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Music Will Iconic Notation Library

Use this PowerPoint to make custom song charts and lessons for your students!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

How to Use this Document

Measures and Bar Line Elements

Guitar

Keyboard

Ukulele

Bass

Drums

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5-12

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How To Use This Document

Make a copy of this document by going to File -> Make a Copy -> Entire Presentation.
Choose the slide on the next page titled “Measures and Bar Lines”. This will be your song chart. Duplicate this slide as many times as you want to for as many song charts as you’d like to make.
Copy and paste ingredients from other slides onto your new blank slide one at a time or select multiple items from the same slide to copy by holding down shift while selecting objects.
Re-size any object by selecting it and then clicking and dragging one of the corners of the object to the desired size. Multiple objects can be resized at the same time by making sure they are simultaneously selected.
Holding the Command (ctrl alt on windows) while pressing “+” or “-” will allow you to zoom in or out of a page to fine tune the positioning of objects. Objects can be moved by being dragged into position or nudged using the arrow keys.
Double click anywhere to begin a new text box.
Text can be resized by selecting it and changing its font size.
Print your new song chart by choosing “print” from the file menu, and then make sure that only the slide number containing your chart is selected in the print dialog box.
Save your new song chart as a PDF by choosing this option at the bottom of the print dialog box and typing a new title for the song chart.

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Measures and Bar Lines

Drag a repeat sign over a bar line, resize, create your own measures, etc…

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Measures and Bar Lines

Drag a repeat sign over a bar line, resize, create your own measures, etc…

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Measures and Bar Lines

Drag a repeat sign over a bar line, resize, create your own measures, etc…

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GUITAR

ICONIC NOTATION LIBRARY

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Table of Contents

GUITAR

SLIDE 4 – Open Chords and 3-String chords

SLIDE 5 – Other Open Chords

SLIDE 6 – “E” Style Chords: 5, Maj, Min, Dom7, Min7, Maj7

SLIDE 7 – “A” Style Chords: 5, Maj, Min, Dom7, Min7, Maj7

SLIDE 8 – Scales: Maj & Min Pentatonic, Blues

SLIDE 9 – Common Strum Patterns

SLIDE 10 – Strum Patterns Library

SLIDE 11 – Build Your Own Elements

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Open Chords

3 String Versions of Open Chords

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Open 7th, sus, and add Open Chords

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Open 7th, sus, and add Open Chords

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E Style Power and Barre Chords

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Major

Minor

Dom7

3 Finger Power

2 Finger Power

Maj7

Min7

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A Style Power and Barre Chords

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Major

Minor

Doc7

Minor 7

3 Finger Power

2 Finger Power

Maj 7

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Scales

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Blues

Minor Pentatonic

Maj Pentatonic

Minor

Maj

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Common 8th Note Comping Patterns

Common 16th Note Comping Patterns

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8th Note Comping Patterns

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Build-Your-Own Elements

A7

Place these objects on or over chord boxes. Copy and paste to make duplicates. They can be resized.

Click on the chord letter or fret number to type a new one.

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4 Fret Chord Boxes

Strum Pattern Template

3 Fret Chord Boxes

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Build-Your-Own Guitar Tab

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Drag numbers onto string lines, drag a repeat sign over the beginning or the end, crop an image to create custom lengths, resize, etc.

Hint: Zoom in (from view menu) to make placing images easier!

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Keyboard

ICONIC NOTATION LIBRARY

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Keyboard

SLIDE 15 – Beginner Chords

SLIDE 16 – Major and Minor Chords in Root, 1^st and 2^nd Inversion

SLIDE 17 – Dom7, Maj7, Min7 Chords

SLIDE 18 – Scales: Major, Minor pentatonic, Blues

SLIDE 19 – Common Comping patterns

SLIDE 20 – More Comping patterns

SLIDE 21 – Build-Your-Own elements

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White Key Chords

One Black Key

Two-Note Chords

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Major and Minor Chords

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1^st Major

2nd Major

Root Minor

Root Position Major

1^st inversion minor

2^nd inversion minor

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Power and 7 Chords

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Dom 7 Chords

Min 7 Chords

Maj 7 Chords

Power Chords

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Scales

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Major Pentatonic

Minor Pentatonic

Blues

Minor

Major

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Common Comping Patterns

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More Comping Patterns

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Build-Your-Own Elements

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Drag these notes onto the 8^th or 16^th note grids below to create your own keyboard playing styles!

8^th note grid

16^th note grid

A7

Click on the chord letter to type a new one.

Copy and drag these notes onto any key on these keyboards to create any chord or scale!

