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Music Motivation

GOAL BOOK
WEEKLY LESSON ASSIGNMENT BOOK
for all instruments

by

Jerald M. Simon
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Welcome to the Music Motivation Goal Book

This book is designed to help you achieve your musical
and personal goals in your life. The purpose of this book is
to motivate and inspire music students to dream and plan
what they will do with their musical talent as well as how
they will improve their musical abilities. Students may not
all grow up to be professional musicians, but they all can
improve their own musicianship and enrich their lives and
the lives of their families and friends. Musical goals, and
goals in general, can give direction and purpose to
everything we do. If we dont know where we are going,
we will never arrive at our destination. You are headed
toward greatness. Go!

Table of Contents

Jerald M. Simon
Dedicated to my piano students and all music
students who aspire to greatness - also to those
who want to make a difference in the world.
Dream big and do what you were destined to do!

Table of Contents...............................................................2
Goal Setting 101................................................................3
Music Motivation Methodology.......................................4
Music Motivation Checklist.............................................5
Personal goals (for the year and daily)...............................7
Weekly Lesson Assignment pgs........................................9
Key Signatures/Major Pentascales and Scales.................61
Recommended Resources................................................63
Music Motivation Catalogue (contact info)...........................64

Have fun! Go for your goal(s)!

As a student, decide what you would like to do with your music. How can you share your talent with others?
What style of music would you like to learn in addition to what you are learning?
As a teacher, decide how you can inspire and motivate your music students to set and achieve their personal
goals. Lead by example. Determine what more you would like to do with your music.
As a parent, help your children understand the importance of setting and achieving goals. Write down the
personal goals youd like to achieve. Sit down with your children and discuss the importance of goals in their lives.
Come up with personal goals and a game plan of how you will achieve them. Write down 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 year
plans. Be specific. Make goals a daily habit for you and your children!

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- Goal Setting 101 -

(decide what you want to accomplish in life and do it)

Lets talk about goal setting. Most people have never thought about goal setting as a day to day part of
life. In my opinion, you set goals and it becomes a habit. We can predict where we want to go and how we will
arrive at our pre-determined destination. What is the big picture? Where do we see ourselves in our short-term
and long-term future? We can decide what we would like to do with our lives and where we want to go, but first,
we must dream and plan for the future.
There are many goal areas that need our focus and attention. Dr. Tony Alessandra* categorized the
primary goal areas into seven distinct goal areas of life. They are (1) Mental, (2) Physical, (3) Family, (4)
Social, (5) Spiritual, (6) Career, and (7) Financial.
If you have never thought about setting goals, either because you are young or because it has never seemed
important, please begin today. The great thing about music is that it actually falls into all seven of these areas.
Each of these goal areas is affected by music, and music has an effect on each of them. As a musician, you can
be as effective or ineffective as you want - it all depends on your goals.
Some noteworthy goals may be the following (this is by no means a comprehensive list - add to it or create your own):

Develop a new talent/skill

Enrich your life through music
Play in band, orchestra, drumline, etc.
Create a band of your own

Become a professional musician/performer

Become a music teacher/educator/musicologist
Compose, arrange, improvise music for movies, etc.
Write music, music books, stories, and perform them

As a result of music lessons, you learn hand/eye coordination, dedication, determination, diligence, as
well as how to focus, how to learn and how to set and achieve goals. You gain greater self confidence and
purpose. You learn about perseverance and persistence, which inevitably results in a greater sense of self worth
and satisfaction. There are, of course, many more rewards, but too many to list.
In setting your goals, first identify your needs and wants. Look at these questions and honestly answer
them for yourself.
What do you need? Why do you need it? When do you need to obtain it? How will you obtain what you need?
What do you want? Why do you want it? When do you want to obtain it? How will you obtain what you want?
Many people confuse needs and wants. They say they need something, when it really is a want. They
dont really need it, but they would like to have it. As you set goals for yourself, determine what you need first,
and then write down as many wants as you want to. Dream a little! Its wonderful to think about the possibilities.
This is not wishful thinking if it is backed up with goals (giving yourself deadlines and following through with
what you plan to do). On the next page is the Music Motivation MethodologyTM followed by the Music
Motivation ChecklistTM. Use these as the starting points of your musical goals. Become goal-oriented. You can
do anything you put your mind to. Go! Dream Big! Make it happen! - Jerald M. Simon (JMS)

