AMG2O

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> Thursday October 20th, 2016 > Thursday October 13th, 2016 > Thursday October 6th, 2016 > media type="youtube" key="n5h0qHwNrHk" width="560" height="315" > media type="youtube" key="sMVBP_0OOZY" width="560" height="315" media type="custom" key="28715544" >> SOTW - song of the week - [| Wish you were here - Pink Floyd] >> media type="youtube" key="dvOe7q5MDOw" width="560" height="315" > media type="youtube" key="UJWk_KNbDHo" width="560" height="315" media type="youtube" key="o14cRSaTtFA" width="560" height="315" media type="youtube" key="PPLgXcxMEQc" width="560" height="315"
 * [[image:Week18.gif]] || * Monday January 16th, 2017
 * Summative
 * Tuesday January 17th, 2017
 * Summative - due
 * presentations begin
 * Wednesday January 18th, 2017
 * Summative
 * Thursday January 19th, 2017
 * Summative
 * Friday January 20th, 2017
 * In Class Exam
 * Monday January 23rd, 2017
 * All course materials due ||
 * [[image:Week17.gif]] || * Monday January 9th, 2017
 * Major scales
 * Minor scales
 * Summative refresher
 * Examine structure of:
 * [| Rocket Man]
 * [| Bastille]
 * [| Royals]
 * not all follow that structure however:
 * [| Beautiful Day - U2]
 * intro ➞ verse ➞ chorus ➞ verse ➞ chorus ➞ bridge 1 ➞ intro ➞ bridge 2 ➞ chorus ➞ bridge 1 ➞ chorus/solo ➞ intro
 * Tuesday January 10th, 2017
 * Summative
 * Wednesday January 11th, 2017
 * Summative
 * [[file:amg2o_3o_In-class exam review.docx]]
 * Thursday January 12th, 2017
 * Summative
 * Friday January 13th, 2017
 * Summative - due next wednesday 17th ||
 * [[image:Week16.gif]] || * Monday December 19th, 2016
 * PIMA
 * Major scales
 * Minor scales
 * Test review
 * Tuesday December 20th, 2016
 * Test unit 3:
 * major/minor chords,
 * position 1 vs. position 2 chords
 * major minor scales
 * Wednesday December 21st, 2016
 * Summative introduction
 * Examine structure of:
 * [| Rocket Man]
 * [| Bastille]
 * [| Royals]
 * not all follow that structure however:
 * [| Beautiful Day - U2]
 * intro ➞ verse ➞ chorus ➞ verse ➞ chorus ➞ bridge 1 ➞ intro ➞ bridge 2 ➞ chorus ➞ bridge 1 ➞ chorus/solo ➞ intro
 * [|Sight Reading PIMA practice piece]testing
 * Testing - [|My My Hey Hey- Neil Young]
 * Thursday December 22nd, 2016
 * Listening piece - [| 11:11 - Rodrigy Y Gabriela]
 * Friday December 23rd, 2016
 * Summative ||
 * [[image:Week15.gif]] || * Monday December 12th, 2016
 * Rock Shatters! presentation
 * Tuesday December 13th, 2016
 * Rock Shatters! presentation
 * Wednesday December 14th, 2016
 * PIMA
 * [|Sight Reading PIMA practice piece] for next week
 * For next week- [|My My Hey Hey - Neil Young]
 * Thursday December 15th, 2016
 * Rock Shatters! research
 * Listening piece - [| Simple Minds- Don't you forget about me]
 * Friday December 16th, 2016
 * Major scales
 * Minor scales ||
 * [[image:Week14.gif]] || * Monday December 5th, 2016
 * 70's Rock - the splintering and monetization of rock
 * Tuesday December 6th, 2016
 * Rock Shatters! research
 * Wednesday December 7th, 2016
 * Rock Shatters! research
 * Thursday December 8th, 2016
 * Rock Shatters! research
 * Listening piece - [| Blitzkried Pop - Ramones]
 * Friday December 9th, 2016
 * Rock Shatters! research
 * presentations ||
 * [[image:Week13.gif]] || * Monday November 28th, 2016
 * Presenting It's Your Music!!
 * Tuesday November 29th, 2016
 * Presenting It's Your Music!!
 * Wednesday November 20th, 2016
 * Presenting It's Your Music!!
 * Thursday December 1st, 2016
 * Listening piece - [| Black Dog - Led Zepplin]
 * 70's Rock - the splintering and monetization of rock
 * Friday December 2nd, 2016
 * 70's Rock - the splintering and monetization of rock ||
 * [[image:Week12.gif]] || * Monday November 21st, 2016
 * research for It's Your Music!!
 * Tuesday November 22nd, 2016
 * Testing - [|Stairway to Heaven intro]
 * research for It's Your Music!!
 * Wednesday November 23rd, 2016
 * Theory - worksheet 7 [| Barre chords worksheet for next week due]
 * Testing chord portions of Stairway to heaven
 * Writing for It's Your Music!!
 * Thursday November 24th, 2016
 * Writing for It's Your Music!!
