Student Courses
Step One - Music Videos and MP3's for Beginning Childbloom Students
This Course includes all the music and voices the beginning student will be learning. There are play-along videos that can be adjusted for speed and MP3 downloads. We recommend that student hear the music many times. Listening is a "magic" activity that prepares the student cognitively and emotionally. It will make the learning more eager and accurate.
| Module 1 | INTRODUCTION | |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson 1 | WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC! | |
| Module 2 | The Sitting Position | |
| Lesson 1 | The best sitting position for practice and performance | |
| Lesson 2 | Elements of good sitting position (Click to view) | |
| Module 3 | Guitar Motion Exercises for the Beginner | |
| Lesson 1 | Exercise #1 - Controlling the right hand fingers | |
| Lesson 2 | Thumb Exercise - Controlling the thumb stroke | |
| Lesson 3 | COMBINED EX. #1 & #2 - An exercise for quick skill | |
| Lesson 4 | See-saw Exercise - Starting with the "i" (index) finger | |
| Lesson 5 | See-saw ex. - starting with the M (middle) finger | |
| Lesson 6 | A Stretching exercise for the left hand the correct way. | |
| Lesson 7 | Backwards Caterpillar Exercise | |
| Module 4 | The Music and Videos of the "Hot Cross Buns" | |
| Lesson 1 | Hot Cross Buns Voice #1 | |
| Lesson 2 | Hot Cross Buns Voice #2 | |
| Lesson 3 | Hot Cross Buns Voice #3 | |
| Lesson 4 | Hot Cross Buns Voice #4 | |
| Lesson 5 | Hot Cross Buns (Accompanying Voice - dyads) | |
| Lesson 6 | Hot Cross Buns - Combined Voice - MP3 | |
| Lesson 7 | Practice the hardest part of Voice 1 here: "The one-a-penny-two" | |
| Lesson 8 | Practicing the hardest part of Voice 3 | |
| Module 5 | The Music and the Videos of Tonkawa Song | |
| Lesson 1 | Tonkawa Song Voice #1 | |
| Lesson 2 | Tonkawa Song Voice #2 | |
| Lesson 3 | Tonkawa Song Voice #3 | |
| Lesson 4 | Tonkawa Song Voice #4 | |
| Lesson 5 | Tonkawa Song Accompanying Free Stroke voice (dyads) | |
| Lesson 6 | Tonkawa song MP3 | |
| Lesson 7 | An exercise to prepare you to play Tonkawa Song | |
| Module 6 | The music and video of "Are You Sleeping" | |
| Lesson 1 | Are You Sleeping (Single Line melody) | |
| Lesson 2 | Are You Sleeping Accompanying voice (dyads) | |
| Lesson 3 | The Music of "Are You Sleeping" Mp3 | |
| Lesson 4 | Practice video for "Morning Bells Are Ringing." | |
| Module 7 | The Music and Videos of "La Folia" | |
| Lesson 1 | La Folia Voice #1 | |
| Lesson 2 | La Folia Voice #2 | |
| Lesson 3 | La Folia Voice #3 | |
| Lesson 4 | La Folia accompanying Voice - dyads | |
| Lesson 5 | La Folia - The combined voices MP3 | |
| Lesson 6 | A string-crossing practice video | |
| Lesson 7 | Practice video for the hardest notes to learn (2nd group of fast notes) | |
| Lesson 8 | Practice video for 15-13-12-10 - so you can play it fast. | |
| Module 8 | The Music and the Videos of "Lightly Row" | |
| Lesson 1 | Lightly Row Voice #1 | |
| Lesson 2 | Lightly Row Voice #2 | |
| Lesson 3 | Lightly Row #3 | |
| Lesson 4 | Lightly Row - Accompanying Chords | |
| Lesson 5 | Lightly Row Combined Voices Music MP3 | |
| Lesson 6 | Practice the Right Hand pattern for the 2nd voice here | |
| Lesson 7 | Practice the Right and Left hand part of the 2nd voice of Lightly Row | |
| Lesson 8 | Practice the 3-finger chords for Lightly Row here | |
| Module 9 | The Ladder | |
| Lesson 1 | The Ladder | |
| Lesson 2 | The Ladder Music MP3 |
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Childbloom Free Complete Student Course: Learning to Read Music and beyond
THE VIDEOS - This course is provided free to all our students who are working at home with their Childbloom Instructor during the Covid-19 home study and social distancing. We hope parents and students make use of the course in conjunction with the goals and assignments of your Instructor.
WHAT THIS OFFERS - This course provides play-along, practice videos for the Childbloom student. These short videos target the most problematic parts of each piece in the Childbloom Guitar Program curriculum - from the beginning stages to the most advanced. By playing along with the videos the student's practice can be made more effective and mastery can be quicker, especially as the student is able to focus more deeply. Focusing deeply creates deep learning. There is accompanying text to each video to remind the student what to focus on in the video.
The videos can be slowed down to accommodate the student's needs or sped up for a challenge.
BRAIN/HAND EXERCISES - There is also a special exercise UNIT (Brain/hand patterns) that will help the student develop motor-skill on the instrument and can be used by the more advanced students.
This method of practice is more effective when there is a teacher, parent or friend guiding the repetitions of the student - but eventually the student should be able to use this course of practice videos without outside help.
We have provided a guide to the appropriate number of repetitions for each age (see "GET STARTED-READ THIS FIRST" menu).
THEORY - We have added some basic music theory explanations and downloadable worksheets for students. This material can be checked for accuracy by your Childbloom Instructor. By working though this step-by-step material the interested student will learn about scales, chords, intervals, keys and other important musical concepts. There is also material to help the student learn to read notes in the higher positions on the fretboard.
| Module 1 | Learning to Read Music | |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson 1 | The Drum Song - Measure 6 | |
| Lesson 2 | A Memory at the Door - Measure 5 | |
| Lesson 3 | A Memory at the Door Measure 6 | |
| Lesson 4 | A Memory at the Door Measure 7 | |
| Lesson 5 | Perpetual Motion Exercise | |
| Lesson 6 | Notes Flash Cards | |
| Lesson 7 | Copycat 1st 8 Notes | |
| Lesson 8 | Morning Is Come - Measure 6 | |
| Lesson 9 | Song of the Wind - Measure 9 to 10 | |
| Lesson 10 | A Gift to be Simple - Measures 8 to 9 | |
| Lesson 11 | Hoedown Round - Measures 11-13 | |
| Lesson 12 | Tomorrow's Bells - Measure 9 | |
| Lesson 13 | Arpeggio Time - Measure 3 | |
| Lesson 14 | Arpeggio Time - Right Hand Arpeggio Pattern | |
| Lesson 15 | Arpeggio Time - Right Hand 3-String Chord Exercise | |
| Lesson 16 | Arpeggio Time - 2nd Right Hand Pattern | |
| Lesson 17 | Hummingbird - Right Hand Exercise | |
| Lesson 18 | Hummingbird Shift - Measures 1 to 2 | |
| Lesson 19 | Hummingbird - Measure 9 | |
| Lesson 20 | Hummingbird Triplet Right Hand Pattern | |
| Lesson 21 | Hummingbird Tremolo Pattern | |
| Lesson 22 | Amen - Shifting Up-Down - Measures 5 to 7 | |
| Lesson 23 | Falcon Round | |
| Lesson 24 | Komodo Dance - Measures 7 to 8 | |
| Lesson 25 | Two Pirates - Measures 3 to 4 | |
| Lesson 26 | Nighthawk - Measure 5 | |
| Lesson 27 | Nighthawk - Measures 7 to 8 | |
| Lesson 28 | The Waves - RIght Hand Pattern - Measure 1 | |
| Lesson 29 | Kind of Blue - Measure 3 to 4 | |
| Lesson 30 | Kind of Blue - Measures 9 to 10 | |
| Lesson 31 | High-Stepping - Measure 1 to 2 | |
| Lesson 32 | Sopchoppy Blues - Measure 7 | |
| Lesson 33 | Sambino - Measures 13 to 14 | |
| Lesson 34 | Twitch Study - Measure 5 | |
| Lesson 35 | Mystery Highway - Measures 13 to 14 | |
| Lesson 36 | Cranberry Jig - Measure 13 | |
| Lesson 37 | Study in A Minor - Measure 9 | |
| Lesson 38 | Dangerous Kitten - Measures 7 to 8 | |
| Lesson 39 | Amazing Grace - Measure 12 | |
| Lesson 40 | Song of Joy - Measures 8 to 9 | |
| Lesson 41 | Hey-Ho To the Greenwood - Measure 5 to 6 (Rhythm) Difficulty | |
| Lesson 42 | The Dyad Song - Measure 4 to 5 | |
| Lesson 43 | Preparation Exercise for "Peasant's Dance" | |
| Lesson 44 | Peasant's Dance - Measure 2 | |
| Lesson 45 | Drifting Cloud - Measures 1-4 | |
| Lesson 46 | Boogie Woogie - Measure 9 | |
| Lesson 47 | Study #1 Opus 60 - Measure 15 to 16 | |
| Lesson 48 | Greensleeves - Measures 7 to 8 | |
| Lesson 49 | Greensleeves - Measures 15 to 16 | |
| Lesson 50 | Goat Dance - Measure 19 | |
| Lesson 51 | Goat Dance - (2nd voice) - Measure 5 | |
| Lesson 52 | America (1st voice) - Measures 12-13 | |
| Lesson 53 | Farewell (1st voice) - Measure 7 | |
| Lesson 54 | Skating - for three guitars (MP3) | |
| Lesson 55 | Skating - part one only (Mp3) | |
| Lesson 56 | Skating - Part 2 only (MP3) | |
| Lesson 57 | Skating - Part 3 only (MP3) | |
| Lesson 58 | The Goat Dance - all parts - (MP3) | |
| Lesson 59 | The Goat Dance - Part 1 - MP3 | |
| Lesson 60 | The Goat Dance - Part 3 - Mp3 | |
| Lesson 61 | The Goat Dance - Part 2 - MP3 | |
| Lesson 62 | America - 3 parts (MP3) | |
| Lesson 63 | America - Part 1 (MP3) | |
| Lesson 64 | America - Part 2 (MP3) | |
| Lesson 65 | America - Part 3 (MP3) | |
| Lesson 66 | Farewell - Both parts (MP3) | |
| Lesson 67 | Farewell - Part one (MP3) | |
| Lesson 68 | Farewell - Part two (MP3) | |
| Module 2 | How to Change a String | |
| Lesson 1 | How to change a string | |
| Module 3 | Tunes You Can Play 1 | |
| Lesson 1 | Moderato - Ms.6-7 | |
| Lesson 2 | Waltz (Aguado) - M.12 LH | |
| Lesson 3 | Minuetto (Aguado) - Ms.11-12 | |
| Lesson 4 | Minuetto (Aguado) - Ms.13-14 | |
| Lesson 5 | Arpeggio Study (Aguado) - Ms.5-6 | |
| Lesson 6 | The Waves - Ms.6-7 (1) | |
| Lesson 7 | The Camel - M.8 | |
| Lesson 8 | The Procession - Ms.4-5 | |
| Lesson 9 | The Circus Tune - Ms.11-12 | |
| Lesson 10 | Little Waltz D - M.1 | |
| Lesson 11 | Little Waltz D - Ms.13-14 | |
| Lesson 12 | Way Too Cool - M.9 | |
| Lesson 13 | Way Too Cool - M.13 | |
| Lesson 14 | Waltz in G (Kuffner) - M3-4 | |
| Lesson 15 | Waltz in G (Kuffner) - M.9 | |
| Lesson 16 | Opus 60 #2 - Ms. 38-40 | |
