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Mr. B: Well hi, I'm Mr. B.

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I'm a musician, artist, and teacher

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based in Seattle Washington.

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Maybe you've seen me at an assembly

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or your school library.

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I get to collaborate with some of the finest

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musicians in the Pacific Northwest and now you.

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♪ Are you ready to go ♪

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♪ Yeah ♪

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♪ You're a duo or a trio or you're writing solo ♪

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♪ Writing solo ♪

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♪ Go on get in with it ♪

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♪ Clap your hands, clap clap ♪

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(upbeat music)

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-: For today's lesson you'll need a piece of paper

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or a notebook and a pen or pencil.

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Any way to capture your ideas.

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Hey there, and welcome to Making Music With Mr. B.

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I'm Mr. B.

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Today, we will be writing a song

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inspired by the word strength.

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I have two very special guests with me today.

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A longtime friend, Mr. Blake Lewis,

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and a really wonderful piano player, Christopher Jordan.

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Without any further ado, let's get right into it.

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For this first activity you're gonna be

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mentally and physically active.

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Try and keep up with Mr. B as he claps and slaps a rhythm.

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Slappy, clappy, copy.

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Slappers. 
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Clappers. 
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Copiers.

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Let's kick it off.

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Ben-ben, Momo, cats, boots.

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Cats, boots, and cats, and boots, and cats, and boots

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and cats, and boots, and cats.

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(drum playing)

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Let's get started.

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Ready, here we go.

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(hand slapping) 
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(hand slap) 
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Pump up the tempo.

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(hand slap) 
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(finger snapping)

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Stop! 
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Level two.

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Ready, here we go.

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(hand slapping) 
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Bing!

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(hand slap) 
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Bing!

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(hand slap) 
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(finger snapping) 
Bing!

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(hand slapping) 
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Pump up the tempo.

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(clapping) 
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Level three.

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Ready, here we go.

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(hand slapping) 
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(hand slapping) 
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Bing!

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Bing!

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(hand slapping) 
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(hand slapping) 
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-: This is, high.

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(piano playing)

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And low.

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(piano playing)

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High.

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(piano playing)

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And low.

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(piano playing)

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(upbeat music)

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Mr. B: Today's song is inspired by the word strength.

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Whenever I'm writing a song I think of

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words or phrases that jump out at me

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that are connected to the topic I'm writing about.

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On the top of your page write the word strength.

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As you listen to our guests say what words and phrases

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come to their mind, write down any

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that stand out to you or any that you connect

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with the word strength.

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So again, we're writing down words and phrases

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that connect to the word strength.

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-: Perseverance.

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-: Believing.

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-: Can sometimes hide.

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-: Being mighty.

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-: Sturdy.

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-: Hearing words and phrases like, "You can do it!"

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-: Conviction.

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-: Personality.

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-: Can look differently than you think it's going to.

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-: You are able.

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-: Strength in numbers.

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-: Your mind.

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-: Maybe fierce and being a leader.

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-: Stability.

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Mr. B: Oh man, I wish I could see what was on your page.

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I bet you have something really good.

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Save those words and phrases for later.

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For now, let's move on to the instrumental we created.

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(whoosh)

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-: This is what a keyboard sounds like.

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(piano playing)

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(whoosh)

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Mr. B: Today's track is inspired by the word strength.

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Our guest instrumentalist is Christopher Jordan.

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-: Hi, my name is Chris and I play keyboards and piano.

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Mr. B: Thanks Chris.

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Chris came up with four chords inspired

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by the word strength.

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Here's what he came up with.

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(piano playing)

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Mr. B: For today's track I stayed home

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and collected some sounds to add a little personal flavor.

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Music is all around us.

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You just have to stop and listen.

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As always, I put the sounds into my sampler, the MPC live,

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and made them my own.

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Here's what I got.

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(fluttering)

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(salt shaking)

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(tapping)

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Mr. B: Once I had all the sounds

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I chopped them up and put them into the MPC.

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I really like the way the sticks and spoons

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sounded together like this,

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(light banging)

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and came up with this rhythm

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(upbeat music)

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which I changed to this for the chorus.

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(whoosh)

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Time for the free write.

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Write down words or phrases you think of

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when you hear the word strength.

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Try to think of ideas that connect to you

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and your own life.

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Remember, there's no right or wrong answers

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so anything you come up with is perfect.

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I'll give you just a minute to write some things down.

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Take your time now, don't give up.

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Okay, about 20 seconds left.

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Why don't you go ahead and wrap it up now.

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Get ready, 'cause here comes the song.

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-: Hey guys, Blake Lewis here.

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♪ Mmm ♪

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♪ Believe in yourself ♪

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♪ Become the mighty warrior, yeah ♪

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♪ Use all the strength you have ♪

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♪ And be victorious ♪

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♪ When I'm feeling down and gray ♪

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♪ I turned to my friend strength ♪

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♪ They tell me mighty, mighty ♪

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♪ I am strong and mighty ♪

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♪ I can do anything ♪

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♪ Believe in yourself ♪

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♪ Become the mighty warrior, yeah ♪

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♪ Use all the strength you have ♪

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♪ And be victorious ♪

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(chuckle) 
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-: Thanks so much for joining us on this

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musical journey today.

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If you'd like to spend more time making music with Mr. B

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you can find me at learningwithstyle.com.

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That's learningwithstyle.com.

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I host lessons every week.

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I would love it if you could join me.

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Thanks again.