popular songs

Rhythmic Dance Battle: Vacation

Learn rhythm patterns and movement sequences through guided video tutorials
Quarter notes
Eighth notes
Dotted notes
Dancing

Rhythmic Dance Battle: Roar

Learn rhythm patterns and movement sequences through guided video tutorials
Quarter notes
Eighth notes
Sixteenth notes
Dancing
Elementary

Rhythmic Dance Battle: Dance Monkey

Learn rhythm patterns and movement sequences through guided video tutorials
Quarter notes
Eighth notes
Dancing
Elementary

Basics of Music Notation

Learn the fundamentals of music notation
Staff
Ledger lines
Clef
Measures
Barlines

Master the Rhythm

Learn the shapes and values of basic rhythm signs
Whole notes
Half notes
Quarter notes
Eighth notes
Sixteenth notes

Basics of Time in Music Notation: Beat, Bar, Time Signatures

Learn basic time signatures, their meaning & differences
Beat
Time signature
2/4
3/4
4/4

Basics of Signs I: Clefs, Tempo, Dynamics

Learn about basic clefs, tempo & dynamic signs - what do they mean and how they can change the sound of a song
Treble clef
Tempo signs
Dynamic signs

Basics of Signs II: Accidentals

Learn all about accidentals and how to use them
Sharps
Flats
Naturals

Basics of Signs III: Articulation Signs

Learn about accent signs, phrasing signs & many more
Staccato
Legato
Marcato
Tenuto

Reading and Singing the Notes

Learn how each note is called and try to sing them
Note names
C major scale
Singing

Dotted Rhythms

Learn how dots can change the length of notes
Dotted quarter notes
Dotted eighth notes
Rhythm
Clapping

Syncopation

Learn about basic syncopation - how notes can sound "off-beat"
Syncopation
Rhythm
Clapping

Playing the Sixteenth-Notes

Learn about sixteenth notes and find them in a song
Rhythm pyramid
Sixteenth notes
Singing
Clapping

Building a Major Scale

In this class you'll learn to sing, read and write a major scale
Tone
Half tone
C major scale
D major scale
G major scale