The Keyboard
Looking at a keyboard is a good way to begin learning about music notes. The black keys always appear in groups of two or three. The white keys contain all the natural notes used in music (A B C D E F G).
If you start at the note C and play all the white notes until you reach C again, you get what is called a major scale. This gives the familiar sound Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do. The major scale is a basic building block for scales and chords. A scale is a set pattern of notes played one at a time. Most vocal melodies, bass lines and lead solos are derived from scales. A chord is three or more notes played together. In a band, chords are usually played on guitar or keyboard.
Class Sessions
1- The Triplet
2- The Dotted Quarter Note
3- Beats Based on Eighth Notes
4- The Eighth Note
5- INTRODUCTION
6- Playing Notes Together
7- Playing Fills
8- Rests
9- Sounds of the Drums
10- Using the Left Foot
11- The Three Four Time Signature
12- 16 Positions for Sixteenth Notes
13- Sixteenth Notes
14- The Shuffle
15- Notating Swing Rhythms
16- 12 Note Positions for Triplets
17- Creating Variations
18- Snare Drum Control
19- Creating Your Own Beats
20- Using the Hi-Hat Cymbals
21- The Cymbals
22- The Tom Toms
23- Playing the Open Hi-Hat
24- A Final Solo
25- Before You Begin
26- Ghost Notes
27- Musical Form
28- Singing What You Play
29- Snare Drum Control
30- Counting Drum Beats
31- Playing Drum Beats
32- How to Sit at the Drums
33- Fills Using Triplets6
34- How to Hold the Drum Sticks
35- Understanding Music
36- How to Read Drum Music
37- Music Notes
38- Note and Rest Values
39- The Grand Staff
40- Notes Used in Drum Beats
41- The Keyboard