Rokk Skoool class syllabi:
Electric Guitar 101 (EG 101): 12-week beginning electric guitar instruction class. Don't play in the quiet of a one-on-one private lesson. Plug in at Rokk Skoool and ROKK OUT!!! Starts with basics such as proper plectrum (pick) grip, tuning and care of the student's instrument and progresses all the way up to chord chart reading. Chords will be presented using the Rokk Skoool method which accelerates learning and facilitates fretboard recall. Students will build a chord vocabulary and will be able to play complete songs using chord charts by class completion. Students will only need to bring their electric guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Electric Guitar 201 (EG 201): 12-week intermediate electric guitar instruction class. Picks up from concepts introduced in Electric Guitar 101. Advanced chords will be presented. Chord chart reading skills are honed. In the final weeks of Electric Guitar 201, students will begin playing to background rhythm tracks in an effort to prepare them for the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their electric guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 101 (or Acoustic Guitar 101)
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Acoustic Guitar 101 (AG 101): 12-week beginning acoustic guitar instruction class. Bring your acoustic and plug in at Rokk Skoool. Hear it how it should sound! Similar in approach to the Electric Guitar 101 class but focuses on the differences between the electric and acoustic guitar. Introduces the use of a capo - an indispensible tool of the acoustic guitarist to play full, ringing chords up and down the neck of the guitar. Also uses the Rokk Skoool method of chord study and focuses on chord chart reading. Students will only need to bring their acoustic guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool. For students with acoustic guitars not equipped with on-board electronics, microphones will be provided in order to amplify their instruments.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Acoustic Guitar 201 (AG 201): 12-week intermediate acoustic guitar instruction class. Logically follows Acoustic Guitar 101. Students will learn to get the most from their instrument including advanced picking techniques for acoustic guitar as well as an introduction to "pick-less" fingerstyle playing. In later weeks of this class, students will begin playing along to background rhythm tracks in order to prepare them for the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their acoustic guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool. For students with acoustic guitars not equipped with on-board electronics, microphones will be provided in order to amplify their instruments.
Prerequisite: Acoustic Guitar 101 (or Electric Guitar 101)
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Advanced Guitar Techniques (AGT): 12-week advanced guitar instruction class for either electric or acoustic guitar. Uses the same platform from which chords were learned in previous classes as a framework upon which students will begin to learn to play lead patterns over rhythm parts. Music theory is introduced in a way that makes sense and is not overwhelming to students. Students in AGT will learn and alternate playing more complicated rhythm parts while trading off playing lead parts with their classmates. Truly, a complete way for students to learn all that their instrument is capable of. Students will only need to bring their electric or acoustic guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool. For students with acoustic guitars not equipped with on-board electronics, microphones will be provided in order to amplify their instruments.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 201 or Acoustic Guitar 201
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Bass Guitar 101 (BG 101): 12-week beginning bass guitar instruction class for electric or acoustic bass. Starts with basics such as tuning the bass, proper fret hand and pick hand positioning and progresses all the way up to chord chart reading. Students gain an introduction to playing both fingerstyle and with a pick. Students will only need to bring their electric or acoustic bass. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Bass Guitar 201 (BG 201): 12-week intermediate bass guitar instruction class for electric or acoustic bass. Continues where Bass Guitar 101 left off. Introduces chording techniques using the same method as Rokk Skoool's guitar classes. Students gain superior understanding of the fretboard and its' possibilities for bass guitar accompaniment. The intricate ways in which bass guitar playing can meld into the rhythms provided by other instruments will be explored. In the later weeks of this class, students will begin playing along to background rhythm tracks in order to prepare them for the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their electric or acoustic bass. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: Bass Guitar 101
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Drumset 101 (DRM 101): 12-week beginning drumset instruction class. Using the Rokk Skoool method of drum instruction, students will begin by learning basic sticking techniques. Sticking instruction will be conducted on snare drum only, at first. In later weeks, elements of the rest of the drumset will be introduced one-by-one. Students will be playing to a metronome click as early as the very first class. All students are requested to utilize a metronome of their own at home during their off-campus practice time. No single tool of the drummer can facilitate effective advancement on the instrument more than a metronome. Students will only need to bring their favorite drumsticks (and a few backups in case of breakage while rokking out).