| Lesson 17 | Opus 35 #1 - Ms.31-32 | |
| Lesson 18 | Opus 31 #1 - M.11-12.mp4 | |
| Lesson 19 | Waltz in G - Opus 51 #1 - Ms.31-33 | |
| Lesson 20 | Andantino (Giuliani)- M.17 | |
| Lesson 21 | Andantino (Giuliani) - Ms.30-31 | |
| Lesson 22 | Dance in G (Carulli) - Ms.3-4 | |
| Lesson 23 | Waltz in C (Carulli) - Ms.1-2 | |
| Lesson 24 | Waltz in A (Carulli) - Ms.9 | |
| Lesson 25 | Waltz in A (Carulli) - Ms.28-29 | |
| Lesson 26 | Slur Preparation for "Palace of Nonesuch" | |
| Lesson 27 | Palace of Nonesuch - Ms.4-5 | |
| Lesson 28 | Palace of Nonesuch - Ms.8-9 | |
| Lesson 29 | Packington's Pound - Ms.12-14 | |
| Lesson 30 | Chiara Stella - Ms.5-6 | |
| Lesson 31 | Andantino Grazioso - Ms.3-4 | |
| Lesson 32 | Italiano (Sicilian) - M.9 | |
| Lesson 33 | Two Bugles - Ms.20-21 | |
| Lesson 34 | Marizapolos - Ms.6-8 | |
| Lesson 35 | Marizapolis - Ms.16-18 | |
| Lesson 36 | Marizapolos - Ms.17-19 | |
| Lesson 37 | Landler - Ms.3-4 | |
| Lesson 38 | Landler - Ms.7-8 | |
| Lesson 39 | Landler - Ms.14-16 | |
| Lesson 40 | Blues 1 - M.5 | |
| Lesson 41 | Neli's Dance - M.2 | |
| Lesson 42 | Neli's Dance - Ms.17-18 | |
| Lesson 43 | Notes Flash Cards Advanced | |
| Module 4 | Easy Ensemble Book Sound Files (The Purple Book) | |
| Lesson 1 | Copycat | |
| Lesson 2 | Three Friends | |
| Lesson 3 | Choral | |
| Lesson 4 | No School | |
| Lesson 5 | The Clock | |
| Lesson 6 | Abraham's Song | |
| Lesson 7 | The Irish Song | |
| Lesson 8 | Heart Motion | |
| Lesson 9 | Dotted Duet | |
| Lesson 10 | Adagio | |
| Lesson 11 | Transylvania | |
| Lesson 12 | Sueno | |
| Lesson 13 | Stomp | |
| Lesson 14 | Amazing Grace | |
| Lesson 15 | Sonnet by Enrique Valderrabano | |
| Lesson 16 | Pavane by Luis Milan | |
| Lesson 17 | The Rebel Soldier - American Folk Song | |
| Lesson 18 | A Gift To Be Simple - A 19th Century Shaker Hymn | |
| Lesson 19 | Home on The Range - Traditional American | |
| Lesson 20 | Silent NIght by Franz Gruber | |
| Lesson 21 | Carol of the Bells - Ukranian Folk traditional | |
| Lesson 22 | Cotton Eye'd Joe - American traditional | |
| Lesson 23 | Turkey in the Straw - Irish/American Fiddle Tune | |
| Lesson 24 | Greenland by Kevin Taylor | |
| Lesson 25 | Island TIme by Kelli Larson | |
| Lesson 26 | El Cefiro - Mexican Traditional | |
| Lesson 27 | I will Twine by Philbrick Webster | |
| Lesson 28 | Harmonious Blacksmith - Frederik Handel (by Mauro Giuliani) | |
| Module 5 | Tunes You Can Play 2 | |
| Lesson 1 | Bryd on a Brere Ms.11-12 | |
| Lesson 2 | Pezzo Tedesco Ms. 3-4 | |
| Lesson 3 | Piva Ms.56-59 | |
| Lesson 4 | Bagpipe Tune M.33 | |
| Lesson 5 | Bagpipe Tune Ms.37-38 | |
| Lesson 6 | Preparation Exercise for "Wilson's Wilde" | |
| Lesson 7 | Wilson's Wilde Ms.15-16 | |
| Lesson 8 | Planxty Irwin Ms.12-14 | |
| Lesson 9 | Planxty Irwin Ms.18-21 | |
| Lesson 10 | The Skye Boat Song M.11 | |
| Lesson 11 | The Skye Boat Song Ms.19-20 | |
| Lesson 12 | Villanos M2 | |
