IA APPRENTICE October 2022: What is the Circle of Fifths and WHY does it matter?

Buckle up! Are you ready?!? Because we are going to do something amazing!

I want to help you not only play ukulele or guitar, I want to help you PLAY ukulele or guitar!

OUR GOAL THIS WEEK: Hear a song and figure out how to play it.

Does that sound hard? Guess what? It does NOT have to be!

Just trust me, and check out these tools I’m including in this post.

You can do this!!

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR INSTRUMENT IS TUNED.

BE MINDFUL THAT YOU DO NOT OVERDO IT AND BREAK A STRING. You are welcome to find your own tutorial, but I will include a few links you may use if you would like.

GUITAR https://youtu.be/5jTsSvkBv60

UKULELE: https://youtu.be/2VOuRBjmzAM

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

FIRST: Print a chord chart that goes with your instrument.  Included in these links:

GUITAR or THIS ONE or THIS ONE 

UKULELE or THIS ONE

BARITONE UKULELE or THIS ONE

SECOND: Using your chart, get familiar with how to play basic chords. I recommend you start with E, A, D, C, G, G7, E7, A7, D7.

Do your best and message me if you have questions. We will review things in class, too.

When you’re comfortable with those chords then try these: E minor, A minor, D minor, C7, F and B7.

***Please get in the habit of practicing everyday. It’s better to NOT CRAM practice, your brain will retain this better if you set aside 20-30 minutes every day instead of cramming the night before.***

IF YOU NEED EXTRA HELP THERE ARE PLENTY OF TUTORIALS ON YOUTUBE. LOOK FOR ONE FOR A BEGINNER UKULELE OR BEGINNER GUITAR.

THIRD: Watch this video at least once, preferably twice and PLAY ALONG with him.  

He is referring mostly to ukulele but the principles are the same so don’t worry if you’re playing the guitar, it will still work.

Be prepared to EXPLAIN how to use the CIRCLE OR FIFTHS for VAN BUCKS!!!

MAKE THIS SPINNER

FOURTH: Play some songs! Pick one of two you figure out all by your self, like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” or “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” or something else of your choosing.

FIFTH: learn the parts of your instrument.

GUITAR

UKULELE

LAST THING:  you will need a 1” binder for this class. You will need a place for your music, charts, the spinner, etc. Add a few sheets of blanks paper to the binder and include some pencils, too.

IA Master Class October 2022

 Welcome to IA Master's Class!

Study/Learn:

Read the book: Miracles on Maple Hill

Know/Understand

1. As you read, make a list of miracles that happen in the book.  Bring at least 5 to class. Bringing more will be to your advantage.

2. Text or email me your favorite quote before class.  If you send it before Wednesday, it'll be in the running for the sticker.

Jennah:

719-494-7522

jendave24@gmail.com

We have a fun activity planned for class!

IA Journeyman October 2022

IA Journeyman Oct. 2022

 Welcome to IA Journeyman, where we will journey through history in a very hands-on approach.  I hope you're ready to get your hands a little messy and have some fun with some of our "lost arts."

This week in class we will do 2 things:

1. Candle making! We'll be dipping candles this week.  While this shouldn't get too messy, it could.  Maybe wear something that's not too fancy, so if you get a little wax on it, you won't be completely upset.

2. Gathering some herbs around the farm to get them soaking in oil. These will make a nice healing balm later in the year.

Study/Learn

1. Watch these videos about candle making:

Medieval Professions: Chandler 4 min

How to Dip Candles 3.5 min

Does Fire Burn in Space? 3 min

Know/Understand

1. Look up herbs that are good for healing skin wounds.  Write down 3 herbs that you think would be good to add to our healing cream.  Bring the list to class.

2.  Look up a scripture or quote about candles, or light.  Write the scripture/quote you choose on greeting card, 3 X 5 Card, or type it up and print it out.  Make it nice.  You can add a picture if you want.  You're going to give it to someone you're inspired to give it to.

We will be making 3 candles in class.  2 will be dipped, 1 will be poured.  You will get to choose one of those candles to give as a gift along with your card.

The list of 3 herbs, and the card with a light scripture/quote will be your tickets into class. 

See you there!

Imaginative Arts Apprentice Week 6: April 28, 2022 Painting

    Imaginative Arts Apprentice Week 6: April 28, 2022

History of Painting

Study/Learn

DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Review all the notecards from the whole year - don't forget the music.
  