* To learn more about Dr. Tony Alessandra, please visit his websites at www.alessandra.com and www.platinumrule.com
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This is only an outline or suggestion - add to it or subtract from it! If you are doing something different all together that works, keep doing it. This is meant to give you ideas and supplement what youre already doing.

by Jerald M. Simon
Q

M O T I V A T I O N

Apprentice Q

for 2nd - 4th year students

Virtuoso Q

for 3rd year students and above

Music Motivation Book(s)

Music Motivation Book(s) Music Motivation Book(s)

Music Motivation Exercises (volume 1)

What Every Pianist Should Know (Free PDF)
Cool Songs for Cool Kids (primer level)
Cool Songs for Cool Kids (volume 1)

Music Motivation Exercises (volume 2)

Cool Songs for Cool Kids (volume 2)
Variations on Mary Had a Little Lamb
The Dawn of a New Age (volume 1)
Jazzed about Jazz (volume 1)

Songs in Pentascale position: Classical, Jazz, Blues,

Popular, Students Choice, Personal Composition (in
pentascale position) etc.

Baroque, Romantic, Classical, Jazz, Blues, Popular,

Baroque, Romantic, Classical, Jazz, Blues, Popular, New Age, Contemporary, Broadway Show Tunes,
New Age, Students Choice, Personal Composition. Standards, Students Choice, Personal Composition

Music Motivation Exercises (volume 3)

Cool Songs for Cool Kids (volume 3)
The Dawn of a New Age (volumes 2 & 3)
Triumphant, Sea Fever, Hymns of
Exaltation, Jazzed about Jazz (volumes 2/3)

An Introduction to Scales and Modes

, Forte Mezzo Piano

Pianissimo
Fortissimo

Piano

Music
Terminology

Mezzo Forte

Music Motivation 1st Year Terminology

Key
Signatures
Music
Notation

C, G, D, A, F, B, E & A(Major)

A, E, B, F , D, G, C & F (Minor)
Begin learning all major key signatures

Names and Positions of notes on the staff

(both hands - Treble and Bass Clefs)

Whole notes/rests

Half notes/rests
(say it and play it - count out loud)
Quarter notes/rests
(say it and play it - count out loud)
Eighth notes/rests
(say it and play it - count out loud)
(say it and play it - count out loud)

Rhythms

Tempo Markings
Dynamic Markings
Parts of the Piano
Styles and Genres of Music
Music Motivation 2nd Year Terminology

Pocket Music Dictionary (2 - 3 years)

Harvard Dictionary of Music (4 + years)
Parts/History of the Piano
Music Composers (Biographies)
Music Motivation 3rd Year Terminology

Circle of 5ths/Circle of 4ths

All Major and Minor key signatures

Spiral of Fifths

(Identify each key and name the sharps and flats)

Names and Positions of notes above and History of Music Notation (the
below the staff (both hands)
development of notation)

Sixteenth notes/rests
(say it and play it - count out loud)

Thirty-second notes/rests
(say it and play it - count out loud)

Sixty-fourth notes/rests
(say it and play it - count out loud)

One-hundred-twenty-eighth
notes/rests

For more on rhythm, I recommend:

Rhythmic Trainingby Robert Starer and
Logical Approach to Rhythmic Notation (books 1 & 2)
by Phil Perkins

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th
intervals (key of C, G, D, F, B , and E ).
Harmonic and Melodic intervals (key of C,
G, D, A, E, and B)

All Perfect, Major, Minor, Augmented, 9th, 11th, and 13th intervals
and Diminished intervals (in every key) Analyze music (Hymns and Classical) to
All Harmonic and Melodic intervals
identify intervals used in each measure.
Explain the intervals used to create major,
Identify/Name intervals used in chords.
All Major Scales (Every Key 1 - 2 octaves)
All Minor Scales (Every Key 1 - 2 octaves)