 * [|Soundation]
 * [|Jamendo]
 * [|AudioSauna]
 * Friday November 25th, 2016
 * Presenting It's Your Music!! ||
 * [[image:Week11.gif]] || * Monday November 14th, 2016
 * Rock History Volume 2 - 60's Rock (separates from Roll)
 * Tuesday November 15th, 2016
 * Testing [|johnny b. goode]
 * Reading for next week - [|Stairway to Heaven intro]
 * Wednesday November 16th, 2016
 * Theory - [| due - Barre chords worksheet - worksheet 5/6]
 * Theory - worksheet 7 [| Barre chords worksheet for next week]
 * testing SOTW - [| Metallica - Nothing Else Matters]
 * SOTW - ALSO Stairway to heaven, but the verses/chorus
 * Thursday November 17th, 2016
 * Listening piece - [|Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower]
 * Friday November 18th, 2016
 * PD Day ||
 * [[image:Week10.gif]] || * Monday November 7th, 2016
 * UNIT 2 test
 * chords in various keys (I ii iii IV, V, vi etc...)
 * 12 bar blues progression in various keys
 * blues history
 * Rock History Volume 1
 * Tuesday November 8th, 2016
 * Testing Barre Chords - [| Barre Chords]
 * For next week - [|johnny b. goode]
 * Wednesday November 9th, 2016
 * [|Theory Worksheet due today]
 * Theory - [| Barre chords worksheet - worksheet 5/6 for next week]
 * SOTW - [| Crazy - Gnarles Barkley]
 * For next week - [| Metallica - Nothing Else Matters]
 * Thursday November 10th, 2016
 * Listening piece -[|Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel]
 * Friday November 11th, 2016
 * Guts Friday
 * Work on metallica, worksheet, ||
 * [[image:Week09.gif]] || * Monday October 31st, 2016
 * Blues composition - to be played Mon
 * Tuesday November 1st, 2016
 * Key Signatures ( [| printable copy] )
 * [|Theory Worksheet]
 * Sight Reading for next week - [| Barre Chords]
 * Wednesday November 2nd, 2016
 * SOTW for next week - [| Crazy - Gnarles Barkley]
 * Thursday November 3rd, 2016
 * Listening piece - [| Johnny B Goode - George Thorogood]
 * Friday November 4th, 2016
 * Guts Friday
 * Work on barre chords & Crazy ||
 * [[image:Week08.gif]] || * Monday October 24th, 2016
 * discuss [|Blues worksheet]
 * clap rhythm for Sight Reading piece #7
 * Theory & Intro Guitar Test re-do part 3
 * Tuesday October 25th, 2016
 * [|Sight reading piece # 7 (gotta travel on)]
 * Blues composition - due next Monday - choose key
 * Wednesday October 26th, 2016
 * [|Blues worksheet due next Wed.(labelled worksheet #7)]
 * Testing SOTW - [|E blues scale]
 * Blues Composition - choose structure (12 bar/8 bar etc...)
 * Thursday October 27th, 2016
 * Listening Piece for the week. 2 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * Listening piece - [|Thunderstruck - AC/DC]
 * Blues composition (choose turnaround)
 * Test next Thursday
 * Friday October 28th, 2016
 * Guts Friday
 * Blues composition - to be played Mon ||
 * [[image:Week07.gif]] || * Monday October 17th, 2016
 * Discuss theory sheet [|Theory Worksheet #5]
 * 12 bar blues
 * 50's Sequence
 * Minor Keys
 * clap rhythm for Sight Reading piece #6
 * Tuesday October 18th, 2016
 * [|Testing Piece #6 to test (beautiful brown eyes)]
 * [|Sight reading piece # 7 to test next Tuesday (gotta travel on)]
 * Wednesday October 19th, 2016
 * Theory #6 - [|Chord progressions worksheet due]
 * [|Blues worksheet due next Wed.(labelled worksheet #7)]
 * Song of the week - testing - [|Nobody knows you when you're down and out]
 * SOTW - [|E blues scale]
 * Theory & Intro Guitar Test
 * Listening Piece for the week. 2 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * Listening piece - [|The things that I used to do - SRV]
 * Friday October 21st, 2016
 * Guts Friday
 * Practice piece 7
 * Practice e blues scale ||
 * [[image:Week06.gif]] || * Monday October 10th, 2016
 * T-giving
 * Tuesday October 11th, 2016
 * History (scorcese history of the blues)
 * Blues Chord Progressions
 * [[file:jmcintyre/amg2o_master_chord_chart.jpg|Master Chord Chart ]]
 * [|Testing Piece #5 to test (train bound for glory)]
 * [|Testing Piece #6 to test for next Tues (beautiful brown eyes)]
 * Wednesday October 12th, 2016
 * [|Theory Worksheet #5]
 * [|Chord progressions worksheet due next Wed]
 * Song for the week - testing- [| Malted Milk - Robert Johnson]
 * Song of the week - [|Nobody knows you when you're down and out]
 * Theory & Intro Guitar Test
 * Listening Piece for the week. 2 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * Listening piece - [|The thrill has gone - BB King]
