Book 1 Video Tutorials

Unit 1. The Origins of the Orchestra

• 1. The Origin of String Instruments

  2. The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

  3. Early Italian String Instrument Composers

Unit 2. The Staff, Clefs, and Note Names

• 1. The Staff and Ledger Lines

  2. Clefs

  3. Note Names

Unit 3. Rhythm and Time

• 1. Notes and Rests

  2. Stem Length, Placement and Direction

  3. Quarter Note Time Signatures

  4. (4-6) Quarter and Eighth Notes Rhythms

Unit 4. Introduction to Writing Music

• 1. Introduction to Writing Music

Unit 5. Understanding the Fingerboard Map

• 1. Half Steps and Whole Steps

  2. Natural Notes

  3. Sharps

  4. Flats

  5. Enharmonic Spelling

Unit 6. The classical Symphony and Chamber Music

• 1. The Classical Era (1730-1820)

  2. Franz Joseph Haydn

Unit 7. Chromatic Notation

• 1. Writing Accidentals

  2. How Accidentals Work

  3. Writing Chromatic Scales

Unit 8. Ties, Syncopation, and Dotted Rhythms

• 1. Ties and Syncopation

  2. Dotted Rhythms

Unit 9. Beethoven, Program Music, and Romanticism

• 1. Ludwig van Beethoven

  2. Program Music in the Romantic Era

Unit 10. Key Signatures

• 1. Major and Minor Seconds

  2. Introduction to Key Signatures

Unit 11. Compound Meter

1-2. Duple, Triple, Simple, and Compound Meters

3. Compound Time Signatures

4. Eighth Note Rhythms in Compound Meter

5. Tempo, Beats, and Meter

Unit 12. Music Today

12.1 Music Today

Unit 13. Creating Music

Additional Music Creating Resources

Additional Music Literacy Sites