GSM 321

1st and 2nd week Lesson outline:
A. Revisional: Piano Anatomy.
1. Review of Piano keys Nomenclature (white/natural keys, black:sharp/flat keys and their respective symbols.)
2. Classification of Piano keys.
3. Dummy keyboards construction [Take Home Assignment: Follow specified diameters Draw showing the piano keys on a cardboard paper].
4. Review of RHF and LHF numbering and correspondence for BHF.
5. Introducing the Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 terminologies. [Book 1 comprises of Techniques 1-3].
**exercises to be played first on pupils dummy keyboards in the classroom.**
6. Introducing Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 Exercises.
7. Group 1 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 (FPE 1-8).

B. Revisional: An introduction to Violin Anatomy:
1. Parts of the Violin
2. Numbering of the strings of a violin
3. Names of the individual strings of a violin.
4. The Treble stave and the Violin: location of the notes of string No. 4 on the Treble Stave.
5. Stave Practice exercises for Violin and Piano.

C. GSM 321 Project Review:
1. Project Deadline given
2. Pupils grouping wrt Project submission
*project options:
1. Present a representative from any one of the following Family of Musical Instruments: percussion, woodwind, string.
2. Learn to play the following melodies with both hands(piano)on the /Recorder /Violin: (refer to melodious exercises nos. 6-10 from level 1 playlist.)

C. Introducing the Music Club Project 2019001A [refer to Music Club Project]

3rd & 4th week Lesson outlines:
A. Recorder Music Review.
1. Numbering of the holes of the Recorder from 0-8.
2. Numbering of the fingers for the RHF and LHF on the Recorder.
3. Placement of keys (Natural) of the Recorder on the Treble stave: C D E F G A B C'

B. Introduction to drums Music:
Introducing the drums stave:
1. Names of respective parts of a drum
2. 5 lines and 4 spaces drum stave.
3. Placing the snare drum on the third line of the drum stave.
4. Placing the Bass drum on the first space.
5. Placing the Hi-tom on the 4th space
6. Placing the mid-tom on the third space.
7. Learning stick gripping.

C. Introducing Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 Exercises.

D. Group 1 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 (FPE 1-8).

E. Introducing the Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 terminologies. [Book 1 comprises of Techniques 1-3].
**exercises to be played first on pupils dummy keyboards in the classroom.**

F. Introducing Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 Exercises.

G. Group 1 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 (FPE 1-8).

H. Assignment: Melodious Exercises Nos. 6 on Cmaj from the RH Piano Melodies Book 1.

I. Group 1 Violin handling practice (workshop: with open string exercises included).

5th week Lesson outlines:
A. Kinds of Music stave (with their respective clefs) and their application to various instruments (instruments that write music on these stave):
1. Treble stave
2. Bass stave
3. Alto stave
4. Grand stave
5. Tenor stave.
B. Introducing the Musical Note Values: 1. Semibreve, Minims Crotchets, Quavers, Semiquavers, demisemiquavers, Hemidemisemiquavers.
2. Learning to count (read) musical notes 1: Semibreve
2. Minim
3. Crotchet
4. Quaver

B. Learning to draw the listed note values.

C. Placing Semibreve, Minim, Crotchet, Quaver notes on the Stave and reading them.

D. Group 2 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 (FPE 1-8).

E. Introducing the Exercises for Chapter 3 (Pianoforte Fingering Book 1)

F. Assignment: Melodious Exercises Nos. 7 on Cmaj from the RH Piano Melodies Book 1.

G. Recorder Assignment:
Stave practice exercises for the Recorder [given as take home assignments].

H. Group 3 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 (FPE 1-8)

I. Revisional: Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 3 exercises.

J. Assignment: Melodious Exercises Nos. 8 on Cmaj from the RH Piano Melodies Book 1.

K. Group 2 and 3 Violin handling workshops (open string exercises included).

6th week: TEST OF APPLIED MUSIC.

7th & 8th week Lesson outlines:
A. Introducing the Diatonic Major scale:
1. The diatonic major scale definition and scale principle.
2. The diatonic major scale voicing and scale degrees.
3. Principle of the Diatonic Major scale connection.
4. Pianoforte: Keys of the First family of the Diatonic Major scale (C G D A E).
5. The Cmajor scale: scale voicing, spelling, key signature for Cmajor, placement of the Cmajor scale on the Grand stave.
6. Cmajor scale preludes Nos. 1-3.

B. Fingering exercises (warm-ups) for the Violin Group 4 (Violin handling with open strings exercises included).

C. Group 4 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 (FPE 1-8).

D. Assignment: Melodious Exercises Nos. 9 on Cmaj from the RH Piano Melodies Book 1. Further Practice exercises from the Recorder playlist.

E. Drum lines Nos. 1-3 [Take home Assignments].

F. Practice playing Semibreve, Minims and Crotchets on the drums.
G. Group 5 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 1 Chapter 2 (FPE 1-8) and Violin workshop for handling (with open string exercises included with Finger warm-ups included).

H. Assignment: Melodious Exercises Nos. 10 on Cmaj from the RH Piano Melodies Book 1.
*pupils are to come along with their instruments on the 9th week for Rehearsals.

9th week Lesson outlines:
A. Pianoforte Melodious Exercises Rehearsals and Projects submission.

10th week: RECITALS. (by RH exams, recitals, jury and repertoire Dept.)

11th week: TEST OF APPLIED MUSIC.