Week 1

Welcome to your first day of school! I wanted to give you one important reminder before you begin. Many of your lessons below have an internet link for you to click on. When you go to the different internet pages for your lessons, please DO NOT click on anything else on that page except what the directions tell you to. DO NOT click on any advertisements or games. DO NOT click on anything that takes you to a different website. Just stay focused on your lesson and then close that window and you should be right back here for the next lesson. Okay?

1. If you didn’t get here through My EP Assignments, I suggest you go there and create an account.
   • This is a once-a-week course. It will appear on your My EP lesson page on days ending in 1 and 6.
2. Today you are going to learn about the violin. Click on the strings. Click on the violin. Read and listen.
3. Watch someone playing the violin.
4. This is the end of your work for this course for today. You are allowed to move at your own pace (this is homeschooling), but it’s intended you complete one lesson each week.

Week 2

1. Today you are going to learn about the viola. Click on the strings. Click on the viola. Read and listen.
2. Watch someone playing the viola.

Week 3

1. Today you are going to learn about the cello. Click on the strings. Click on the cello. Read and listen.
2. Watch the cello in action. Make it full screen. This link goes to YouTube.

Week 4

1. Today you are going to learn about the double bass. Click on the strings. Click on the double bass. Read and listen.
2. Here’s a video of someone playing the double bass, so you can see how big it is. Make it full screen. This link goes to YouTube.

Week 5

1. Today you are going to learn about the harp. Click on the strings. Click on the harp. Read and listen.
2. Watch someone playing the harp.

Week 6

1. Today you are going to learn about woodwinds. Read about the flute. Don’t forget to listen.
2. Watch these soldiers playing the flute.

Week 7

1. Today you are going to learn about woodwinds. Learn about the oboe.
2. Watch someone playing the oboe.

Week 8

1. Today you are going to learn about woodwinds. Learn about the clarinet.
2. Watch someone playing the clarinet.

Week 9

1. Play the mbira. Click the play button.
2. Watch the animation and follow the directions to play. You will hover over the very end of the keys.

Week 10

1. Today you are going to learn about woodwinds.
2. Listen and watch this video. It will introduce some new instruments. Are there some you have never heard of?

Week 11

1. Today you are going to learn about brass. Learn about the French horn.
2. Watch a group playing the French horn. You might want to jump in to 1:40.

Week 12

1. Today you are going to learn about brass. Learn about the trumpet.
2. Watch someone playing the trumpet. That was jazz. Here’s another style.

Week 13

1. Today you are going to learn about brass. Learn about the trombone.
2. Watch a group playing the trombone.

Week 14

1. Today you are going to learn about brass. Learn about the tuba.
2. Watch someone playing the tuba.

Week 15

1. Listen to the brass instruments.
2. Can you close your eyes and figure out which instrument is which?

Week 16

1. Today you are going to learn about percussion. Learn about the snare drum.
2. Watch this snare drum battle. If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, jump to 9:40 to see the final two.

Week 17

1. Today you are going to learn about percussion. Learn about the cymbals.
2. Watch someone playing the cymbals, though he uses drums too. Now, watch this group using cymbals in a different way.

Week 18

1. Today you are going to learn about percussion. Learn about the bass drum.
2. Watch this group playing the bass drum.

Week 19

1. Today you are going to learn about percussion. Learn about the piano.
2. Watch someone playing the piano.

Week 20

1. Listen to the percussion instruments.

Week 21

1. Listen to this percussion ensemble.

Week 22

1. Watch this presentation of different instruments in an orchestra. Pay attention to their names.

Week 23

1. Listen to a piece of music from 1986, Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
2. Now here is one from 100 years earlier. (You don’t have to listen to the whole thing; maybe you can listen while you work on something else. Click the corner of the video to make it full screen.)
3. And here is another from 100 years earlier than that. (Click the corner of the video to make it full screen.)
4. What differences can you describe between them?

Week 24

1. Listen to part one of the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Listen/watch for instruments you recognize.

Week 25

1. Listen to part two of the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Listen/watch for instruments you recognize.

Week 26

1. Explore the orchestra. Click on Instruments of the Orchestra. Click on each instrument section.

Week 27

1. Choose several pieces of music to listen to.

Week 28

1. Play an instrument. Choose an instrument and play. Create music.
2. What family is the instrument in? How does it make sound?

Week 29

1. Conduct the orchestra. Watch the example and conduct along with him. What’s he doing?
   • He’s keeping the time, the beat, and showing them the intensity at which to play.
2. Conduct the music!

Week 30

1. Listen to some traditional South American music.

Week 31

1. Create music.
2. Drag the symbols onto the people.
3. You’ll get several weeks to make music.

Week 32

1. Compose music. Click on blocks to build blocks and sounds.
2. There are different colors on the left which are different sounds.

Week 33

1. Create music.
2. Drag the symbols onto the people.

Week 34

1. Explore the world of music a little. Click on Composer Map.
2. You’ll do this again next week.

Week 35

1. Explore the world of music a little. Click on Composer Map.
2. You’ll do this again next week.

Week 36

1. Explore the rest of the world of music. Click on Composer Map.