And now I don my music theory teacher's hat...

Through a refreshingly random turn of events, I will be teaching a music theory class to six students between the ages of 11 and 15 for the first semester of this school year. I am both excited and a little apprehensive about this. Excited because music is my obsession and passion and I love sharing it with other people. Apprehensive because while I've taught classes on various subjects before, I've never taught music theory officially and I've never taught anything where I had to write my own syllabus.

Fortunately, I see music theory as pleasant rather than as a chore (most of the time), so writing the syllabus has actually been quite fun. Music theory is nearly impossible to teach in a group larger than ten, so having a class size of six is very comforting. The class only goes until early December, so if I find myself horribly and surprisingly unsuitable for this job I won't  make my students hate me for the whole school year. Just for half of it.

All in all, I'm rather looking forward to it, despite my mild anxieties. This should be an interesting learning experience, and of course I always am pleased to find more ways to share music with people.

And thus concludes the second post of today. I wrote and published two today because I feel guilty about not posting for so long.

~Naddie

Side note: Not that I'm going to actually wear one, but what do you think a music theory teacher's hat should look like? Boater? Fez? Fedora? Dunce cap?

Bohemian Rhapsody on Ukulele (Jake Shimabukuro)

...And you have not seen the last of ukulele videos on this blog. Seriously, though, this guy is amazing. He makes it sound like he's playing about three ukuleles. This is a clip of him playing Bohemian Rhapsody (of all songs) on (of all instruments) his uke. And he is not just playing chords here. He did the WHOLE SONG. With ALL OF IT'S PARTS. I love how the guitar solo during the 'rock song' part sounds on a ukulele. Nerdy ukulele enthusiasts rejoice!

~Naddie

Ukulele + '50s Music = Made of Win

I found this cover of Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love by Twenty One Pilots on Tumblr. I have a serious thing for ukuleles, and this is one of my favorite songs. Watch and be amazed.

~Naddie