RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

• Mr. Le Duc, scott.leduc@tumwater.k12.wa.us
• Our class web page, https://capitalcomtech.info/new-market/
• ‘Rooms’ Schedule Sheet 
• Practice Log
• Professional Quotient Rubric

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SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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PRACTICE ROOM

Log your daily practice with your Paper Practice Log

Use the MusicWill.org JamZone, books, or ultimate-guitar.com. Remember to use a metronome to record the BPM rate you can play perfectly.

Bass Practice Extras

Step 1: Watch How To Add Bass Notes Guitar Strumming Lessons by Tomas Michaud

Step 2: Download the guitar TABS for his exercise (PDF)

Step 3: Practice one of the exercises

Bonus Bass Resource!

• Explore Mr. Le Duc’s YouTube Bass Playlists

CLASSROOM

Watch How Bass Works (47 minutes)

Write notes of topics you want to remember.

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LAB

Step 1: Watch How to write Chromatic Notes in Hookpad (some bass lines are based on chromatic scale)

Step 2: Watch 3 ways to use Hookpad’s MIDI drag-drop feature (you can create basslines and more and export to Soundtrap and other DAW – digital audio workstations)

Step 3: Try making a bassline to a chord progression or melody line.

How was this activity? Write a reflection on what you did and learned.

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STUDIO

Play around with playing the low E string (6th string on the top of the neck) on your guitar. Create a simple three-note-ish bassline. Get funky with it.  Try different plucking tempos to great the groove. You can even try playing Smoke on the Water

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CONTROL ROOM

Record the bass line you developed in the studio.

How did the recording go? Write a short reflection.

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OUTSIDE / IDEAS

Choice 1: Explore Carol Kaye and James Jamerson’s Profiles in Excellent.  These two bass players are credited with creating some of the best bass lines!  Then go for a walk and think of the funky work they created.

Profile in Excellence

• Check out these two videos about amazing bass player Carol Kaye
  • Interview with CAROL KAYE 
  • Carol Kaye: Rock’s Most Prolific Session Musician

Profile in Excellence

• Check out these videos about the best bass player, ever, James Jamerson
  • What really made James Jamerson so great?
  • Visual of James Jamerson’s bass line for the Stevie Wonder song –For Once In My LifeScreenshot from Vulf at YouTube

Choice 2: Flip through the Quizlet on Bass Composition Techniques flashcards a couple times.

After playing with Quizlet, go for a walk and think about bass lines.  Think of songs that have great basslines.  When you are back from your walk, you might want to research more about the notes that make those basslines stand out?

Choice 3: Watch How to Quickly Improve Focus – Andrew Huberman

Write a brief reflection on your mental meanderings.

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation