Identify and develop your sensitivity to rhythm and sound through movement and music.
National Piano Day is on March 29th! Fun fact: National Piano Day is celebrated on the 88th day of the year, the same number of keys on a piano! Take a few minutes to see how many words you can make with the word, PIANO. Challenge a friend or family …
Express yourself through Hip Hop. It’s a style of music predominantly featuring Rap backed by electronic music, though there are also instrumental forms of Hip Hop. With this play-along, express yourself instrumentally, verbally or both. Here is our Instructional Video. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a …
Use the accompanying handout and video to learn the Bhimpalasi raga. Once you have the scale of the notes down, move on to the next steps. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Practice Middle Eastern Rhythms. The type of drum typically used with the rhythms in this lesson is the darbuka (also called the tabla, darbeki, or dumbek. However, these rhythms can be adapted to most other types of hand drums as well. As long as there is a low and a high sound …
Learn Tintal, a North Indian rhythm. Tintal is traditionally a 16-beat-long-rhythm played on the tabla drums – two hand drums. The smaller drum is meant for making treble sounds while the larger makes bass sounds. Here is our Instructional Video. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a …
Using the handout as your guide, play the G-flat Major pentatonic scale on the keyboard. Play the scale both ascending and descending – meaning going up and down the scale. Here is our Instructional Video. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Using the handout and the instructional video practice this lesson’s rhythms. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
