Matt Fry's Virtual Music Course

This course is currently in progress and runs until November 16, 2020.

Course Schedule:
9/14/20 PBVC/VOICE CARE
Warm-ups/singing together over Zoom
Posture, Breathing, Vowels, Consonants
The McClosky Technique
Taking care of your voice
Solfeggio

9/21/20 NOTE NAMES/RHYTHM
Warm-ups
Treble Clef/Bass Clef note names
www.musictheory.net
What is rhythm?
Identify durations of notes and rests
Time Signatures/ Counting in 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8 times
Syncopation

9/28/20 HALF-STEPS, WHOLE-STEPS, MAJOR SCALES
Warm-ups
Continue Rhythm counting/syncopation
Half-steps, whole-steps
Sharps, flats, naturals
Major scales

10/05/20 INTERVALS AND KEYS
Warm-ups
Review sharps, flats
Intervals by sight (Major, minor, augmented, diminished)
Intervals by sound (Major, minor, augmented, diminished)
Key signatures
Circle of 5ths

10/12/20 MUSIC TERMINOLOGY/SIGHT READING
Warm-ups
Italian Pronunciation
Common terms and definitions
Basics of sight reading/review notes and rhythm

10/19/20 PIANO SKILLS AND CHORDS
Warm-ups
Importance of correct finger position
The “feel” of the keyboard (black and white keys)
You play the warm-ups (moving up by half-steps)
Chords/Commercial chord symbols

10/26/20 REVIEW BASICS
Warm-ups
Review PBVC
Review note names and rhythm

11/02/20 REVIEW BREATHING AND INTERVALS
Warm-ups
Breathing and phrasing (sing it like you would say it)
Review intervals by sight and sound

11/09/20 RHYTHM REVIEW/CONDUCTING
Warm-ups
Review counting
Choral directing (what am I doing?-more than just a time-keeper)
Direct with me

11/16/20 WRAPPING IT UP
Warm-ups
Practice sight-reading
Perform together?
Q&A