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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn music!
-For beginner and intermediate band 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 an instrument
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, facility, articulation, lip slurs, interval studies, scale patterns, rudiments
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 each instrument. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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100 itemsFlute
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the flute!
-For beginner and intermediate flute 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:... -
100 itemsOboe
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the oboe!
-For beginner and intermediate oboe 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:...
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100 itemsClarinet
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the clarinet!
-For beginner and intermediate clarinet students
-Use with B-flat clarinets
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on dif... -
100 itemsBass Clarinet
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the bass clarinet!
-For beginner and intermediate bass clarinet students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Use with B-flat bass clarinets
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities ... -
100 itemsBassoon
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the bassoon!
-For beginner and intermediate bassoon 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 learn... -
100 itemsAlto Saxophone
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the alto saxophone!
-For beginner and intermediate alto saxophone students
-Use with E-flat alto saxophones
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activiti... -
100 itemsTenor Saxophone
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the tenor saxophone!
-For beginner and intermediate tenor saxophone students
-Use with B-flat tenor saxophones
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activ... -
100 itemsBaritone Saxophone
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the baritone saxophone!
-For beginner and intermediate baritone saxophone students
-Use with E-flat baritone saxophones
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through... -
100 itemsFrench Horn
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the French horn!
-For beginner and intermediate French horn students
-Use with F French horns
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on... -
100 itemsTrumpet
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the trumpet!
-For beginner and intermediate trumpet students
-Use with B-flat trumpets and cornets
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to foc... -
100 itemsBaritone T.C.
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the baritone (treble clef)!
-For beginner and intermediate baritone (treble clef) students
-Use with B-flat baritones and euphoniums
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos r... -
100 itemsBaritone B.C.
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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 differ... -
100 itemsTrombone
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the trombone!
-For beginner and intermediate trombone 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 lea... -
100 itemsTuba
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the tuba!
-For beginner and intermediate tuba 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:...
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100 itemsXylophone
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the xylophone, or any mallet percussion instrument!
-For beginner and intermediate students
-Use with any mallet percussion instrument, including xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, bells, or Glockenspiel
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in... -
100 itemsSnare Drum
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Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the snare drum!
-For beginner and intermediate percussion 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...