Scales

All Major Pentascales (5 finger scale)

All Minor Pentascales (5 finger scale)
All Diminished Pentascales (5 finger scale)
C Major Scale (1 octave) A min. Scale (1 oct.)
(Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do) (solfege)

(natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales)

Modes

Ionian/Aeolian (C/A, G/E, D/B, A/F )

All Modes (I, D, P, L, M, A, L) All keys Modulating with the Modes (Dorian to Dorian)

Chords

All Major Chords, All Minor Chords,

All Diminished Chords, C Sus 2, C Sus 4,
C+ (Aug)., C 6th, C minor 6th, C 7th,
C Maj. 7th, C minor Major 7th, A min.,
A Sus 2, A Sus 4,

All Major, Minor, Diminished,

Augmented, Sus 2, Sus 4,
Sixth, Minor Sixth, Dominant
7th and Major 7th Chords

Review All Chords from 1st and 2nd year

experiences
All 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th chords
inversions and voicings.

Arpeggios

Same chords as above (1 - 2 octaves)

Same chords as above (3 - 4 octaves)

Same chords as above (4 + octaves)

Inversions

Same chords as above (1 - 2 octaves)

Same chords as above (3 - 4 octaves)

Same chords as above (4 + octaves)

Technique

Schmitt Preparatory Exercises, (Hannon)

Wieck, Hannon, Bach (well tempered clavier) Bertini-Germer, Czerny, I. Philipp

Sight Reading
Ear Training
Music History
Improvisation
Composition

Key of C Major and G Major

Key of C, G, D, A, E, F, B, E, A , D

Major versus Minor sounds (chords/intervals)

C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and intervals

Key Signatures and Chords, Play w/ IPod

The origins of the Piano Forte

Baroque, Classical, Jazz, Blues

Students choice - All genres, Composers

Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle, Twinkle...

Blues Pentascale, Barrelhouse Blues

Classical, New Age, Jazz, Blues, etc. Play w/ IPod

5 note melody (both hands - key of C and G)

One - Two Page Song (include key change)

Lyrical, Classical, New Age, Jazz, etc.

Intervals

Q Maestro Q

for 1st & 2nd year students

Repertoire

The Music Motivation Methodology (for piano)

minor, diminished, and augmented chords?

(Do, Di, Re, Ri, Mi, Fa, Fi,

Sol, Si, La, Li, Ti, Do) (solfege - chromatic)

All Major Scales (Every Key 3 - 5 Octaves)

All Minor Scales (Every Key 3 - 5 Octaves)
All Blues Scales (major and minor)
Cultural Scales

All Key Signatures, Hymns, Classical

The Music Motivation Methodology - created by Jerald M. Simon - Copyright 2007 by Music Motivation
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Music Motivation Check List

All Major Key Signatures:

(tell your teacher the # of sharps/flats in each key
and what they are)

B / C

F / G

C /D

g / a

d/e

a / b

B / C

F / G

C /D

g / a

d/e

a / b

g / a

d/e

B / C

a / b

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

g / a

d/e

a / b

B / C

F / G

C /D

g / a

d/e

a / b

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

All Minor Key Signatures:

(tell your teacher the # of sharps/flats in each key
and what they are)

All Major Pentascales:

(Say it and Play itTM)

All Minor Pentascales:

(Say it and Play itTM)

All Diminished Pentascales:

(Say it and Play itTM)

Key Signatures

All Key Signatures & Pentascales

- Check off when completed (follow the circle of 5ths/4ths - or move up in half steps)

Intervals & Major/Minor Scales

Intervals (built from all major scales)

(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th):

All Major Scales (1-2 octaves):

(parrallel and contrary motion)

All Minor Scales (1-2 octaves):

(natural, harmonic, and melodic)

All Major Scales (3-4 octaves):

(parrallel and contrary motion)

All Minor Scales (3-4 octaves):

(natural, harmonic, and melodic)

All Major Triads:

(root, 1st, and 2nd inversions)
All Triads (three note chords)

All Minor Triads:

(root, 1st, and 2nd inversions)

All Diminished Triads:

(root, 1st, and 2nd inversions)

All Augmented Triads:

(root, 1st, and 2nd inversions)

All Sus4 Triads:

(root, 1st, and 2nd inversions)

All Sus2 Triads:

(root, 1st, and 2nd inversions)

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- Check off when completed (follow the circle of 5ths/4ths - or move up in half steps )

All major and minor sixth chords, all seventh chords (major, minor, etc.)

