17th June 2019
let's make your music theory agenda!
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First of all, we will print the pages of our agenda. Print about 7 double-sided pages of the pages below, as you can see in the image on the left (slide over the number 1 with the mouse). In fact, you can print as many pages as you want! Click on the box below to download the template. We will fold every page on half.
We will now make the sandwich with the pages one by one as you can see in the image on the right (number 2). You will see that opening the agenda from any place, you have space for lesson notes on the left side and space for activities on the right side.
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Here it comes the creative part! We have to choose a cardboard or scrapbooking paper that we like for the cover and another one (or the same color) for the pocket that the agenda will have inside. The one for the cover has to measure 31x21 cm, and the one for the pocket 27x10 cm. Look at the picture on the left to have an idea.
Now we will make the folds of every piece of paper we have just measured. The big one we will fold it in half so that it is equal to the inner pages we printed before. The small one we have to mark all the edges except one of the longest, at 1 cm, 2 cm and 3 cm, and make some cuts to create the tabs, as you can see in the photo. We will stick the pocket with the folded tabs to the inner right side of the cover so that we can store there the small sheets.
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It's almost done! The next step is building everything and make two holes at the central fold of the agenda; one at the upper part and another at the bottom, as you can see in the photo on the left, using a punch. If your agenda is too thick to go into the punch, divide the pages in two and first make a signal with a pencil where you want your holes.
The final touch! We choose a ribbon that we like, we cut a piece of aprox. 50cm and we put it through the holes, making a strong knot so that nothing takes apart. We can leave the knot inside or outside, depending on how we like it better. Now you can customize the cover and write many things inside!
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How does it work?
These headphones appear at the bottom side of the left-side pages. Every week in the lesson, we will spin the composer's roulette and you will choose a piece by the composer that you like. After listening to it you can make a drawing or write something that he piece inspired you.
In the agenda you have different kinds of background paper to write notes, lists, and music exercises. In the pocket you can store summary sheets like the one you have below, training sheets like this one I put below as an example, which is for 2nd year Professional Degree, or store drawings. You can also store other things, anything you want!