Band Asssignment due 2/28/13

Beginning Band Assignment:

Keep working hard and consistently- practice outside of class is essential to your success!  You are sounding better every week.  =-)

Here's this week's assignment:
-  Essential Elements Book p. 42  count, buzz and play m.21-36
-  EE book practice # 55-57
-  Be sure to work on your solo!  We will pull out folks to work with the accompanists on Thursday.  Only 2 more weeks to prepare!

 Intermediate Band Assignment:

Warm-up on long tones for woodwinds and lip flexibility exercises in Hilliard for brass, p19 #1-#6, rotating 2-3 per day.  For long tones I suggest the Chromatic Warm-ups beginning on p14. Spend 5-10 minutes working on your tone. This will ensure a productive practice session.

All of the following must be practiced daily with your metronome:

Scales: Practice each at least once a day. Hilliard p24 #1,3,5,7,9,11,13, and 15. Practice all of the different articulations.  It is important to maintain your ability to play these scales.  You worked hard to learn them and you want to keep them sharp!

Chromatic Scales: p60 and 61. Practice 2 per day. Also, using the fingering chart from your Essential Elements book, begin to learn the entire range of your instrument as a chromatic scale.

Rhythm studies p62, follow the instructions at the top of the page practicing #1-#3.

Work hard on your solo. Practice the entire solo each day in the following manner: 1. Play all the way through with no stops. 2. Work on trouble spots and iron out any missed notes, rhythms, articulations, or stylistic problems. 3. Play through again with no stops.  This method ensures that you are practicing two "play-throughs" a day.

Sheet music: God Bless America, This is my Country, Amazing Grace Chorale.  Work hard on the sections we worked in rehearsal.  One more rehearsal until our performance at the state Capitol!

Practice 6 days a week minimum of 45 minutes per session.  Make practice time a scheduled part of your homeschool day, just like math and science.  Don't save it for last and don't plan to practice "if you have time." You must make time.  You will be amazed and delighted with the results.

As the instructors hear your solos, we will notify you when you've passed-off.

New terms to define and memorize:  pianississimo (ppp), fortississimo (fff), diminuendo (dim), prestissimo, molto, al dente, arpeggio, scherzo, phrase, glissando.

Advanced Band assignment:

Warm-up:
- Hilliard, Lip Flexibility p.19.  Rotate through #1-#6. Play 3 a day.

Scales:
- Practice all 12 major scales the range of your instrument.  If in question about # of octaves per scale,consult GMEA All-State Band scales Grade 11-12.


Book:
* Clap and count triplet rhythms is Ployhar p.26 #11
* Play Ployhar p. 26 #12 with pitch and rhythmic accuracy

Pieces:  (Be sure to utilize your metronome when practicing these pieces!)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (be sure to subdivide the beat with a metronome while you practice)
- March Grandioso
- your solo (Be prepared to play with Mrs. Murdock.  Only two more rehearsals with your accompanists left!)

Jazz:
- Jammin With Charlie m.43-55 work on improvising
- p.16-19 work all exercises related to "Buffalo Head"

Much improvement on Eine Kleine and jazz.  Keep up the hard work!  =-)