Honors Music Pop Song Production Quarter 1

Focus skills:

ACTIVE LISTENING
- how to listen and pick a complete track apart
- apply listening skills for decision making in your performance
- novice to intermediate development of listening to your personal performance

MUSIC THEORY
- building chords in C major at the level of comfortability
- moving from novice to intermediate developing the I-IV-V chord progression in C major
- improving recall of C major developed chords
- accompaniment patterns skill builders
- increase chord knowledge and types

PIANO PLAYING and PERFORMANCE
- how the instrument is organized
- movement around the instrument
- visual example of how chords work together 
- efficient movement and connection to decision-making of building a chord
- left-hand pattern development

REPERTOIRE
- build your repertoire learning new chords every week
- bring your own music and learn the songs you are interested in
- need suggestions for repertoire, in class we will have a recommended additional repertoire list to share to pick up your next song

CLASS SHOWCASE
- share your patterns, your melodies, your skills
- get a sneak peak at what it is like to share your music with others
- consider joining the self-paced class where other musicians share their craft to GET HEARD! and collaborate