For Teachers
Fun play-along videos for classroom use!
-Use with full ensembles in online, hybrid, and in-person classroom settings
-For beginner and intermediate band students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Classroom videos rotate through 9 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. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
9. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos
10. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 82 Dynabuddy classroom videos
Teachers can use Dynabuddy videos to support any musical activity they have planned. Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 82 classroom videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 82 classroom videos are currently available. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 25C: Make A Beat (Classroom)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert F only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 26C: All Together Now (Classroom)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Round
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Ties
-Repeat signs
-Dynamics: p & f
-"C" time signature -
Video 27C: Bonus Level (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature; Concert D minor tonality
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes and rests, whole notes
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-“C” time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 28C: Get Ready (Classroom)
Warm-up using:
-Concert B-flat major scale & arpeggio
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 29C: Inside Info (Classroom)
Music theory & fundamentals: Eighth notes & rests
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Video 30C: Sync Up (Classroom)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 31C: Catch The Groove (Classroom)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert C only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Ties
-2/4 time signature -
Video 32C: Play By Ear (Classroom)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert B-flat & C
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 33C: Mix It Up (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 34C: Make A Beat (Classroom)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert D only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 35C: All Together Now (Classroom)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Slurs
-Repeat signs
-Dynamics: p & f
-"C" time signature -
Video 36C: Bonus Level (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole rests
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat sign
-"C" time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 37C: Get Ready (Classroom)
Warm-up using:
-Concert E-flat, F, G, A-flat, & B-flat
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Breath marks
-3/4 time signature -
Video 38C: Inside Info (Classroom)
Music theory & fundamentals: Ties & slurs
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Video 39C: Sync Up (Classroom)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 40C: Catch The Groove (Classroom)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert E-flat only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 41C: Play By Ear (Classroom)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-E-flat, F, & G
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 42C: Mix It Up (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert C minor key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Fermata
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 43C: Make A Beat (Classroom)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert A-flat only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 44C: All Together Now (Classroom)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature -
Video 45C: Bonus Level (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up note
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 46C: Get Ready (Classroom)
Warm-up using:
-Concert E-flat, F, G, A-flat, & B-flat
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 47C: Inside Info (Classroom)
Music theory & fundamentals: Repeats, 1st & 2nd endings
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Video 48C: Sync Up (Classroom)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-2/4 time signature