Ryan C

Music is one of the most frequently present and one of the most beautiful things in this world. Even when you don’t go out of your way to search for a specific sound track from your favorite artist or attend the concert of a famous artist/your local church choir, you can find music in internet ads chained to your YouTube video, in malls, on the streets, while you’re just shopping for groceries. It ranges from elevator music to disco music, from that slow tune in the coffee shop to the fast and popular hits on the dance floor, from mall music to….the OTHER type of mall music. And each and every time, the sound lights you up inside and makes you excited-and sometimes it makes you wonder how it was made. Well, wonder no longer-this course will cover the fundamentals of music-the science behind it (well, as they say, it’s not Rocket Science so there’s not really much “science” to it), the notation behind it, the parts of music-everything. And this is open to everyone-regardless of whether or not you have an instrument or even a favorite music genre! For music is not just present everywhere-it’s not just beautiful-it’s one of the most accessible activities in the world. This session will cover the very basics of music, from the concept of sound, to notes, to rhythm, to melody/harmony, to the end result that is the songs we know today! My goal is to make the session as interactive as possible (given not too many people join of course!) and to make the sessions as friendly and as open as possible! Session specific content is TBD as time goes on. Whether you’re new or have been here before, there’s a passion and a thing to learn! Note that this is NOT intermediate/advanced level Music Theory for higher courses such as AP Music Theory. However, I might be hosting a Intermediate Music Theory/Independent Music Analysis course where we build off of common knowledge, go into modes and specfic types of scales, chord understanding, chord function understanding, and piece analysis to "understand" your music itself in depth and help you individually develop an understanding for sound.

Music is an ever-changing art that encompasses our daily life, as it did 1500 years ago-but what was it like then, and how did it change to now? Join this session to learn about how music transformed through the eras, where we cover individual music time periods, it's correlation to Western society, technological and ideological development, and most importantly, what the music itself sounded like (with many different examples of the music!) This is a somewhat random topic, but there are many subjects, especially the arts, that make it so that understanding its history can have an amazing effect on how you interact with it. Learning the history of music can give you a starting ground to explore more types of music, connect with more types of music, and maybe help you delve into music performance/creation yourself!

Hello, everyone! My name is Ryan and I’m a Coach, Senior Tutor, 5-time host of the SAT Bootcamp, and 4-time host of Onboarding. Join this Onboarding Session required for Tutors participating in their first SAT Bootcamp! We will go over some of the aspects of tutoring that learners recognize, focus, and benefit from with incoming tutors like yourselves!