All Major Sixth Chords:

(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

B / C

F / G

C /D

All Minor Sixth Chords:

(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)

All Major 7th Chords: (Maj./Maj.)

(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)

All Min. Major 7th Chords: (Min./Maj.)

(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)

All Dominant 7th Chords: (Maj./Min.)

(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)

All Minor 7th Chords: (Min./Min.)

(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)

All Minor 7th 5 Chords: (Dim./Min.)

(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)

All Minor 7th

Chords:
(root, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inversions)
All Diminished 7th Chords: (Dim./Dim .)
7

st

nd

rd

(root, 1 , 2 , and 3 inversions)

All Major Ninth Chords:

(open & closed voicings)

All Ninth Chords:

(open & closed voicings)

Intervals & Major/Minor Scales

The boxes below should be checked off as completed when the student can succesfully complete each chord progression in every key
signature. The boxes below represent key signatures and not individual chords. The student can check of the first box (i.e. C) after they
have succesfully played the I - IV - V - V7 - I major chord progression (C Major, F Major, G Major, G7, C Major) beginning in root
position, then 1st, and 2nd inversions (where the C major chord begins in root, then 1st, and 2nd inversions). Each chord progression is
played three times (beginning on root position and then continuing on to 1st, and 2nd inversions). This is done for all major and minor
chord progressions. The triads and 7th chords should be played one after another in each key signature (i.e. C major = C Maj., D min.,
E min., F Maj., G Maj., A min., B dim., C Maj. - each chord played one after another). The same is true for the 7th chords.

All I - IV - V - V7 - I
(root, 1st, & 2nd inversions)
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All i - iv - V - V - i
(root, 1st, & 2nd inversions)

Major Chord
Progressions:

B / C

F / G

C /D

g / a

d/e

a / b

B / C

F / G

B / C

F / G

Minor Chord
Progressions:

C /D

C /D

All Triads (built from all major scales):

(Maj., min., min., Maj., Maj., min., dim., Maj.)

All 7th (built from all major scales):

(Maj. 7th, min. 7th, min. 7th, Maj. 7th, Dom. 7th, min. 7th, min. 7th flat 5)

visit musicmotivation.com to print off each of these Music Motivation exercises/skills from the Music Motivation Checklist for FREE
(the FREE downloads are under the Music Motivation Check List tab in the Resources Section - on the left hand side of the website)

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Personal Goals (music, and more)

Write down 5 daily goals youll focus on:

Write down one paragraph listing what you will have accomplished 1 year from now!

What would you like to accomplish in the next year? What would you like to focus on each day this year as daily goals? Write down
a paragraph describing in detail what you will have accomplished by the end of this next year. This will become your main goal. Give
yourself a deadline so you will know when you will accomplish your goal(s). Be very detailed and specific!

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- Goal areas of life -

Q
Check Off
(when completed)

(7) Financial

(6) Career

(5) Spiritual

(4) Social

(3) Family

(2) Physical

(1) Mental

List 3 goals for the next year from each of the goal areas of life categorized by Dr. Tony Alessandra:
(1) Mental, (2) Physical, (3) Family, (4) Social, (5) Spiritual, (6) Career, and (7) Financial

The rest of the book is filled with your weekly lesson assignments to be filled out by you and your music teacher. You can do it!
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Daily Practice Goals (goal vs. actual outcome)

DAY

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SUN MON

TUE

WED THUR

FRI

Today is the first day of your new daily habit

of setting goals for yourself. Think about
where you currently are as a musician and
where you would like to be in 5 years, 10
years, 25 years, etc. In every area of your life,
map out what you would like to do and how
you will get there.
GO! Dream BIG! Make it happen!

