Jazz kid Book 1 with Willie

BOOK ONE Level OneRHYTHM o Perform rhythms straight and swung o Quarter notes/rests, vocalize and play o Eight notes/rest, vocalize and play o Understand upbeats/downbeats EAR TRAINING o

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JazzKids off ers four graded beginning series which are designed to prepare students of all ages for a successful improvisation learning experience.

BOOK ONE (Level One)

RHYTHM

o Perform rhythms straight and swung

o Quarter notes/rests, vocalize and play

o Eight notes/rest, vocalize and play

o Understand upbeats/downbeats

EAR TRAINING

o Identify simple rhythms and melodies

o Sing different DO-RE-MI patterns from five-finger Major

o ADV: sing DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL patterns

ACCOMPANIMENT

o Focus on steady playing with accompaniment (CD, MIDI or Teacher)

o Simple bass lines in Major and minor (on DVD)

o ADV: create new bass lines from Major and minor five-finger patterns

THEORY

o Major, minor and Blues five-finger patterns in C, F and G

o Major and minor triads in C, F and G

o ADV: above in D and A

o ADV: Major and minor triads in D and A

IMPROVISATION

o Learn several different Major, minor and Blues licks

o ADV: create own original licks in Major, minor or Blues

o ADV: play simple DO-MI(ME)-FA-SOL accompaniment with licks

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When we use words to sing rhythms,

we call this Think of these

words as nicknames Your name might

be James, but your friends call you

Jimmy Get it?

Use the word ʻ‘DAHʼ’ to vocalize a

quarter note and the words ʻ‘dee baʼ’ to

vocalize eighth notes

To swing the rhythms, use a

long-short pattern when vocalizing the

eighth notes

Practice each rhythm several times and

listen to the CD to hear both swing

and straight versions

Try playing these rhythms on one note

on the piano Next, try playing the

quarter notes on ʻ‘Cʼ’ and the eighth

notes on ʻ‘Gʼ’ Finally, try playing the

C Major five-finger scale using these

rhythms

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 DAH

 DAH

is when we make up something new ʻ‘on-the-spotʼ’ using what we already know Improvising is a lot like speaking When you speak, you arrange words on the spot to communicate You do not make up words!

Just like speaking, we can build a vocabulary of ideas on the piano to use when improvising These ideas are called

A lick is a short melodic phrase that you use for improvisation It is a melodic motif

STEPS:

1 Practice the C minor five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and play each lick by itself a few times

3 Play the licks with your teacher or the CD accompaniment

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Vocalize these rhythms Listen to

the CD to hear how to vocalize them

straight or swung

Teachers, have students perform these

rhythms on the note ʻ‘Gʼ’ while you play

the accompaniment below

If you teach in a group, have students

pick the note ʻ‘G,ʼ’ ʻ‘Bbʼ’ or ʻ‘C.ʼ’

STEPS:

1 Practice the C Major five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and play each lick by itself a few times

3 Play the licks with your teacher or the CD accompaniment

4 Change the last note of each lick Use notes ʻ‘Eʼ’ or ʻ‘Gʼ’.

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Vocalize rhythms A and B

DAH DAH dee ba dee ba dee ba dee ba REST dee ba REST dee ba dee ba dee ba

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

bass line legato

TEACHER PART: Student plays one octave higher.

1 Practice the C Major five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and play each lick by itself a few times

3 Play the licks with your teacher or the CD accompaniment

4 Change the last two notes of each lick Use notes ʻ‘Eʼ’ or ʻ‘Gʼ’ or ʻ‘Cʼ’.

     

C MAJOR FIVE-FINGER SCALE

dee ba dee ba DAH DAH DAH DAH dee ba dee ba

Write the vocalization below the rhythms and vocalize each of them Rhythm C starts

on an upbeat You can vocaliize the eighth rest using ʻ‘deeʼ’ or take a breath instead An

example of this can been heard on the CD

STEPS:

1 Practice the C minor five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and play each lick by itself a few times

3 Play the licks with your teacher or the CD accompaniment

4 Change the last note of each lick Use notes ʻ‘Eʼ’, ʻ‘Gʼ’ or ʻ‘Cʼ’

5 (Opt.) Use the minor bass pattern (pg 15) to accompany yourself

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STUDENT PART

ba dee ba dee ba DAH DAH ba dee ba dee ba dee ba ba dee ba

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

bass line legato

TEACHER PART: Student plays one octave higher.

)MPROVISATION

     

C MINOR FIVE-FINGER SCALE

Write the vocalization below the rhythms and vocalize each of them.

These licks introduce the upbeat Do not vocalize the eighth rest Instead, take a quick breath where the eighth rest is Listen to the CD to hear this

STEPS:

1 Practice the C Blues five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and play each lick by itself a few times

3 Play the licks with your teacher or the CD accompaniment

4 (Opt.) Use the minor bass pattern (pg 15) to accompany yourself

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STUDENT PART

dee ba dee ba DAH DAH dee ba dee ba ba dee ba dee ba dee ba dee ba DAH

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

bass line legato

TEACHER PART: Student plays one octave higher.

Write the vocalization below the rhythms and vocalize each of them.

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

Student plays lick here

bass line legato

TEACHER PART: Student plays one octave higher.

)MPROVISATION

STEPS:

1 Practice the C Blues five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and play each lick by itself a few times

3 Play the licks with your teacher or the CD accompaniment

4 Try changing licks B and C to upbeat licks by making the first note a rest

5 Try freely improvising using the Blues scale (on DVD)

6 (Opt.) Use the minor bass pattern (pg 15) to accompany yourself

     

C Blues Five-Finger Scale

Vocalize rhythms A and B

DAH... or ʻ‘C.ʼ’

STEPS:

1 Practice the C Major five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and... motif

STEPS:

1 Practice the C minor five-finger scale

2 Vocalize and play each lick by itself a few times

3 Play the licks with your teacher or the CD accompaniment