Roots Music

WEEK AT A GLANCE

• MON: Focus on singing
• TUE: Focus on Instruments – new concepts/skills/etc
• WED: 1) Journaling, 2) Focus on practice groups for singing and instruments
• THU: Combine singing and instruments

LEARNING FOCUS

• Guitar
  1. Revisit Chords: A, D, E, G
  2. New Chords: C, F, B7
  3. Draw chord patterns in journal
  4. Practice boom/chuck and changing chords
  5. Play chords for
     1. You Are My Sunshine  key of C (CFCFCGC)
     2. The Crawdad Song key of A (AEADAEA)
• Singing
  1. You Are My Sunshine - add second verse to journal (see below); continue harmony practice
  2. The Crawdad Song – tape into journal; continue singing with guitars
  3. Curlew Fight Song - intro to lyrics
  4. Brainstorm Christmas songs
• History of Roots Music
  1. Watch American Roots Music DVD (Wednesday)

DAILY EXPECTATIONS:

1. Participate fully, willingly in singing warm ups
2. Participate in whole-class & small-group instruction
3. Take notes in journal
4. Participate in practice sessions

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (as recorded by Johnny Cash)

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.

CHORUS:

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away.

I’ll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me and love another,
You’ll regret it all some day:

CHORUS

You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between.
But now you’ve left me to love another;
You have shattered all my dreams:

CHORUS

In all my dreams, dear, you seem to leave me
When I awake my poor heart pains.
So when you come back and make me happy
I’ll forgive you dear, I’ll take all the blame.

CHORUS

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