Band Assignment due 9/20/12

Beginning Band:

I love your eagerness and obvious practice effort this week!  Keep up the great work!  =-)

Remember, not everyone will pass-off each week but it is important to make progress through practice each week...

* Practice correct hold and playing techniques on recorder

* Pass off on "It's Raining", "Old MacDonald", and as far as you can perform to perfection! 

* Research and report verbally 2 facts about the woodwind family of instruments that weren't mentioned in class.

Intermediate Band:

Warmup on Hilliard Book, p. 18 through 22. Pick a different one each day

Scales: GMEA scales for you school grade are found at www.GMEA.org. On the left choose "Band," then "Allstate Band," then scroll down until you see "Allstate Band audition requirements," then choose the grade level and print your scales.

Practice all of these daily.

You will also see the range for your chromatic scale. Practice the chromatic scale.

Pass-off this week on excerpts from "Winchester March."

E1: p. 40 and 41. Practice a different set of 4 from each major key each day. For example, on Saturday, practice #1-4 in the key of concert Bb.  On Sunday, practice #1-4 in the key of concert Eb, etc... rotate through these so you practice one set a day.

Sheet music to practice:

Armed Forces Salute

God Bless America

Winchester March

Advanced Band Assignment:

Warmup on lip slurs and long tones (Hilliard book, or your choice if you have a private teacher.)

Daily exercises: Scales, Chromatic scale, p. 24-53 of Hilliard book (rotate through these a few each day)

Lyrical etude: Pass-off this week!

 Syncopated Swing, learn all three parts.

Woodwind duets

I Recommend: complete p. 30 #1-5. Also, p. 10 top line.

I Recommend: Practice p. 21, #1 with these articulations: staccato, leggiero, slur one bar.

Define: syncopation. Come to class with a working definition of this term.

Sheet music reminder:

Winchester March

God Bless America

Armed Forces Salute

Review the same terms from last week; sforzando, leggiero, rallentando, ritardando, tenuto, legato.

Scripture from this week:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  all things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."  John 1:1-5