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Our Jazz & Blues Camp band "Blue Jazz" did an excellent job in the camp concert! The band performed four songs including "Statesboro Blues" by The Allman Brothers.

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All of the resources below are a part of our curriculum. They are available here to give students access to them during at-home practice. The resources represent just a small portion of our curriculum. 

* All resources are designed to be used as a part of our one-on-one lessons and under the guidance of one of the members of our instructor team. *

​​▪ GUITAR:

Tuning App/Metronome- GUITAR TUNA
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​Open Chords

​Strum Patterns Part 1


Notes on the High E String

Movable Power Chords

​Blues Solo 1

​​​▪ BASS:

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Tuning App/Metronome- GUITAR TUNA

Walking bass lines ii-V-I in the key of "C"

▪ UKULELE:
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Tuning App/Metronome- GUITAR TUNA
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​Chords in the Key of C

Notes on the C, E, and A strings

▪ PIANO/KEYBOARD:

C Position

​▪ DRUM:
Browse the catalog of sheet music and your instructor can help you with a song selection during your lesson.
​ http://thedrumninja.com/drum-transcriptions/
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DRUM LESSON EXCERPTS:
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Drum Notation and Note Values

"Drum Paradiddles" 

"Isolated Diddles" (Mark's lesson notes)

"Beats 1"

"Beats 2"

"2-Bar Phrases"

"Isolated Diddles- 16ths"

"Dots" 

"Bossa Nova" 

​"Somba"

"Limb Independence"
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▪ DRUM LOOPS:
Drum loops are great tools for developing your rhythm. Try using them when practicing strum patterns, chord changes, and scales. 
The Drum Loop below ("90 BPM Shuffle Beat") is great for practicing the 12-Bar Blues:

▪ JAM TRACKS- Guitar:
C Major Scale - this is one scale that you can use to play over the jam track below (ii-V-I C major jazz backing track). To start, try using the notes within the red border beginning on "C" (3rd fret on the "A" string) and ending on "C" (1st fret on the "B" string).
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A Minor Blues Scale- this is one scale option that you can use to play over the jam tracks below ("Blues in A", "ACDC style in A minor). ​
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B Mixolydian- this is one scale option that you can use to play over the jam track below ("Cool Mixolydian Jam Track in B"). 
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E Major Pentatonic- this is one scale option that you can use to play over the jam track below ("One Chord Backing Track - Pop - E Major"). 
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▪ JAM TRACKS (Song examples)- Guitar:
The Jam tracks below are song examples that you can use to practice your scales.
"LITTLE WING" by Jimi Hendrix

Use the scale below to practice soloing over the jam track for "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix. The song is in the key of E minor.
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▪ JAM TRACKS- Keyboard/Piano:
C Major Pentatonic- this is one scale option that you can use to play over the backing track below ("Blues Backing Track in C").
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​▪ JAM TRACKS- Bass:
A Minor Pentatonic- this is one scale option that you can use to create a bass line for the jam track below ("Funk Backing Track No Bass In A").
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​▪ JAM TRACKS- Ukulele:
Use the backing track below ("Pop Rock Backing Track In C Major") to practice playing and transitioning between C, Am, F, and G chords.
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​​​▪ GUITAR:

"Songs With Just 3 or 4 Chords"

"10 Famous Guitar Riffs"

"Good Riddance" by Green Day (chords)

"Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters

"Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple

"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath

​"Happy Birthday"

"The Addams Family Theme"

"Jingle Bells" 


"Carol of the Bells"
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​▪ DRUM:

"Smoke On The Water"

▪ KEYBOARD/PIANO:

"Jingle Bells"


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STUDYING MUSIC HAS MANY BENEFITS.
PARENTS AGREE.


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