Welcome back! Here is my first video of my personal guitar learning. This week I chose a song that I know fairly well but have never played properly. Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car is one of my favourites and its definitely a great sing-a-long. I’ve known a simple four chord version of the song for a … More Campfire to Confident: Week One (Fast Car by Tracy Chapman)
WEEK ONE: A quick welcome to and overview for my personal guitar curriculum. This blog will serve to document my personal learning and compile some of the resources I have discovered including links to other learning websites, tabs, etc. Check out the video for more: Hope you join me in this journey and that … More Campfire to Confident: Intro to a Personal Guitar Curriculum
For this week’s creative practice I was intrigued by reflections, in particular reflections in glass. It is interesting to me how you can see through a reflection in glass and see the reflection at the same time. I think I was originally attracted to the kind of ghostly characteristics of the glass reflection and how … More Weekly Creative Practice: Reflection
Heigh Ho (The Shoe Rhythm Game): Description: This is a good warm up for rhythm and concentration. Using a simple song (in this case Heigh Ho from Disney’s Snow white) and a simple rhythmic passing pattern students move shoes around a circle while singing the melody. The only thing is that a simple variation in … More Heigh Ho (The Shoe Rhythm Game)
Hot Seating: Description: Hot seating is a dramatic exercise that gives students a chance to respond in role. The technique can be explored in a variety of ways but the goal is fundamentally the same. Have the students embody characters to explore a topic or text further. The hot seat is given to a student … More Hot Seating