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Drumset 201 (DRM 201): 12-week intermediate drumset instruction class. Naturally builds from the foundation established in Drumset 101. Students begin to play more complicated patterns while learning to become intuitively aware of the "pulse" of the music they play. This is in an effort to develop a metronome "within their head" in order to permit them to gradually rely less on the actual metronome for their practice sessions and, ultimately, their live performances. At the conclusion of Drumset 201, drummers are ready to become the rhythm core for their band in the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their favorite drumsticks (and a few backups in case of breakage while rokking out).
Prerequisite: Drumset 101
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Vocals (VOX): 12-week beginning to intermediate vocal instruction class. Vocal training which emphasizes proper breathing principles and exercises, pitch correction and note matching. Focuses on training singers for the live Rokk Band experience through the use of techniques designed to increase breath control and harness vocal power. Students will learn the differences between melody and harmony vocals and sing in both solo and multi-part settings.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Guitar/Vocals (G-VOX): 12-week intermediate vocal instruction class. Designed for guitarists who have achieved a level of comfort in playing their instrument who would like to expand their musical contributions to their band by adding either lead or background vocals. Uses the same training method from the Vocals class but emphasizes singing both harmony and melody parts while playing guitar. Guitarists will learn to accompany themselves on their instrument while singing solo in addition to playing in group settings while engaging in multi-part vocal arrangements.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 201 or Acoustic Guitar 201
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Bass/Vocals (B-VOX): 12-week intermediate vocal instruction class. Designed for bass players who have achieved a level of comfort in playing their instrument who would like to expand their musical contributions to their band by adding either lead or background vocals. Uses the same training method from the Vocals class but emphasizes singing both harmony and melody parts while playing bass guitar. Bass players will learn to play bass lines under their vocals and work in both solo and multi-part group settings.
Prerequisite: Bass Guitar 201
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Rokk Band (RBND): 12-week advanced music instruction class. Students will be accepted into the Rokk Band class for any one of the following positions: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums. The ideal Rokk Band class will be comprised of a lead vocalist, an electric guitarist (w/ vocals, if possible), an acoustic guitarist (w/ vocals, if possible), a bass player (w/ vocals, if possible) and a drummer, however, quite a number of combinations of players can be put together to form a class. As spaces fill up, your student will be placed into the next opening in a future Rokk Band class. Band members will work on a repertoire of cover tunes of their choosing to be performed live on the Rokk Skoool stage during a Parent Night concert following the conclusion of the class. This is an experience like no other. Students will first begin by working together as a group to come up with a name for their band - image is everything, after all. From there, they will learn advanced music theory - not in book form or on paper, but in actual practice as it is utilized in the real world of music. Friendships will be made with like-minded individuals that may very well produce bands and groups that exist outside of Rokk Skoool. Finally, students will have a chance to play an entire rock concert at full volume in front of throngs of their screaming and adoring fans. Students may invite as many friends and family members as they would like to the performance. The more full the Rokk Skoool venue becomes, the better the experience for everybody. Students will receive a complimentary mp3 copy on CDR of the entire Parent Night concert recorded live on the night of the performance. High-Res video copies will also be available on DVD-R for an additional $9.50.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 201, Acoustic Guitar 201, Bass Guitar 201, Drumset 201 or Vocals
Cost - $35.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Music Composition (COMP): 12-week advanced music instruction class. Essentially, this is "Rokk Band 201." Gives newly-formed bands or individuals that have completed the Rokk Band experience the opportunity to take the next logical step in their musical development. Bands will be put together either from individuals signing up for the class (in the same manner as bands are formed for the Rokk Band class) or they will be composed of entire bands returning for a second engagement after completing the Rokk Band experience. Rather than have students study and interpret the recorded works of musicians that have come before, Music Comp is an opportunity for them to carve out a little piece of history of their own as they write, arrange and, ultimately, perform their own original works live. All band members have a stake in the composition process and will be encouraged to come up with unique contributions for each song from their own instrument. Bands will draw on what they have learned from previous classes as well as new concepts introduced here to write and become proficient in performing as many of their own compositions as they are able within a 12-week period. The remainder of songs needed to fill up a 40-45 minute program will be culled from the archives of previous rock recordings.