 * Friday October 14th, 2016
 * Guts Friday
 * Practice testing piece 6
 * Practice Nobody knows you... ||
 * [[image:Week05.gif]] || * Monday October 3rd, 2016
 * Listening piece - [| Son House - Death Later]
 * Blues Intro
 * History
 * Tuesday October 4th, 2016
 * [|Testing Piece #4 (ETUDE 3rd piece)]
 * [|Testing Piece #5 to test for next Tues (train bound for glory)>>]
 * Wednesday October 5th, 2016
 * [|Theory Worksheet #4 due]
 * [|Theory Worksheet #5 due next Wednesday]
 * SOTW - testing fake plastic trees
 * Song for the week - [| Malted Milk - Robert Johnson]
 * Theory & Intro Guitar Test
 * Listening Piece for the week. 2 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * Listening piece - [| Blues Run the Game]
 * Friday October 7th, 2016
 * PD Day ||
 * [[image:Week04.gif]] || * Monday September 26th, 2016
 * Building a chord
 * [|Chords worksheet]
 * practice for the reading piece tuesday
 * Tuesday September 27th, 2016
 * [|Testing Piece #3 (ROUND first piece) for next Tuesday]
 * [|Testing Piece #4 (ETUDE 3rd piece) for next Tuesday]
 * Wednesday September 28th, 2016
 * Theory Worksheet #3
 * [|Theory Worksheet #4 due next Wednesday]
 * SOTW - testing Landslide
 * Song for the week - [| Fake Plastic Earth - Radiohead]
 * Thursday September 29th, 2016
 * Listening Piece for the week. 2 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * Listening piece - [| Norwegian Wood - Beatles]
 * Friday September 30th, 2016
 * GUTS FRIDAY
 * work on worksheets/test pieces
 * TEST NEXT THURSDAY
 * [|Treat] ||
 * [[image:Week03.gif]] || * Monday September 19th, 2016
 * The western music scale
 * practice for the reading piece tuesday
 * Tuesday September 20th, 2016
 * Building a chord
 * [|Practice Piece #2 (G Boogie) testing]
 * [|Practice Piece #3 (ROUND first piece) for next Tuesday]
 * Wednesday September 21st, 2016
 * Theory Sheets #1 and #2 due
 * [|Theory Worksheet #3 for next Wednesday]
 * [|Theory Sheet #2 due]
 * SOTW - testing Wish you were here.
 * SOTW - song of the week - [|landslide - Fleetwood Mac]
 * Thursday September 22nd, 2016
 * [| Link to Quiz]
 * Listening Piece for the week. 2 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * Listening piece for reflection, Youth by Daughter
 * Friday September 23rd, 2016
 * GUTS FRIDAY
 * work on worksheets/test pieces ||
 * [[image:Week02.gif]] || * Monday September 12th, 2016
 * Common chords that will only slightly hurt to learn
 * Tuesday September 13th, 2016
 * Reading music - Tones and semi-tones vs. frets
 * [| Practice Piece #1 (Marianne) testing]
 * [| Practice Piece #2 (G Boogie)]
 * Wednesday September 14th, 2016
 * reading clef/bar lines/measures/repeats/sharps/flats
 * [|Theory Sheet #2]
 * SOTW - testing [|Lights - Ellie Goulding.]
 * Thursday September 15th, 2016
 * Listening Piece for the week. 2 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * Listening piece for reflection, Stubborn Love by the Lumineers
 * Friday September 16th, 2016
 * GUTS FRIDAY
 * work on worksheets/test pieces ||
 * [[image:Week01.gif]] || * Tuesday September 6th, 2016
 * [[file:AMG2O_Course_Outline.pdf]]
 * [|Survey]
 * media type="youtube" key="Ed2KRddgv-4" height="177" width="400"
 * [|Practice Piece #1]
 * practical sight reading tests given out on Tuesdays and tested on Tuesdays
 * Wednesday September 7th, 2016
 * [|Theory Sheet #1 - due next Wednesday]
 * Guts Friday description
 * Parts of the guitar
 * How to buy your very own guit-fiddle
 * Common guitar types
 * How to tune your monster
 * String names/notes
 * To be tested next Thursday - Song Of The Week - [|Lights - Ellie Goulding.]
 * to watch it
 * Thursday September 8th, 2016
 * Listening Piece for the week. 1 paragraph. Listen carefully for:
 * timbre: the character of the sound
 * rhythm: how quickly/slowly, inflections, changes
 * melodic pitch patterns: how do the chords progress, notes progress. Major/minor
 * harmony: how are accompanying instruments/voices layered to produce the music
 * No **Strings** Attached
 * How to hold your baby....I mean guitar
 * Friday September 9th, 2016
 * GUTS FRIDAY
 * work on remaining assignments/worksheets ||





Missing Work as of 1/13/2017
[|Google Sheet (easier to read formatting)]

//**N.B. the N/A means that the student was not being tested for that piece that week.**//