For 8-year-olds and older

Who is this course for?

Is your child a first-year student at Bays Music Centre Inc. who has:

• not taken the Musicianship course for 6-year olds,
• nor attended the Recorder course for 7-year olds,
• nor has had previous music lessons?

If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, then you will benefit from this booster course!

About the course

Musical Building Blocks is special course to help give a leg up to 8-year olds and older as they embark on their first year in cello, clarinet, flute, guitar, French horn, keyboard, oboe , saxophone, trombone, trumpet, and/or violin. Equipping first-time students with the musical skills needed to bridge the learning gap between them and those who have had music lessons before, this course aims to help propel students forward and catch up to what their mates are doing.

Not sure if your child needs the course? Just check out the course content below:

Course Content

Musical Building Blocks covers elements of music fundamental in every student's study of music. The skills taught will lay a solid foundation that will benefit students not only in the first year, but for all the years to come. The course covers a gamut of essential areas including:

• the theoretical understanding and the practical performance of easy as well as intermediate rhythms
• the execution of a diverse number of rhythmic figures on sight while maintaining a steady pulse
• performing the difference in the groove between rhythms in simple and compound time signatures
• an overview of other elements of music including notation, structure, terms and signs
• and more …

 

More than just an introduction to music theory, this course offers a very practical side to the understanding and performance of the elements of music universal to all musicians. Students will be equipped with skills that help them turn their theoretical knowledge of notes on a page into practical production of music on their respective instruments. They will be better prepared to tackle with confidence the challenges that lie ahead in their musical journey. 

 

Class Schedule

For 2012, two booster classes are available. Places are limited and will be awarded on a first come first served basis: 

 

Saturday     9:45am to 10:15am 

Saturday     10:30am to 11am