Jazz+Transcription

1. Play Blue Train as students are walking in the room, warming up, etc.

2. Play head again, students listen

3. Play again, students listen with instruction to memorize

4. Students will identify the form (12 bar blues)

5. Play again, students sing along (all singing the melody - not necessarily their respective instrument's part)

6. Students sing on their own - they will discover some rough patches

7. Play again, students listen to particular places where they had trouble

8. Sing along again, then sing by themselves again

9. Have students sing tonic - then figure out what note it is

10. Knowing the key, have students make assumptions of what notes are being used (this is based on previous experience playing blues and discussing various scales/sounds utilized).

11. Play along

12. Play on own

13. Listen/sing again, then play along again, then without recording again.

14. Ask for volunteers who think they've got it - have group evaluate - use these students as examples: play call and response on tricky measures.

15. Give students breif time to work some things out on their own (1 minute), then play as a group again.

16. Play along with recording once more, challenge students to pick up the harmony which enters the second time through if they're ready.

17. Briefly: discuss the value of transcription/learning by ear like this; review the basic process we've just gone through so they have ideas of how to approach it on their own. Notify the of the program "Transcribe" available online.

18. Assignment for the weekend: everyone find a blues solo they want to transcribe, bring it in on Monday