| Lesson 13 | Villanos M.6-7 | |
| Lesson 14 | Espanoleta Ms.30-31 | |
| Lesson 15 | La Folia M.4-5 | |
| Lesson 16 | Canarios Ms.6-8 | |
| Lesson 17 | Canarios Ms.13-14 | |
| Lesson 18 | Canarios M.36 | |
| Lesson 19 | Minuet Ms.7-8 | |
| Lesson 20 | Gigue Ms.14-16 | |
| Lesson 21 | Op. 241 #18 Ms.15-16 | |
| Lesson 22 | Etude in Am (Carulli) Ms. 3-4 | |
| Lesson 23 | Divertimento Op. 40 #11 Ms.3-4 | |
| Lesson 24 | Divertimento Op. 40 #11 Ms.12-13 | |
| Lesson 25 | Lesson #2 Op. 31 Ms.8-9 | |
| Lesson 26 | Lesson #2 Op. 31 Ms.38-39 | |
| Lesson 27 | Lesson #3 Op. 31 Ms.19-20 | |
| Lesson 28 | Lesson #3 Op. 31 Ms.21-22 | |
| Lesson 29 | Lesson #3 Op. 31 Ms.31-32 | |
| Lesson 30 | Waltz #4 Op. 57 Ms.20-22 | |
| Lesson 31 | Waltz #4 Op. 57 Ms.62-65 | |
| Lesson 32 | Op. 35 #8 Ms.36-38 | |
| Lesson 33 | Op. 59 #25 Ms.7-8 (without barre) | |
| Lesson 34 | Op. 59 #25 Ms.7-8 (with barre) | |
| Lesson 35 | Prelude in D minor MS. 7-8 | |
| Lesson 36 | Prelude in D Major Ms.1-2 | |
| Lesson 37 | Prelude in D Major Ms.8-9 | |
| Lesson 38 | Lesson 80 M3 | |
| Lesson 39 | Lesson 85 MS.7-8 | |
| Lesson 40 | Zum Galli Galli M.11 | |
| Lesson 41 | Dusty Trails Ms.20-21 | |
| Lesson 42 | Dusty Trails Ms.23-24 | |
| Lesson 43 | The Old Car Ms.5-6 | |
| Lesson 44 | Waltz of the Sad Cloud Ms.5-7 | |
| Lesson 45 | Waltz of the Sad Cloud Ms.14-16 | |
| Lesson 46 | Aspen Song Ms.12-13 | |
| Lesson 47 | Damascus Journey MS. 28-29 | |
| Lesson 48 | Allegretto Ms.2-3 | |
| Lesson 49 | Allegretto Ms.14-16 | |
| Lesson 50 | Arpeggio with Rest Stroke Accent Exercise | |
| Lesson 51 | Soleares Ms.17-18 | |
| Lesson 52 | Soleares Ms.41-44 | |
| Lesson 53 | Dangerous Tango Ms. 11-12 | |
| Lesson 54 | Dangerous Tango M. 36 | |
| Lesson 55 | Invocation M.5 | |
| Lesson 56 | Invocation M.17 | |
| Lesson 57 | Invocation Ms.20-21 | |
| Lesson 58 | Tarantella Ms.17-18 | |
| Lesson 59 | Tarantella Ms.42-43 | |
| Lesson 60 | White Water Etude M.34 | |
| Lesson 61 | White Water Etude M52 | |
| Lesson 62 | A Kinder World Ms.2-3 | |
| Lesson 63 | A Kinder World Ms.6-7 | |
| Lesson 64 | Romancelle Ms.21-22 | |
| Module 6 | Brain/Hand Patterns | |
| Lesson 1 | Free Stroke - Index (i) Finger | |
| Lesson 2 | Free Stroke - Middle (m) Finger | |
| Lesson 3 | Free Stroke - Ring (a) Finger | |
| Lesson 4 | Free Stroke - p-i-p-m-p-a-p-m | |
| Lesson 5 | Free Stroke - p-i-p-m Motion | |
| Lesson 6 | Arpeggio - p-i-m-a | |
| Lesson 7 | Arpeggio - p-a-m-i | |
| Lesson 8 | Steady Hand/Moving Thumb - p-i-m | |
| Lesson 9 | Scalar Motion & Correct Left Hand Placement - 1-2-1-3-1-4-1-3 | |
| Lesson 10 | 1 Octave Major Scale (Moveable) | |
| Lesson 11 | 1 Octave Pure Minor Scale (Moveable) | |
| Lesson 12 | Shifting Motion for Left Hand | |
| Lesson 13 | Rest/Free Stroke Alternation for Right Hand | |
| Lesson 14 | Playing 3-String Chords (a-m-i) | |
| Lesson 15 | Free Stroke Arpeggio - p-i-m-a-m-a-m-a | |
