17 April 2020 - In today's lesson Another Mother dug into one of David Brubeck's classics, "Unsquare Dance". This tune takes place in 7/8 meter, so the fellas painted a pretty picture to aid in understanding how it is counted and played. Freddy

#24 Un Poquito Cantas

Apr 22nd, 2020 28m 59s

15 April 2020 - The fellas did an Argentinian song called "Un Pquito Cantas" today as a way to highlight rhythmic orchestration. They explained how the deconstructed the tune to help the audience get a feel for some of the various percussive po

#23 Lesson on How to Write a Song

Apr 22nd, 2020 10m 27s

14 April 2020 - Freddy had some bad food so Guy had to fly solo. Today he attempted to do a lesson about how to write a song starting with a melody. He talks about his attempt to execute, what went well, what went badly and how he'd like to rev

#22 How does sound make you feel?

Apr 21st, 2020 23m 10s

12.4.2020 Today Another Mother explored how sound can make a person feel, and how chords can be charged with emotion. They explained the difference between major and minor chords, and also gave some examples of how the music can have a differen

#21 Let's Play the Drums!!!

Apr 20th, 2020 29m 10s

11 April 2020 - The fellas welcome their first guest to the show, Mr. Dominik Back! Dominik is a very well respected drummer in the Nürnberg area, playing with the Hannes Stegmeier Trio, several other projects all while pursuing his degree for

#20 Building a Kazoo

Apr 20th, 2020 19m 51s

10 April 2020 - Another Mother built kazoos from old toilet paper rolls and other household items, and a fun and LOUD time ensued:) The talk about how the education impact of building something by yourself and Freddy wrote a "Kazoo" song so the

#19 Freddy saw a sunrise, Guy worte a flower song and draws a picture

Apr 20th, 2020 28m 30s

9 April 2020 Freddy talks about the sunrise he saw, and the fellas talked a bit about how creativity is applied in similar ways across visual art and music. They get into the lesson of the day which revolved around springtime, the changes that

#18 Teaching the Ukulele, what are the roots of the instrument and the importance of musical and cultural literacy

Apr 18th, 2020 29m 18s

8/4/2020 The fellas talk about how they went about introducing this cool little instrument and talk about it's Hawaiian and Portuguese roots. They discuss the importance of explaining the cultural context and history of the instruments and musi

#17 Looping in the Mixolydian, kids keeping it honest and the future

Apr 18th, 2020 29m 44s

7/4/2020 Freddy led and excellent lesson introducing the Mixolydian scale using a looper during the live kids show. They discuss the value in embracing tough feedback, especially from children. They reflect on what they've been doing with the s

#16 In a Nutshell: a Sunday review of their favorite points to date/

Apr 17th, 2020 14m 2s

5/4/2020 The fellas reviewed some of their favorite segments that they believe are important review, talk about how to adapt from the face to face world they are used to to an increasingly digital experience.

#15 Inspiration

Apr 14th, 2020 19m 11s

4/4/2020 Guy's 3 year old son learned how to ride a bike which motivated today's lesson about INSPIRATION. It was great timing because the fellas had received some criticism from Guy's 7 year old that the show was moving to slowly. So this epis

#14 Daniele's Car, swapping words for sounds

Apr 6th, 2020 15m 46s

3/4/2020 Freddy and Guy sang an Italian song (in German) inspired by the owner of our local Italian restaurant, Pastarello:) The selected a series of "action words" in the song and replaced them with specific sounds and gestures. Guy was skepti

#13 Telling Stories with Instruments and Sounds, capturing attention & making an impact

Apr 6th, 2020 29m 37s

2/4/2020 Freddy and Guy told a Zulu children's story called Siyahamba. They showed how the addition of simple sounds and instruments can have a dramatic effect on how a story is told. They get into the the importance of introducing a concept in

#12 The 12 Bar "Soup" Blues and the Importance of Failure

Apr 6th, 2020 43m 23s

1/4/2020 podcast the talked about how they broke down the formula of the 12 Bar blues with color coded graphic notation so the mechanics of the genre could make sense to the younger generation. They also got into the nuances of various techniqu

#11 Ear Training, Hunting the Melody and

Apr 6th, 2020 22m 40s

31/3/2020 Today Guy and Freddy explored and exercise to help train the ear that they heard about from their friend, and incredible songwriter, Cynthia Nickschas. Her mother would play a game where she would hit a note on the piano and Cynthia w

#10 A Let A Gogo (Trinidadian Children's Song), New Instruments and How We Learn

Apr 3rd, 2020 19m 28s

29/3/2020 On the live stream Another Mother explored a Trinidadian Children's song called "A Let A Gogo" with some of the new gear donated by Thomann. Freddy explains why this piece is a particularly good tune to start out with new groups becau

#9 Call & Response w/ Che Che Kule, kid’s song from Ghana🇬🇭, How to Learn & Care Package from Thomann

Mar 30th, 2020 21m 4s

28/3/2020 Today the fellas got to start doing new and interesting thing on the show thanks to a generous care package from Musikhaus, Thomann in Germany! With their new xylophone they explored a wonderful Ghanaian children’s song called Che Che

#8 Introducing the banjo, talking about it’s African Roots and how it makes sound

Mar 30th, 2020 22m 36s

27/3/2020 Today the fellas introduced the banjo to the audience, which led to a fun explanation about how stringed instruments make sound. In the podcast they discuss more of the history of the banjo, it’s west African roots and the how it was

#7 Solmization and what we loved about the livestream

Mar 27th, 2020 16m 16s

26.3.2020 Freddy and Guy broke down solmization in today‘s livestream. It’s a method of associating syllables to the notes of a scale and in this case they also associated hand gestures with each of the notes. This helps those unable to read sh

#6 Checking into the Harmony Hotel and Finding a Groove

Mar 26th, 2020 16m 29s

25/3/2020 Freddy and Guy did a fun interactive steam on simple harmonies today using a picture of an 8 floor hotel (for the major scale) as graphical notation for the viewer. In the podcast they discuss the hows and whys they did what they did

#5 Rowing Boats, Singing in canon & reaching an audience

Mar 24th, 2020 16m

24/3/2020 In today’s Facebook live stream we introduced the song “Row, Row, Your Boat” to the audience, asking them to sing along. Freddy and Guy alternated singing parts of the song, building the experience into a lesson in singing in canon. I

#4 How and why we introduced short and long notes on the kids show & fixing tech issues on the fly.

Mar 22nd, 2020 11m 21s

#4 22/3/2020 Freddy is back! Today we introduced short and long notes on the kids show to help get them thinking about the kinds of sounds they play and listen to. We talk about how and why we’re presenting these concepts and the importance of

#3 Loud and quiet, audience interaction & what is wrong with my Gopro?

Mar 21st, 2020 11m 48s

21.3.2020 Guy flew solo on the livestream today again, and talked about loud and quiet in music and gave the kids the homework to find loud and quiet songs from with their parents. He discussed how much fun the increased interaction is on both

#2 Explaining hi and low tones & technical troubleshooting while streaming

Mar 20th, 2020 11m 11s

Guy had to fly solo today because Freddy was under the weather. Today we talked about the different types of tones are made by different instruments. Also, Guy talks how he handled tech failure mid-stream.