SAT

goal
actual
Theory TherapyTM H Innovative ImprovisationTM H Creative CompositionTM

Every Motivation in a MinuteTM was written by Jerald M. Simon

Daily Warm Up/Cool Down Exercises:

Music Motivation Exercises (from the checklist):
Repertoire:

For the Self

- Motivated Students

Sight reading/Technique/Theory:

What have you learned this week?

Key Signatures/Scales:
(circle one to work on each week)

What do you want to learn next week? (give yourself a deadline)

b
g
e
c

What are your personal goals for next week?

Check Off
(when completed)

C
a

F
d
1

D/C

b/a

6
6

G/F

d
b

g
e

a
f
e
c

C/B

a/g

e/d
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Daily Practice Goals (goal vs. actual outcome)

DAY

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SUN MON

TUE

WED THUR

FRI

It is time to re-evaluate your goals. Look back

over the year and examine your successes and
setbacks very carefully. What did you
accomplish? What more would you like to
accomplish? It is as important to see how far
you have come as it is to plan how far you will
go. Dream Big! Go! Make it happen!

SAT

goal
actual
Theory TherapyTM H Innovative ImprovisationTM H Creative CompositionTM

Daily Warm Up/Cool Down Exercises:

Music Motivation Exercises (from the checklist):
Repertoire:

For the Self

- Motivated Students

Sight reading/Technique/Theory:

What have you learned this week?

Key Signatures/Scales:
(circle one to work on each week)

What do you want to learn next week? (give yourself a deadline)

b
g
e
c

What are your personal goals for next week?

Check Off
(when completed)

C
a

F
d
1

D/C

b/a

6
6

G/F

d
b

g
e

a
f
e
c

C/B

a/g

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at

b
g
e
c

2
3

a
f

(key signatures
with flats)

Minor Key Signature

Major Key Signature

(when completed)

Check Off

C
f
b
e
a
d
g
c

a
e
b
f
c
g
d
a

a
d
g
c
f
b
e
a

a
f

e
c

B/C

(key signatures
with sharps)

g/a

F/G

d/e

C
g
d
a
e
b
f
c

a/b

d
b

C/D

g
e

ps

F
d

ar

C
a

Sh

Major Penta Scales, and Scales:

P = Perfect (interval)
M = Major (interval)

Major Scales:
Major Pentascales:

Sharps: (in order as they appear)

P
1

M
2

M
3

P
4

P
5

M
6

M
7

P
8

C
g
d
a
e
b
f
c

d
a
e
b
f
c
g
d

e
b
f
c
g
d
a
e

f
c
g
d
a
e
b
f

g
d
a
e
b
f
c
g

a
e
b
f
c
g
d
a

b
f
c
g
d
a
e
b

c
g
d
a
e
b
f
c

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

f
f
f
f
f
f
f

c
c
c
c
c
c

g
g
g
g
g

d
d
d
d

a
a
a

Flats: (in order as they appear)

2
3
4
5
6
7

Major Scales:

e
e

Major Pentascales:

b
b
b
b
b
b
b

e
e
e
e
e
e

a
a
a
a
a

d
d
d
d

g
g
g

c
c

C
f
b
e
a
d
g
c

d
g
c
f
b
e
a
d

e
a
d
g
c
f
b
e

f
b
e
a
d
g
c
f

g
c
f
b
e
a
d
g

a
d
g
c
f
b
e
a

b
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a
d
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c
f
b

c
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Major Key Signature

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Check Off

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(key signatures
with flats)

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1.

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TM

P = Perfect (interval)
M = Major (interval)

Major Scales:
Major Pentascales:

Sharps: (in order as they appear)

P
1

M
2

M
3

P
4

P
5

M
6

M
7

P
8

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Major Scales:

Flats: (in order as they appear)

Major Pentascales:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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