White Key

Black Key

12/8 grid

6/8 grid

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Ukulele

ICONIC NOTATION LIBRARY

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Ukulele

SLIDE 23 – Open chords

SLIDE 24 – Major and Minor Barre Chords

SLIDE 25 – Dom7, Min7, Maj7 Barre Chords

SLIDE 26 – Common Strum patterns

SLIDE 27 – More Strum patterns

SLIDE 29 – Scales: Major, Minor, Pentatonic, Blues

SLIDE 31 – Build-Your-Own Elements

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Open Chords

Open Chord Variations

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Major and Minor Barre Chords

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“F” Shape Barre

“C” Shape Barre

“A” Shape Barre

“Am” Shape Barre

“F#m” Shape Barre

“Dm” Shape Barre

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Major and Minor Barre Chords

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“A7” Shape Barre

“Cmaj7” Shape Barre

“C7” Shape Barre

“Em7” Shape Barre

“D7” Shape Barre

“Gmaj7” Shape Barre

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Common 8th Note Comping Patterns

Common 16th Note Comping Patterns

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Common 8th Note Comping Patterns

Common 16th Note Comping Patterns

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8th Note Comping Patterns

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16th Note Comping Patterns

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Scales

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Major Pentatonic

Minor Pentatonic

Blues

Major Pentatonic

Minor Pentatonic

Blues

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Scales

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Major Pentatonic

Minor Pentatonic

Blues

Major Scales

Minor Scales

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Build Your Own Elements

5 Fret Chord Boxes

4 Fret Chord Boxes

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Place these objects on or over chord boxes. Copy and paste to make duplicates. They can be resized.

Click on the chord letter or fret number to type a new one.

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Strum Pattern Template

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Build-Your-Own Uke Tab

Drag numbers onto string lines, drag a repeat sign over the beginning or the end, crop an image to create custom lengths, resize, etc.

Hint: Zoom in (from view menu) to make placing images easier!

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Bass

ICONIC NOTATION LIBRARY

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Bass

SLIDE 34 – Bass Notes

SLIDE 35 – Scales: Major, Minor, Pentatonic, Blues

SLIDE 36 – Bass Arpeggio Patterns

SLIDE 37 – Comping patterns

SLIDE 40 – Build-Your-Own Elements

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Bass Notes

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Scales

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Major Pentatonic

Minor Pentatonic

Blues

Major

Minor

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Bass Interval and Arpeggio Patterns

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Common 8th Note Comping Patterns

Common 16th Note Comping Patterns

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8th Note Comping Patterns

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16th Note Comping Patterns

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Build Your Own Elements

6 Fret Chord Boxes

5 Fret Chord Boxes

4 Fret Chord Boxes

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Place these objects on or over chord boxes. Copy and paste to make duplicates. They can be resized.

Click on the chord letter or fret number to type a new one.

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Strum Pattern Template

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Build Your Own Elements

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Drag numbers onto string lines, drag a repeat sign over the beginning or the end, crop an image to create custom lengths, resize, etc.

Hint: Zoom in (from view menu) to make placing images easier!

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Drums

ICONIC NOTATION LIBRARY

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Drums

SLIDE 43 – Backbeat and Variations

SLIDE 44 – Calypso, Reggaeton, Reggae, Hip Hop Patterns

SLIDE 45 – Triple Meter, Country/Western, Punk Patterns

SLIDE 46 – Bachata, Salsa, Merengue Patterns

SLIDE 47 – Build-Your-Own Elements

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Backbeat & Variations

The backbeat is used across many genres of music from early rock’n’roll and blues to pop, country, hip-hop, and more. Because of this, it is a great starting point for any drummer.

“Four on the Floor”

BD Variations

Disco Hi-Hat Variation

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”One Drop” (Reggae) & Variation

Hip-Hop

Hip-hop DJ’s started by looping “drum breaks” from drummers on funk records. Because of this, hip-hop grooves often use 16^th-note, syncopated ideas. Today, these are often programmed using beat sequencers or other technology.

Soca & Variations

This family of grooves is also extremely popular and wide-ranging. Originating in West Africa, it traveled with the African Diaspora to many areas of the Caribbean and the Americas. Depending on region, this beat (or close variations) include: Soca, Reggaeton, Dancehall, Bomba, Calypso, and Legba.

Cumbia

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Triple Meter

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Build-Your-Own Elements

Drag the drum graphics below onto the grids provided to create your own drum beats!

Kick

Snare

High Hat

Open�High Hat

Crash

Tom Tom