Overview & Goals Musical Performance Instruments Music Technology About Me Contact Me
Instructor: Trev Hyland Location: 23 Castleland Court, Balbriggan Mobile: 0871307827 Email: TrevHyland@gmail.com Web: www.youngtunes.com

Welcome! I hope to be up and running and available to start lessons in March.

Overview

I will be running one-to-one music lessons for children between the ages of 6 and 14 on Saturdays, which will provide a broad introduction to the world of music in an interactive and fun way.

Goals

The primary goals are to help your child to develop an early interest in music and to provide an opportunity to learn about and appreciate music in a different way. This will be achieved by looking at different instruments and by listening to different types of music. Your child will also get to play with a variety of instruments. I will primarily be teaching with the aid of guitars and keyboard. I also offer practical experience of using music technology. This is an excellent way to learn and develop computer skills in a creative and fun way.

Lesson Plan

I offer 40 minute sessions with a basic lesson plan that includes:

Although the lesson plan is structured, it is also flexible to cater to the needs of the student.

Musical Performance

Each week I will spend 15 min teaching your child the basics for a number of instruments:

Guitar

Learn how to tune a guitar Learn to play single notes and chords Play a scale over multiple strings Learn how to use a plectrum to strum Learn how to finger pick Lean how to read tablature notation

Keyboard

Learn the notes of the keyboard Learn how to play scales and arpeggios Learn basic chords and how to play a melody at the same time.

Ukulele

Chords and chord shapes Strumming patterns

Bass Guitar

The role of the bass guitar Learn about root notes, walking bass lines and blues progressions

Drums

Learn the different parts of a drum kit Basic drum rhythms

Learning About Different Instruments

Each week we will look at a different musical instrument. This will involve learning about the different parts of the instrument, the materials used and in what forms of music the instrument is usually played.

We will also take a look at famous performers and composers for each of the instruments. This will range from Aaron Copland to ZZ Top and a whole lot in between.

Listening to Music

Some weeks we will listen to a specific style of music and work out what instruments are used and what makes the genre of music distinctive. This will involve Disney music, movie soundtracks, classical, jazz and rock.

We will also listen to your child's favorite band or song and see if we can develop a better understanding of the music they like by listening to the instruments used, the production, the tempo etc.

Introduction to Music Theory & Reading Music

Each week I will spend time introducing your child to music theory and reading music. This will be a useful basis for any musical endeavors your child may take up in the future.

Ear Training Exercises

Using the guitar and keyboard I will play games and complete exercises that will help to develop your childŐs musical ear. Over a number of weeks I would expect to see this develop fairly quickly.

Music Technology

The worlds of music and technology have come together. Your child will have access to a high quality iMac computer with expensive audio software to allow them to develop computer skills in a creative and fun way. The two main software applications that I will be introducing are Reason and Audacity.

Reason

Reason is a music software program that emulates a rack of hardware synthesizers, samplers, signal processors, sequencers, and mixers. Reason can be used as a complete virtual music studio.

Audacity

Audacity is a Digital Audio Editor that can be used to record and modify sounds and music digitally.