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 49C: Catch The Groove (Classroom)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert D only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 50C: Play By Ear (Classroom)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert B-flat, D, & F
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 51C: Mix It Up (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, whole rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 52C: Make A Beat (Classroom)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert F only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 53C: All Together Now (Classroom)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert G minor key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 54C: Bonus Level (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 55C: Get Ready (Classroom)
Warm-up using:
-Concert F, E, D, & C
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-"C" time signature -
Video 56C: Inside Info (Classroom)
Music theory & fundamentals: Dynamics
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Video 57C: Sync Up (Classroom)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 58C: Catch The Groove (Classroom)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert E only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 59C: Play By Ear (Classroom)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert C, E, & G
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 60C: Mix It Up (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert D minor key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-Repeat signs
-Slurs
-Dynamics: mp, mf
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 61C: Make A Beat (Classroom)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert E only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 62C: All Together Now (Classroom)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert F major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Fermatas
-Slurs
-Ties
-Pick-up notes
-Dynamics: mp & mf
-2/4 time signature -
Video 63C: Bonus Level (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f
-Repeat sign
-Slurs
-Ties
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 64C: Get Ready (Classroom)
Warm-up using:
-Concert F major scale & arpeggio
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes & rests
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 65C: Inside Info (Classroom)
Music theory & fundamentals: D.C. al Fine
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Video 66C: Sync Up (Classroom)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 67C: Catch The Groove (Classroom)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert G only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, dotted quarter notes, half notes & rests, dotted half notes, whole notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 68C: Play By Ear (Classroom)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert F, A, & C
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 69C: Mix It Up (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-D.C. al Fine
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 70C: Make A Beat (Classroom)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert A only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 71C: All Together Now (Classroom)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, sixteenth notes (snare drum only)
-Repeat signs
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-"C" time signature -
Video 72C: Bonus Level (Classroom)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, sixteenth notes (snare drum only)
-D.C. al Fine
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f
-4/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment
