🎺 Band Builder

📋 Lesson Flow

🥁 Stack the Layers

Lit cells = where your group plays. Each layer has its own volume and a Solo button.

🎸 What the Bass Is Doing

① Walks one note per beat ② lands the root on beat 1 (declaring the chord) ③ half-step approach into the next root on beat 4 (announcing the change). Solo the bass and slow the tempo — you’ll hear all three.

❤️ Tempo From a Heartbeat — What Is BPM?

BPM = Beats Per Minute. Press “Start 1 minute”, tap along with a classmate’s pulse — when the clock finishes, your tap count IS the BPM.

0 taps 60 s
not started
Resting pulse 60–80 ≈ ballad to medium swing.
After exercise 120+ ≈ uptempo. Your body’s tempo is the music’s tempo.

🖐 Count In: “1, 2, 1 2 3 4”

👏 = snaps, always on beats 2 & 4. Note the first bar’s snaps hit where nothing is spoken — the snap is its own pulse.

🎵 Songs & Straight ↔ Swing

Straight Swing Swing

Can’t hear the difference? Pick the 🎚 Swing Etude — all eighth notes, so the slider is instantly audible.

🦵 Bounce

▶ Press play to watch
Head still Shoulders relaxed Knees soft Feet weight
The knees move — not the head
1 Left
2 Right · dip
3 Left
4 Right · dip

Solid foot = where the weight is. Dip deeper on 2 & 4.

🎼 Score (Staff + Chords)

120BPM
Bar · Beat