Prerequisite: Rokk Band
Cost - $35.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Electric Guitar 101 (EG 101): 12-week beginning electric guitar instruction class. Don't play in the quiet of a one-on-one private lesson. Plug in at Rokk Skoool and ROKK OUT!!! Starts with basics such as proper plectrum (pick) grip, tuning and care of the student's instrument and progresses all the way up to chord chart reading. Chords will be presented using the Rokk Skoool method which accelerates learning and facilitates fretboard recall. Students will build a chord vocabulary and will be able to play complete songs using chord charts by class completion. Students will only need to bring their electric guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Electric Guitar 201 (EG 201): 12-week intermediate electric guitar instruction class. Picks up from concepts introduced in Electric Guitar 101. Advanced chords will be presented. Chord chart reading skills are honed. In the final weeks of Electric Guitar 201, students will begin playing to background rhythm tracks in an effort to prepare them for the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their electric guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 101 (or Acoustic Guitar 101)
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Acoustic Guitar 101 (AG 101): 12-week beginning acoustic guitar instruction class. Bring your acoustic and plug in at Rokk Skoool. Hear it how it should sound! Similar in approach to the Electric Guitar 101 class but focuses on the differences between the electric and acoustic guitar. Introduces the use of a capo - an indispensible tool of the acoustic guitarist to play full, ringing chords up and down the neck of the guitar. Also uses the Rokk Skoool method of chord study and focuses on chord chart reading. Students will only need to bring their acoustic guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool. For students with acoustic guitars not equipped with on-board electronics, microphones will be provided in order to amplify their instruments.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Acoustic Guitar 201 (AG 201): 12-week intermediate acoustic guitar instruction class. Logically follows Acoustic Guitar 101. Students will learn to get the most from their instrument including advanced picking techniques for acoustic guitar as well as an introduction to "pick-less" fingerstyle playing. In later weeks of this class, students will begin playing along to background rhythm tracks in order to prepare them for the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their acoustic guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool. For students with acoustic guitars not equipped with on-board electronics, microphones will be provided in order to amplify their instruments.
Prerequisite: Acoustic Guitar 101 (or Electric Guitar 101)
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Advanced Guitar Techniques (AGT): 12-week advanced guitar instruction class for either electric or acoustic guitar. Uses the same platform from which chords were learned in previous classes as a framework upon which students will begin to learn to play lead patterns over rhythm parts. Music theory is introduced in a way that makes sense and is not overwhelming to students. Students in AGT will learn and alternate playing more complicated rhythm parts while trading off playing lead parts with their classmates. Truly, a complete way for students to learn all that their instrument is capable of. Students will only need to bring their electric or acoustic guitars. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool. For students with acoustic guitars not equipped with on-board electronics, microphones will be provided in order to amplify their instruments.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 201 or Acoustic Guitar 201
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Bass Guitar 101 (BG 101): 12-week beginning bass guitar instruction class for electric or acoustic bass. Starts with basics such as tuning the bass, proper fret hand and pick hand positioning and progresses all the way up to chord chart reading. Students gain an introduction to playing both fingerstyle and with a pick. Students will only need to bring their electric or acoustic bass. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Bass Guitar 201 (BG 201): 12-week intermediate bass guitar instruction class for electric or acoustic bass. Continues where Bass Guitar 101 left off. Introduces chording techniques using the same method as Rokk Skoool's guitar classes. Students gain superior understanding of the fretboard and its' possibilities for bass guitar accompaniment. The intricate ways in which bass guitar playing can meld into the rhythms provided by other instruments will be explored. In the later weeks of this class, students will begin playing along to background rhythm tracks in order to prepare them for the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their electric or acoustic bass. All cords, amplification and effects will be provided through Rokk Skoool.
Prerequisite: Bass Guitar 101
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Drumset 101 (DRM 101): 12-week beginning drumset instruction class. Using the Rokk Skoool method of drum instruction, students will begin by learning basic sticking techniques. Sticking instruction will be conducted on snare drum only, at first. In later weeks, elements of the rest of the drumset will be introduced one-by-one. Students will be playing to a metronome click as early as the very first class. All students are requested to utilize a metronome of their own at home during their off-campus practice time. No single tool of the drummer can facilitate effective advancement on the instrument more than a metronome. Students will only need to bring their favorite drumsticks (and a few backups in case of breakage while rokking out).
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Drumset 201 (DRM 201): 12-week intermediate drumset instruction class. Naturally builds from the foundation established in Drumset 101. Students begin to play more complicated patterns while learning to become intuitively aware of the "pulse" of the music they play. This is in an effort to develop a metronome "within their head" in order to permit them to gradually rely less on the actual metronome for their practice sessions and, ultimately, their live performances. At the conclusion of Drumset 201, drummers are ready to become the rhythm core for their band in the Rokk Band class experience. Students will only need to bring their favorite drumsticks (and a few backups in case of breakage while rokking out).
