Nā Papa Mele Poina ʻoiaʻiʻo

Nā poʻe o Ka Okana Academy in Uganda, the Kampala Cathedrals and the wider community participated in the first ever online music masterclasses in Uganda. These truly unforgettable masterclasses were tailored specifically to The Organ Academy students needs! The Maestro Online Masterclasses & Courses are tailored to meet the musical learning needs of all in a variety of areas.

The first masterclass was aimed at the Organ Academy and Organ Improvisation. The range of abilities in the music masterclass varied from recent beginners to advanced musicians beyond Grade 8 and certainly at diploma level.

(1) Hoʻomaka mākou me nā hoʻolauna. He mea koʻikoʻi ka hui ʻana i nā mea hoʻokani pila a ʻike i kēlā me kēia kanaka.

(2) Hoʻomaka mākou ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i hoʻokahi memo. Hoʻohana mākou i nā huaʻōlelo e kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mele. ʻO kēia ka mea i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Petr Eben, kahi haku mele mele kaulana, i kāna haʻawina mua me aʻu ma ka hoʻoponopono.

(3) Expand to using 2 notes. Don’t start with notes that make Major scales or similar, because you want to stimulate imagination rather than begin improvising with patterns that you will instantly default to.

(4) E neʻe i hoʻokahi chord organ improvisations.

(5) E hoʻonui i ʻelua chord. Maanei mākou e hoʻohana ai i ka D minor a me ka E minor. No ka hana ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, noʻonoʻo mākou i nā melodies type arpeggio a me stepwise. He ala maikaʻi kēia e aʻo ai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kāu arpeggios ma mua o ka hana hou ʻana iā lākou.

(6) E lawe i ka lick "We Will Rock You". E pāʻani ʻelua, hoʻokahi hoʻomaka ma B a hoʻokahi ma E. E hui pū me lākou a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pālākiō Major. I kēia manawa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kēia mau ʻāpana ʻelua o ka unahi, i kapa ʻia ʻo "tetra chords".

(7) No nā haumāna ʻoi aʻe e ʻimi nei e aʻo i kā lākou mau unahi, e hoʻohana i nā unahi nui iho i lalo e hana i nā ʻano bele.

Eia kahi loiloi mai kekahi o nā mea komo i ka papa haku okana Ugandan: