GSM 521

1st and 2nd week Lesson outline:
A. Revisional:
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.
7. Gmajor scale: Voicing, Spelling, Key Signature, placement on the stave and preludes Nos. 1-3.

B. Revisional: Violin and the Treble stave.
1. The Treble stave and the Violin: location of the notes of string No. 4 on the Treble Stave.
2. Location of the notes of string No. 3 on the Treble stave.
3. Location of the notes of string No. 2 on the Treble stave.
4. Location of the notes of string No. 1 on the Treble stave.

C. GSM 421 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.)
3. Designing a Dummy Keyboard (serve as take home assignment).

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

E. Introduction to spoken word Music

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. Group 1 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 2 Chapter 2 (C & Gmajor scale).

**exercises to be played first on pupils dummy keyboards in the classroom.**

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

E. Group 1 Violin handling practice (workshop: with open string exercises included, warm-up exercises).

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

G. First principle in spoken word Music: understand the elements of SWM.
1. Elements of SWM 1: words! (use of words): The goal of the words in SWM.
2. Functions of words in SWM.
3. Nature of words in SWM.
4. Analysis of various examples of word usage in SWM.

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 2 Chapter 2 (C & Gmajor scale).

E. Group 2 Violin handling practice (workshop: with open string exercises included, warm-up exercises).

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

F. Assignment: Melodious Exercises Nos. 7 on Cmaj for Piano and Violin.

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

H. Drum line exercises as take home Assignments.

I. Elements of SWM 2: Rhythmicity
1. What is Rhythmicity?
2. Rhythmicity of words
3. How words are combined to bring about Rhythmicity: "SWM choice words, making Specific rhythms to drive home a strong message..."
4. Time signature in SWM 1: 4/4, 3/4.

6th week: TEST OF APPLIED MUSIC.

7th & 8th week Lesson outlines:
A. The Major scales cont'd.
1.The Dmajor scale: scale voicing, spelling, key signature for Dmajor, placement of the Dmajor scale on the Grand stave.
6. Dmajor scale preludes Nos. 1-3.
7. Amajor scale: Voicing, Spelling, Key Signature, placement on the stave and preludes Nos. 1-3.

B. Fingering exercises (warm-ups) for the Violin Group 3 (Violin handling with open strings exercises included).

C. Group 3 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 2 Chapter 2 (C & Gmajor scale).

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 4 and 5 practice from Pianoforte Fingering Book 2 Chapter 2 (C & Gmajor scale).and Violin workshop for handling (with open string exercises included with Finger warm-ups included).

G. Assignment: Melodious Exercises Nos. 10 on Cmaj for the Piano and Violin.
*pupils are to come along with their instruments on the 9th week for Rehearsals.

H. SWM practice (general workshop).

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.