Prerequisite: Drumset 101
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Vocals (VOX): 12-week beginning to intermediate vocal instruction class. Vocal training which emphasizes proper breathing principles and exercises, pitch correction and note matching. Focuses on training singers for the live Rokk Band experience through the use of techniques designed to increase breath control and harness vocal power. Students will learn the differences between melody and harmony vocals and sing in both solo and multi-part settings.
Prerequisite: None
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Guitar/Vocals (G-VOX): 12-week intermediate vocal instruction class. Designed for guitarists who have achieved a level of comfort in playing their instrument who would like to expand their musical contributions to their band by adding either lead or background vocals. Uses the same training method from the Vocals class but emphasizes singing both harmony and melody parts while playing guitar. Guitarists will learn to accompany themselves on their instrument while singing solo in addition to playing in group settings while engaging in multi-part vocal arrangements.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 201 or Acoustic Guitar 201
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Bass/Vocals (B-VOX): 12-week intermediate vocal instruction class. Designed for bass players who have achieved a level of comfort in playing their instrument who would like to expand their musical contributions to their band by adding either lead or background vocals. Uses the same training method from the Vocals class but emphasizes singing both harmony and melody parts while playing bass guitar. Bass players will learn to play bass lines under their vocals and work in both solo and multi-part group settings.
Prerequisite: Bass Guitar 201
Cost - $25.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Rokk Band (RBND): 12-week advanced music instruction class. Students will be accepted into the Rokk Band class for any one of the following positions: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums. The ideal Rokk Band class will be comprised of a lead vocalist, an electric guitarist (w/ vocals, if possible), an acoustic guitarist (w/ vocals, if possible), a bass player (w/ vocals, if possible) and a drummer, however, quite a number of combinations of players can be put together to form a class. As spaces fill up, your student will be placed into the next opening in a future Rokk Band class. Band members will work on a repertoire of cover tunes of their choosing to be performed live on the Rokk Skoool stage during a Parent Night concert following the conclusion of the class. This is an experience like no other. Students will first begin by working together as a group to come up with a name for their band - image is everything, after all. From there, they will learn advanced music theory - not in book form or on paper, but in actual practice as it is utilized in the real world of music. Friendships will be made with like-minded individuals that may very well produce bands and groups that exist outside of Rokk Skoool. Finally, students will have a chance to play an entire rock concert at full volume in front of throngs of their screaming and adoring fans. Students may invite as many friends and family members as they would like to the performance. The more full the Rokk Skoool venue becomes, the better the experience for everybody. Students will receive a complimentary mp3 copy on CDR of the entire Parent Night concert recorded live on the night of the performance. High-Res video copies will also be available on DVD-R for an additional $9.50.
Prerequisite: Electric Guitar 201, Acoustic Guitar 201, Bass Guitar 201, Drumset 201 or Vocals
Cost - $35.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
Music Composition (COMP): 12-week advanced music instruction class. Essentially, this is "Rokk Band 201." Gives newly-formed bands or individuals that have completed the Rokk Band experience the opportunity to take the next logical step in their musical development. Bands will be put together either from individuals signing up for the class (in the same manner as bands are formed for the Rokk Band class) or they will be composed of entire bands returning for a second engagement after completing the Rokk Band experience. Rather than have students study and interpret the recorded works of musicians that have come before, Music Comp is an opportunity for them to carve out a little piece of history of their own as they write, arrange and, ultimately, perform their own original works live. All band members have a stake in the composition process and will be encouraged to come up with unique contributions for each song from their own instrument. Bands will draw on what they have learned from previous classes as well as new concepts introduced here to write and become proficient in performing as many of their own compositions as they are able within a 12-week period. The remainder of songs needed to fill up a 40-45 minute program will be culled from the archives of previous rock recordings.
Prerequisite: Rokk Band
Cost - $35.00 per 40-minute weekly class (tuition due monthly)
The next Rokk Band class will be starting up soon. Prerequisite class required. Get on our mailing list for updates.
Coming SOON: The Friday Night Rokk Skoool Concert Series! Starting June 11, Rokk Skoool will be hosting free concerts in our front courtyard by local bands and musicians affiliated with Rokk Skoool or by our Rokk Band and Music Comp grads. More information on our Calendar page.
Get a FREE mp3 copy on CDR of your student's performance from their Parent Night concert. Get a video copy of the same performance on DVD-R for only $9.50.
Introducing Rokk Skoool's Music Composition class... After being accepted into the Music Comp class, your student will be teamed up with bandmates with the common goal of writing their own original songs to be performed at a Parent Night concert.
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