Did you provide it with any additional prompting?

I’ve been trying to do this with different documents, but unless I add more specifics - the slides created are always too brief.

I wonder if NYSSMA is building a bigger ballroom.

Jesse Welles should be taught in music classrooms.

#mused #musedchat #musiceducation

Anxiety is in your control, you are bringing it on yourself. Discard it, as Marcus Aurelius says.

The same way the gray hairs in my beard make me think things like “34 is the new 24,” seeing not-urgent school emails with an urgent tag makes me think things the “inbox is the new deleted emails folder.”

A good price tag, but looks like a flexible and versatile amp with a pretty small footprint when pit space is always at a premium.

@anthonypooley.bsky.social, I was wondering if you've ever used/considered using the Rivera Sedona Lite 25 amp for shows.

Two separate channels for acoustic and electric guitars, all tube, and direct out.

Thank you for your blog - very helpful advice for pit guitarists.

I’ve learned a-whole-lot about fair deals these past 7 months.

And you’ve not been giving me good deals, @thespoony.bsky.social.

So be ready for 25-45% tariffs on all that wheat and ore next week.

Our union negotiated one "clerical" day at the beginning of the school year. This is a day where the time is entirely spent working in our rooms preparing for our students. I highly recommend that if you have a union, you include this in your negotiations for your next contract.
#sschat #edusky

AP® Music Theory Units 1-8 Study Guides (based on AP® Daily videos) Support your AP Music Theory students as they deepen their understanding of the first four units with these comprehensive study guides designed to accompany the AP Daily Videos available through AP Cl...

These are very "guided notes" style, but I can assign them through Google Classroom and provide students with more skill and drill practice, part-writing exercises, melodic and harmonic dictation, etc. - should they be interested in getting a 5 on the exam.

Here's a #TPT link if you're interested:

College Board does have a comprehensive set of AP Daily Videos that accompany every unit of the curriculum:

—think "How to build a major scale using the W-W-H-W-W-W-H pattern" or "How to build the 4 types of triads" type tutorials.

I made a 1-2 page study guide for every video in the curriculum.

- writing a melody, then using different chord progressions/chord extensions, harmonize the melody in different genres (stylistic differences),

- arranging a pop song for a 4-part harmony ensemble (choral, string quartet, etc.) in an SATB format - same theory "rules", but with modern application.

Ear training (aural skills) could include:

- transcribing melodies by ear (a pop song hook, a fiddle tune, a jazz standard, etc.),

- figuring out the chord progression to [X] song, then writing out a lead sheet using the Nashville number system (a la Tom Bukovac),

Real talk—the AP Music Theory curriculum is boring.

The course attempts to teach real-world music skills—like transcribing melodies or understanding harmony—but is stuck in "common practice."

🧵 Some #mused ideas:

Hot take - but I’m here for it.

ChatGPT might be the Guy Fawkes needed for schools and states to look in the mirror at what we spend 8+ hours a day “doing.”

Music teachers will probably double down on “the canon” but what else is new!

Ligeti is going to leave me a lump of coal in my guitar case this year.

“No recordings. Just the memories.”

#mused #musiced #musedchat

Do you script them? Rough outline, but with some spontaneity?

I like their overall pace/length. Recent swing episode has been one of my favorites so far - great musical examples.

The burgers at ‘The Stand’ in Phoenix, AZ.

I have spent the week with someone who has dementia and let me tell you it is an ironclad argument for the power of music, especially popular song. Go listen to your favorite songs. Learn the words. Sing along. They will keep you company to the very end.

I think you're right. I wish journals had podcasts of the author reading their article.

Great podcast episodes!

"Travel is not reward for working, it's education for living." —Anthony Bourdain.

angs-eye-itty

I’ll tune to in to Bad Aim With Spoony.

I shouldn’t laugh, but Mitch McConnell body surfing into that rug has made the week better. 🤣

#TeamMitch

Go Bills.

lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.

Plot would be better if aliens showed up. 🤣

you’re the one arguing with an internet duck

voicemails are podcasts your mom makes