| Lesson 16 | Left Hand Placement Exercise | |
| Module 7 | Music Theory | |
| Lesson 1 | The Parts of Notes | |
| Lesson 2 | The Staff | |
| Lesson 3 | The Clefs | |
| Lesson 4 | The Chromatic Scale (all the notes) | |
| Lesson 5 | Scale steps | |
| Lesson 6 | The musical alphabet & notes on the staff | |
| Lesson 7 | The Musical Alphabet & the Chromatic Scale | |
| Lesson 8 | The Scales - The Major Scale | |
| Lesson 9 | Spelling Major scales | |
| Lesson 10 | Chords: learning Tonic/Dominant pairs | |
| Lesson 11 | Basic Chord Chemistry - The Triad building blocks | |
| Module 8 | LEARNING HOW TO PLAY BLUES AND ROCK | |
| Lesson 1 | LEARNING BLUES & ROCK | |
| Lesson 2 | THE CHORD KEY-FAMILIES | |
| Lesson 3 | BLUES RHYTHM PATTERNS | |
| Lesson 4 | ALTERNATE RHYTHM PATTERNS | |
| Lesson 5 | PLAYING BLUES "LEAD" - The Pentatonic MINOR scale | |
| Lesson 6 | SOME GUIDELINES FOR IMPROVISING ON THE BLUES SCALE | |
| Lesson 7 | 2 SOLO BLUES TUNES IN THE KEY OF "A" AND "E" | |
| Lesson 8 | SOME FAMOUS BLUES TUNES USING JUST THREE CHORDS | |
| Module 9 | THE ROOTS OF BLUEGRASS, COUNTRY AND AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC - MOUNTAIN MUSIC OF THE APPALACHIANS | |
| Lesson 1 | HISTORY OF "MOUNTAIN MUSIC" | |
| Lesson 2 | Guitar Chords for traditional bluegrass and mountain music tunes | |
| Lesson 3 | How to read the leadsheets | |
| Lesson 4 | Traditional mountain, folk and bluegrass tunes | |
| Lesson 5 | The Pentatonic MAJOR scale pattern | |
| Lesson 6 | Bluegrass rifs as Chord replacements | |
| Lesson 7 | SOME GOSPEL, FOLK, COUNTRY AND POP MUSIC TITLES THAT USE JUST THREE CHORDS | |
| Module 10 | Duets for Tunes 1 Players and Beyond | |
| Lesson 1 | Duet - "Kelpie" | |
| Lesson 2 | Duet - "Walking Home" | |
| Lesson 3 | Duet - "On The Boat" | |
| Lesson 4 | Duet - "Thinking Back" | |
| Lesson 5 | Duet - "Mud Puddle Jazz" | |
| Module 11 | Duets for players in the Tunes You Can Play 2 Book and beyond | |
| Lesson 1 | Duet - Jamaica Morning | |
| Lesson 2 | Duet - Morning Knights | |
| Lesson 3 | Duet - Versus | |
| Lesson 4 | Duet - "Cavatina" | |
| Lesson 5 | Duet - "Cabaletta" | |
| Module 12 | Advanced Expansion Music beyond the Tunes You Can Play 2 Book for Soloists | |
| Lesson 1 | Renaissance Music | |
| Lesson 2 | Baroque Music | |
| Lesson 3 | Classical Period Works | |
| Lesson 4 | Romantic Period Works | |
| Lesson 5 | 20th Century and Contemporary works | |
| Module 13 | The Sound Oasis book sound files (MIDI) - Short duets in various styles | |
| Lesson 1 | Week-End Dance | |
| Lesson 2 | Zeppelin | |
| Lesson 3 | Inca Dance | |
| Lesson 4 | Old Dance | |
| Lesson 5 | Nostalgia | |
| Lesson 6 | Skater's Dance | |
| Lesson 7 | Viennese Dance | |
| Lesson 8 | Ragtime Stroll | |
| Lesson 9 | Blue Prairie | |
| Lesson 10 | Radio Song | |
| Lesson 11 | The Wonder | |
| Lesson 12 | Milonga |
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