RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

• Mr. Le Duc, sleduc@osd.wednet.edu
• Mr. Disston, gdisston@osd.wednet.edu
• Class web page, https://capitalcomtech.info/summerschool
• ‘Rooms’ Schedule Sheet 
• MusicWill.org
• Practice Log
• Professional Quotient Rubric
• Atomic Habits Resources

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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 (LESSONS) 8:30-9AM

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 (THEORY & ANALYSIS) 9-9:45AM

Watch How Bass Works (47 minutes)

Write notes on topics you want to remember.

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OUTSIDE (INSPIRATION / IDEAS) 9:45-10:15AM

Part 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

Part 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?

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED) 10:15-11:15AM

Step 1: Watch How to write Chromatic Notes in Hookpad (some bass lines are based on the 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 DAWs – 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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LUNCH 11:15-11:45AM

STUDIO (SONGWRITING) 11:45-12:45PM

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 (RECORDING & MIXING) 12:45-1:45PM

Record the bass line you developed in the studio.

How did the recording go? Write a short reflection.

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OUTSIDE (INSPIRATION / IDEAS) 1:45-2PM

Watch How to Quickly Improve Focus – Andrew Huberman

Write a brief reflection on your mental meanderings.

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STAGE (SHARE) 2-2:30PM

We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.

This is the performance room for sharing and playing together.

Reflect on which instrument you picked and what we played today.

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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

TODAY’s 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

THEATER (DOCUMENTARY & HISTORY) 2:30-3PM

It Might Get Loud