Band Assignment, due 4/1/11

Intermediate Band:

Review music theory concepts such as steps, accidentals, key signatures, enharmonics, dynamics, cut-time and syncopation. Your theory/rhythm test will be available April 1 and is due April 29. It is a take-home, open-book test.

- Long Tones, p. 14-16

- Lip slurs, p. 19 #3 and #4

- Major scales Concert F through Db

- Chromatic scale as discussed in class

- Chromatic warmups

- Scales in thirds from White book, practice 4 a day until you've rotated through the entire section, repeat.

- Breath control exercises, rotate through all.

- EE 2: #49, #50-56 *The next pass-off will be #49 on April 15

- Sheet music

Sea Song Trilogy

Flying Tigers

Rockin Robin


Advanced Band:

Lip Slurs for Brass

Chromatic warm-ups or (warm-up according to your private instructor's directions)

Arpeggios (see the assignment from last week) Pass-off 4-1-11 as instructed in last week's assignment.

9/10 OR 11/12 scales. 6th year and up must prepare 11/12 scales

Maxwell: Ex. 11 and "Jubilation." You are to write in the beats for "Jubilation" subdividing each beat into eighth notes. Write in pencil and finish the entire exercise.

Slane

Newcastle March

25 or 6 to 4

Your theory test is due at the end of April. You have plenty of time to complete this.

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