Band Assignment, due 2/18/11

Recorders, let's try this one again: your assignment has not changed. We all need to do our best to practice and move forward together as a class. If you have practiced up, and are ready for something else, please continue through the next two pages in your book. Let's do it, and let's do it right! :-)



Intermediate Band:

- warm up on #20-23 (EE Bk. 2)

- work on concert scales F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db

- write in counts to measures 1-8 on p.42 (EE Bk.2)

- #20-25 (EE Bk. 2); pass-off on #19 & #24

- practice solos with CD (listen to piece then play with the accompaniment)

- sheet music: Flying Tigers and Sea Song Trilogy

- NEW ADDITION: Be prepared to play a short bit from your solo for class

Advanced Band:

Lip slurs for brass

Warm-up as discussed in class. Play the chromatic warm-ups from the White book.

9/10 scales and chromatic scale full range of your instrument, use metronome working from slow to medium tempo.

p. 54 Breath control exercises, rotate through practicing 2 per day with metronome, use different articulations.

Maxwell book, #9 and "Movin' on."

Continue to review the Maxwell book. For our three new Advanced band members, start at the beginning of the Maxwell book. You should play each exercise and the coordinating etude with your metronome until you've mastered it. Then proceed through the book in this manner. This will help you "catch-up" with the rest of the band.

Sheet music:

Newcastle March

Slane

Solo festival piece, bring your piece to class and be prepared to play a line from it for the class.

Continue to memorize the names of the triads; ACE, BDF, CEG, DFA, EGB, FAC, GBD.

Theory assignment: Go to musictheory.net. Choose "Exercises, key signature identification." Create a custom exercise. Choose the clef in which you normally play, choose the major keys. Start exercise, continue until you're getting it correct. Repeat daily until you've mastered the major key signatures. Also, go to "lessons, minor scales" and work on these lessons to learn how to construct and play the three types of minor scales.

Scripture of the Week: In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9