Zack Ferris

Lesson OUTLINE Adults

 

General Course Information

 

Course Title: Private Study

Instructor: Zack Ferris Phone: (415-305-7942)

e-mail address: funktofugue@gmail.com

Class schedule: TBA

Credit: 2 semester hours (2,2)

 

Lab manual: Room: Rm 205 MY STUDIO

Course Description

 

Private Study is a course designed to prepare the student for the bandstand.

 

Objectives

 

1. Understand rhythm: master Solfeo
2. Be able to work with “click” or metronome
3. Be able to play non root voicings
4. Play basslines effectively
5. How to build motifs
6. How to build a solo

 

Requirements

 

Each student will be able to play through a song of their choice voicing out the chords. They will also be able to solo ontop of the “changes”. They will have a firm grasp of how to work with motifs and use them throughout their soloing.

 

Syllabus by week

 

Week Topic

 

I)                        Class I Introduction

A)    What do I want to accomplish with my lessons

B)   Meet each other

C)   Outline the sketch of the lesson plan

1)    Warm up

2)    Arp

3)    Improvise

4)    Application

D)   START the WORK

1)    Hanon

2)    Intro to CLAVE

II)                      Lesson Ia HANON

A)    Notes on 1 and beat 4

B)   MONTUNO hanon in C

1)    ALL twelve keys

C)   IMPORTANT : SEPARATE hands

III)                     Lesson II WARM UP

A)    REVIEW of hanon

1)    PAY special attention to TECHNIQUE

a)    High fingers

b)    Low wrists

c)    Little motion

B)   Mapping out a song

1)    3 and 7s

2)    BUILD motif around them

3)    AVOID ROOT

IV)                    Lesson IIa Arpeggios

A)    WEB SOURCE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak09cu42KC0

B)   1 3 5 7

1)    FINGERING 1 2 3 4 white

2)    FINGERING 4 1 2 3 BLACK

C)   Three Octaves

D)   PRACTICE with CLAVE

E)

V)                      Lesson III INTRODUCTION to Melody DEVELOPMENT

A)    WEB SOURCE

B) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcfEs5d5cpE

C)   Diminuition

D)   Augmentation

E)   Sequence

F)    Pedal Tone

G)   Truncation

H)   Rhythmic Displacement vs. Retention

VI)                    Lesson IV Bassline

A)    Root and fifth

B)   Chromatisicm

C)   ROOT on the “1”

VII)                   Lesson V Transcriptions – EARTRAINING

A)    Sightseeing- Yellow Jackets (Four Corners)

B)   TIPS

1)    Listen to Bass Progression

2)    Then fill in the chords listen for tonality

3)    Use melody as your guide

a)    3/7 WILL be in melody

C)   Marvin Gaye

1)    Whats going on

D)   Pick a HORN SOLO

1)    Map out Melody DEVELOPMENT

a)    SEE ABOVE

VIII)                 Lesson VI EARTRAINING

A)    Have computer PLAY 1 note at a time

1)    SIMON

a)    You play it back

b)    If the note is wrong start again

c)    After a certain amount of notes say 7-10

d)    Play with that combination using DIFFERENT REGISTERS

e)    TRANSPOSE

f)      CHANGE TONALITY

IX) Lesson VII SOLFEO- READING

A)    SOLFEO

B)   Read Rhythm

1)    DIVIDE measure in TWO

2)    COUNT OUT LOUD

a)    1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

3)    READ notes

a)    HINT RUBATO if necessary

4)    COMBINE for SOLFEO

a)    Metronome SLOW and get FASTER

X)                      Lesson VIII TRANSPOSE

A)    WORK with B Eb- G A progression

B)   Transpose

XI)                    Lesson IX IMPROVISE

A)    WEB SOURCE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLQCD55k1Gk

B)   Play Rest Play AGAIN

1)    Play 5 notes

a)    MINOR 2 3 4 5 7

b)    MAJOR 2 3 5 6 7

2)    REST very important for one measure

3)    Play same notes again SAME register and rhythm

a)    WORK with CLAVE

4)    CHANGE NOTES

XII)                   Lesson IX a

A)    Left hand plays ONE of RH notes with BLOCK chord

B)   7 2 3 5 FINGERING

XIII) Art of charting

A)  Any time your eye stops fix

B)   Make sure the notes match the time signature

1)   6/8 is 6 x 8ths

C)  Rehearsal letters

1)   BIG

D)  No dotted rests

E)   Key switches half way through from d minor to Ab minor

1)   Rehearsal mark HINT

XIV) CHORDS

A) WEB SOURCE

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj4zFzAOsis

B) 3/7 LEFT HAND

1) Fill with 2  5 6 Major OR 2 4 5 Minor      

2) OPEN vs CLOSED voicing

3) NON ROOTAL

C) SWITCH hands 3/7 RH

D) ALTERNATIVE

1) 3 LH 7 RH

2)

XV)                  Rhythm

A)    Rhythm

1)    Quarter notes

2)    Triplets

B)   Notation

1)    STAFF

2)    Making up sentences

a)    EGBDF

b)    FACE

3)    LESSONS: quarter, eighth, clef Feld 1-6,

XVI)                 Class Rhythm

A)    Quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, rests

B)   Measure 4/4; 6/8

C)   REVIEW

D)   LESSONS: sixteenth notes Feld 45-47

E)   LESSONS: time signatures Feld 7, 53

F)    LESSONS: time signatures, dotted notes Feld 9-17

XVII)               Class Rhythm

A)    Writing on the board

1)    3 time signatures

2)    use rests/ notes

3)    imaginary barline

B)   CLASS EXERCISE: Bass player says

C)   LESSONS: Eighth notes Feld 21-23

 

XIX)                 Class Circle of fifths

A)    Adams family

B)   Sharps

C)   Flats

D)    WWHWWWH

E)   LESSONS: Circle of fifths Feld 37-39 Ed 2

F)    Circle of fifths Ed 12

XX)                  Class circle of fifths

A)    REVIEW

B)   Key signatures

1)    FLATS

2)    SHARPS

C)   LESSONS: Key signatures feld 35-36

D)   LESSONS: Sharps, flats feld 25-27

E)   CLASS EXERCISE: two dice

1)    FIRST number the number of flats /sharps

2)    SECOND dice 1-3 FLAT/ 4-6 SHARP

3)    WRITE on board KEY

XXI)                 REVIEW

 

XXIII)              NUMBERS/ LOCATIONS

A)    Leading tone, submediant, dominant, subdominant, submediant, tonic

B)   NUMBERS

1)    Both useful for understanding lingo

C)   CLASS EXERCISE

1)    Pick an object in the room

2)

XXIV)             EXPRESSIONS

A)    Dynamics

1)    Fortissimo, pianisimo,

2)    Crescendos

3)    RIT; Accel

4)    Staccato, tenuto, accent

B)   LESSONS: Dynamics feld 41-43

XXV)               OTHER

A)    Repeat

B)   First endings/second endings

C)   DC vs. DS

D)   LESSONS: First /second endings Feld 18-19