• Choose 5 of the notecards that really speak to you and learn about the painter/sculptor/architect/musician and anything you can about the art/building/music.  Take notes about what you learn in your commonplace book.  Let your interests guide you and jump into learning in the style that fits you best.  
• Figure out what your best learning style is by taking 2 of the following tests:
• Education Planner
• How to Study
• Learning Style Quiz (scroll down on the results page for the pie chart)
• This week is the end of year VanBuck STORE!!!  Yay!  So bring all of your Vanbucks and be ready for a spending spree during lunch.  Please text Sis. Cloward how many Vanbucks you have so that we can adjust the economy accordingly.  

Know/Understand

Choose your favorite piece of art from the notecards this year and really dive into learning about it. 
Why was it painted?  Where is it today?  What did people think of it at the time it was painted?  What do people think about it today?  Why is it considered a classic?  How did the artist feel when he/she was painting it? Why does it speak to you? Etc.  

Then come up with a creative way to represent the piece of art for the class.  Really dig deep into your talents and hobbies and skills.  The sky is the limit on this project, so get creative.  

Bring whatever you created to class to show.  If it's too big to bring, take a picture or video of it.  (But don't use this as a cop-out.  I want to see the real thing if at all possible.)

Become/Serve

Read this talk - Christ at Bethesda's Pool - about Pres. Monson's experience viewing a beautiful piece of art.  Does art affect you this way?  Have you ever learned from art?  Pres. Monson also teaches us through poetry and music.  How do those elements in his talk speak to us as the listeners?  How much richer is his talk because he included art, music and poetry?  How much richer is your life when you include those things?  Make a goal to include more of the arts in your life this summer and write down three ways that you will do it.  

IA Master Class 6: April 28, 2022

 DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Research the author of this book.  Why do you think she wrote this book?
2. Read the book, Emma by Jane Austen
3. Ask the 5 Types of Questions while you read.  Write down one of each kind for our discussion.  Bring it to class.  (This is your ticket into class, so don't forget it.)
4. Specifically watch for the theme of resourcefulness in this book and reference where you find it.
5. Send your favorite quote to Sis. Jessee by Weds. at noon for our sticker.

Journeyman IA week 6 April 28, 2022

 Soooooo. . I am offering a 

ONE TIME ONLY 

CRAZY VAN BUCKS CHALLENGE!!

$1 = EVERY LINE YOU MEMORIZE!! 

BY OUR NEXT CLASS.

THIS MEANS IF YOU SPEAK 20 TIMES IN THE SHOW YOU GET $20.

SHORT LINE, LONG LINE, THEY’RE ALL WORTH $1.

PLEASE focus on your BIG lines first!!!

***CHECK back on this post, (like Monday ish) I’m going to add some resources for learning the SONGS, there will be a $$ for learning songs too. Probably $5 per song.  FYI - - - I sent the PDFs to your mom’s on Slack.*** 

It’s important that you know that the STORE WILL BE OPEN NEXT THURSDAY!! So this is a GREAT opportunity to earn a bunch of $$$$ before that.

Imaginative Arts Apprentice Week 5: April 21, 2022 Dance

  Imaginative Arts Apprentice Week 5: April 21, 2022

History of Dancing

Study/Learn

DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Read this post about the history of dance
2. Watch this video about the 5 Elements of Dance
3. Look up and write a brief description of 5 of the following dances in your commonplace book.  Look up the dances you chose on YouTube and watch them danced.
• Etruscan dance
• 
  Bellicrepa
• Basse dance
• Black Alman
• Black nag
• Rufty Tufty
• La Spagna
• The Morris dance
• The Jig
• The Egg Dance
• Quadrille
• Pavan
• Farandole
• Burgundian
• Chiarantana
• Gilliard
• Coranto
• Canario
• Cotillion
• Waltz
4. Look back at your word study on obedience from November (if you didn't do it, do it now) and be prepared to talk in class about how obedience plays a part in dancing.  
5. Study the notecards labeled "4"

Know/Understand

1. 
   Get with a group that you will be able to meet with this week easily... don't stress your mom out by asking her to drive you all over the county all week!  If you can't get with any of your classmates, work with just your siblings.  
2. Choose a dance from the list you learned about from one of the time periods you read about - Roman, Medieval, Renaissance or Regency - and learn the dance well enough to demonstrate it and teach it to the class. 
3. Bring your own music (I'll have the speaker there to play it on) and teach us the dance you chose.  
4. Teach the class briefly about the dance that you chose and then teach the moves and lead the class in dancing the dance in class.  
5.  PUT YOUR CHOICE ON THIS SIGN UP.  Tell me who your group is and what dance you are choosing so we don't overlap.

Become/Serve

Print out and read - and mark - this conference talk, "The Music of the Gospel".  Ask the 5
types of questions and write them down and be prepared for a discussion in class.  (This is your ticket into class, so make sure you have it.)

Journal about how well you are hearing the music of the gospel in your life and choose one thing you can do better and set a goal to work on it this week.