1) SOUND
2) PITCH
3) MUSICAL ALPHABET (As it lays out on the guitar Here is another using the piano)
4) DURATION
5) NOTES
6) PULSE
7) BEATS
8) WHOLE NOTE
9) MEASURE or BAR
10) TEMPO
11) TIME SIGNATURE or METRE
12) MUSICAL NOTATION
What is practice? Three things:
1.
What to learn
-- the selective process.
2.
Repeating what you learned many times – Relax, notice
and focus with a clear mind as in meditation – stay present.
3.
Application of what you think you know – Utilize
your new language.
One, ask yourself this question: What do I want to learn?
Make a choice (if you are a beginner, choose an instrument) and
select (if beginning, select a good teacher) something to practice.
To start, there are usually five basic springboards to
consider cultivating:
·
TONE QUALITY
-- Cultivate your personal sound
(if you are a beginner, find a good instrument).
·
INTERVALS
-- Basic building blocks (if you are a beginner, learn the definition of semi-tone and whole tone and their combinations).
·
SCALES – A foundation for good technique (if you
are a beginner, learn to read a sequence of notes in melodic fragments).
·
CHORDS – A harmonic vocabulary (if you are a
beginner, learn the five primary chord shapes).
LEARN TUNES/MUSICAL MATERIAL –
Road Map and Traffic Signals (if you are a beginner, acquire some simple sheet
music).
Two, are you willing to repeat things 108 times?
Three, can you play what you learned?
