Overall: Walking bass lines, communicating with your instrument, and solo techniques
Topics:
• Walking bass lines: 00:00-15:00
• Solo techniques: 17:00 - 53:00
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Artist: Darell Campbell
Partner Organization: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Overall: Reading and analyzing written music, introducing and understanding your part in the music, how to practice your part
Topics:
• Reading and analyzing written music: 00:00 - 19:20
• Understanding your part in the music: 19:20 - 38:15
• How to practice: 38:15 - 40:36
• Marion Hayden Trio: 40:36-1:01:13
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Artist: Marion Hayden
Partner Organization: MSU Community Music School-Detroit
Overall: Join Darell “Red” Campbell Jr. in this masterclass as he takes you through the essential techniques to become a great bassist.
Topics: Theory, Technique, Style
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Artist: Darell “Red” Campbell Jr.
Partner Organization: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Overall: Detroit bassist and educator Marion Hayden shares tips on walking the bass line on multiple bars.
Topics: Theory, Technique, Style
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Artist: Marion Hayden
Partner Organization: MSU Community Music School-Detroit
Overall: Melodic stylizing for vocalists and instrumentalists
Topics:
• History of melodic styling and song analysis: 00:00 - 07:45
• Techniques of melodic styling: 7:45 - 28:29
• Techniques in demonstration: 28:29 - 59:24
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Artist: Scott Gwinnell
Partner Organization: Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
Overall: The II-V-I progression, its use in jazz, and variations on its voicing.
Topics: Theory, Technique, Style
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Artist: Scott Gwinnell
Partner Organization: Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
Worksheet: II-V-I Voicings
Overall: Six steps on how to learn and internalize a tune
Topics:
• Performances: 00:00 - 35:48
• Technique: 35:48 - 52:15
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Artist: Marcus Elliot
Partner Organization: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Overall: Basics of jazz from long tone practice to major scales and chords
Topics:
• Scales and technique: 00:00 - 21:50
• Play along: 21:50 - 29:00
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Artist: Duane Parham
Partner Organization: The Carr Center
Overall: The foundations of Bebop.
Topics: Theory and Style
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Artist: Stephen Grady Jr
Partner Organization: The Carr Center
Overall: Join Marcus Elliot as he teaches you about using triad pairs over dominant chords and the blues.
Topics:
• Theory
• Style
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Artist: Marcus Elliot
Partner Organization: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Overall: Focuses on Detroit Jazz Master Thad Jones’ legacy and contributions to jazz music; demonstrates the importance of picking apart a song and searching for small digestible fragments to help better understand how to perform the piece.
Topics: JazzHistory
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Artist: Timothy Blackmon Jr.
Partner Organization: MSU Community Music School-Detroit
Overall: Focuses on effective ways to practice triads.
Topics: Jazz
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Artist: Timothy Blackmon Jr.
Partner Organization: MSU Community Music School-Detroit
Overall: Join Kris Johnson in this masterclass about adding style to your playing to make your music come alive.
Topics: Jazz
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Artist: Kris Johnson
Partner Organization:
Overall: The 5 different aspects of the Blues: The Feeling, The Aesthetic The Style, The Form, and The Scale
Topics:
• Blues Basics: 4:16 - 13:37
• History: 13:37-14:34
• Techniques: 14:34 - 24:01
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Artist: Chris Glassman
Partner Organization: MSU Community Music School-Detroit
Overall: Join Vincent Chandler in this masterclass as he takes you through the essential techniques to become a great jazz trombonist.
Topics: Style, Technique
Artist: Vincent Chandler
Partner Organization: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Overall: Essential tips on how to become the singer you want to be!
Topics: Style and Technique
Artist: Athena Johnson
Artist Organization: MSU Community Music School