Intro To Music Theory (2)

Saturday and Sunday, the 17th and 18th of April. 10.00am - 5.00pm
This weekend is an introduction to music theory, taught in a way that is accessible to people with no previous experience. Through singing, visual aids and games, we will teach the basics of reading and writing music, and understanding the basic building blocks of western music.

The weekend will cover:

• reading and writing rhythm
• reading and writing notes
• clefs
• keys and key signatures
• chords
• scales

$130.00/$120.00 Friends of The Muse

The Tutors
Nikki Berry's background is as a songwriter and she is a trained audio engineer. She conducts the exuberant world music choir, A Capellago, and the Open Song world music choir. She loves to improvise, compose and arrange music, and has led workshops for singers and musicians of all ages and experience for many years.
Gary Easterbrook grew up in Whangarei, and has flown airplanes, driven trucks, worked in forestry, flirted with television... the list goes on. His musical career has been equally varied - from heavy rock to bluegrass and country, blues and jazz to world music. He learned piano as an eleven year old, took up guitar at fourteen, then bass guitar and back to piano (with a dabble on drums along the way). He's now happy on all these instruments, and also arranges music for choirs. Besides music, Gary loves surfing, sea kayaking and photography.

This course draws on their combined experience over many years of teaching & playing and especially draws on their work with young people. Guest tutors will also run workshops on a range of topics.