Create engaging practice sessions for your students. The loop app with multiple styles, tempos, instruments & keys. Foster creativity & motivate their practice.
In these days of #Isolation, how do we stay creative and avoid boredom? In times like these is when creativity is key to stay strong and keep going. We talked to music educators and they gave us great ideas. Here they are https://t.co/roN01NIt66
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In OneMillionLoops all loops are by musicians playing real instruments. All loops are checked before making it to the app. High quality loops made by musicians.
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We created OneMillionLoops because we were fed up with how complicated all the apps for musicians are.
We wanted a very simple app filled with high-quality loops played by real musicians that students and teachers… https://t.co/TY2VpbN5Ts
Exercise: Polyrhythms On Top Of 4
How can we develop our students’ notion of how the different time signatures relate to each other?
Get a drum loop playing a steady 4/4 beat (if your student plays drums, then get a… https://t.co/4VtBNcaj9s
Exercise 3: The Newcomer
Build a band which has your student’s instrument of choice (if your student plays guitar, then make sure you have a guitar playing). Mute the channel corresponding to their… https://t.co/ano8e0BJLq
Exercise 2: Instrument In Disguise.
Using the same band you built for the previous exercise, now the student has to replace an instrument. If your student plays guitar, mute the bass channel and replace what the… https://t.co/fZXToud0Ct
Exercise 1: Who’s Who.
Build a band with 2 or more instruments. Mute each instrument’s channel at a time, enabling the student to hear what each instrument adds to the mix.
1. How does it sound when you take away a… https://t.co/OH8vHxqj7z
Exercise: Short And Locked.
Loop a section of a song, either a single instrument or band, as long as there are drums playing. Try to keep it simple, 2 instruments will do the trick. Get your student to pick a phrase… https://t.co/TU0NpVuoRU
Exercise: Change the Scene
What is a simple way of showing the key characteristics of each style? How well can your students adapt to them? Go to your favorite app where you have multiple styles available.
While… https://t.co/vXQ0ntu2I2
Exercise 3: The Ghost Drummer.
Get a drum loop going and have the student play on top of it (even if your student plays drums). You can help your student to develop time feel and tempo by muting the drums in and out,… https://t.co/NlEHehS7cx
Exercise 2: Half and Double, Before and After.
Have your student play a riff/passage/scale/groove to a specific tempo and then practice changing to half-time, double-time, behind the beat or ahead of the beat to… https://t.co/bAUjlhCtlK
Dynamics Exercise: The Emotional Rollercoaster:
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Get a music segment playing, if possible, play it on a loop so you can work around the same piece of music. The idea is to play a particular phrase, groove or fill… https://t.co/JtUQxAuuLT
As a global team, being remote is our only option. Here’s how we make #WorkFromHome work for us. Over communication compensates context. Sounds silly, but is key. https://t.co/rq83lp1lNY
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#tbt to last week at #StartUpConnection and out after hour jam of Limp Bizkit’s Faith (although, with the acoustic guitar it had some of the original George Michael vibe)
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