Baritone B.C.
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the baritone (bass clef)!
-For beginner and intermediate baritone (bass clef) students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Get Ready: Warmups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on the baritone (bass clef)
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, lip slurs, articulation, facility
9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
10. Your Choice: Pitch/tonal improvisation
-Listen and echo a musical phrase, then play something different using given note choices
11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for baritone (bass clef). More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 97: All Together Now (Baritone B.C.)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-F major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-Ties
-Ritardando
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Fermatas
-Divisi
-Crescendo & decrescendo
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 98: Your Choice (Baritone B.C.)
Sight-read and improvise using:
-C, F, & G
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 99: Bonus Level (Baritone B.C.)
Sight-read using:
-E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-D.C. al Fine
-Ritardando & a tempo
-Crescendo & decrescendo
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f
-Slurs
-Ties
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 100: Recap (Baritone B.C.)
Vocabulary review: 35 multiple choice questions covering terms, symbols, and concepts from videos 1-99