Band Assignment, due 9/30/11

Beginning Band

Great class today- proud to teach such a smart group of students! Keep on practicing regularly to get the desired results...

- practice breathing exercises from class with PVC

- p. 42 EE bk. 1 buzz or crow rhythm measures 1-28

- p. 6 EE bk. 1 practice 5 note warm-up at top of page

- #14-19 EE bk. 1 practice buzz/crowing and with the CD or DVD

- prepare for pass off on #14 on 9-30

Intermediate Band

Many of you are practicing diligently and you are bearing the fruit of your labor!

• Continue playing warmups, technique exercises, chromatic scales, and major scales according to the previous instructions. See the note from our first rehearsal.
• Allstate etude: pop quiz on the first three lines of the lyrical etude.
• Rhythm: p. 85, measures #36-#65. Good job yesterday on rhythm studies.
• Maxwell: p. 7, #2 and "Mr. Bach." As always, play with a metronome. Each day practice two play-throughs. Begin by setting your metronome on a slow tempo (b=60) then increase tempo each day.
• Sheet music: Armed Forces Salute, Festival of Hymns.

Advanced Band

• Continue playing warmups, technique exercises, chromatic scales, and major scales according to the previous instructions. See the note from our first rehearsal.

• Allstate etude: First three lines
• Rhythm: EE Technique Book 3, p. 38, with a metronome, practice lines 1 through 6 on a single pitch.
• Maxwell: "Baroque" always with metronome
• EE Book 3, trumpets: Great Gate of Kiev (p. 3) Flutes and oboe: Spinning Song, (p. 19) Low brass and percussion: Greensleeves, p. 17.

Sheet music: Armed Forces Salute, Festival of Hymns, Vaudeville Bounce.

Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! (This week's scripture)