Beginning Band
Hello, all! Rehearse the following:
*Aunt Rhodie's Appetite
*Festive March
*Ode to Joy (I believe it's on page 14 in your books)
We will perform both "Aunt Rhodie" and "Ode" next week at Lanier Gardens. Have a blessed weekend and Holy Week!
Intermediate:
Remember to practice and bring your music for "This is my Country, " and "Calypso Bay" also for the Lanier performance!
Nate and Jack, see my note on the Intermediate assignment. (Rachel Simmons)
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.
Brass: Next week please warmup with lip flexibility exercises 5-10 minutes before class. We won't do these in class. Woodwinds: warmup with chromatic warmups or long tones before class.
All of the following must be practiced daily with your metronome:
Scales: Practice each at least once a day. Hilliard p24 #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15, 17, 19, 21, and 23. 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! Play the new scales in whole notes, then half notes, quarters, and so forth until you know them fluently.
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. This scale is your March pass-off! The correct range for your instrument is either the range on the fingering chart or from the GMEA requirements, whichever is greater.
I will listen to chromatic scale pass-offs next week before or after our performance. Congratulations to Kyle and Nate for already passing off. Slow tempos are always welcomed.
Rhythm studies p62, follow the instructions at the top of the page practicing #1-#4.
Sheet music: Calypso Bay, Amazing Grace Chorale, God Bless America, This is my Country, and More Cowbell. (We will perform these at Lanier Gardens!) We will perform "This is my Country," and "Calypso Bay" at Lanier.
Nate and Jack: I want you both to play the snare solo in "This is my Country" so be prepared on Thursday to practice this together immediately before the performance.
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.
New terms to define: enharmonic, chord, arpeggio, tonic, dominant, chromatic scale, intervals, meter, tempo, zucchini. (Continue to memorize these definitions)
Advanced:
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 syncopated rhythms in Ployhar p.27 #13
* Play Ployhar p. 26 #14 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
- Hornpipe from Water Music
Jazz:
- p.6-9 practice all excercises and "Uncle Milo's Sideshow"
- keep practicing "Jammin' With Charlie"
* Be sure to meet at 1:30pm on March 28 at the back entrance of Lanier Gardens. You will only need your Hilliard book, March Grandioso and Eine Kleine. Be sure to wear your band uniform! =-)
Hello, all! Rehearse the following:
*Aunt Rhodie's Appetite
*Festive March
*Ode to Joy (I believe it's on page 14 in your books)
We will perform both "Aunt Rhodie" and "Ode" next week at Lanier Gardens. Have a blessed weekend and Holy Week!
Intermediate:
Remember to practice and bring your music for "This is my Country, " and "Calypso Bay" also for the Lanier performance!
Nate and Jack, see my note on the Intermediate assignment. (Rachel Simmons)
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.
Brass: Next week please warmup with lip flexibility exercises 5-10 minutes before class. We won't do these in class. Woodwinds: warmup with chromatic warmups or long tones before class.
All of the following must be practiced daily with your metronome:
Scales: Practice each at least once a day. Hilliard p24 #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15, 17, 19, 21, and 23. 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! Play the new scales in whole notes, then half notes, quarters, and so forth until you know them fluently.
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. This scale is your March pass-off! The correct range for your instrument is either the range on the fingering chart or from the GMEA requirements, whichever is greater.
I will listen to chromatic scale pass-offs next week before or after our performance. Congratulations to Kyle and Nate for already passing off. Slow tempos are always welcomed.
Rhythm studies p62, follow the instructions at the top of the page practicing #1-#4.
Sheet music: Calypso Bay, Amazing Grace Chorale, God Bless America, This is my Country, and More Cowbell. (We will perform these at Lanier Gardens!) We will perform "This is my Country," and "Calypso Bay" at Lanier.
Nate and Jack: I want you both to play the snare solo in "This is my Country" so be prepared on Thursday to practice this together immediately before the performance.
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.
New terms to define: enharmonic, chord, arpeggio, tonic, dominant, chromatic scale, intervals, meter, tempo, zucchini. (Continue to memorize these definitions)
Advanced:
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 syncopated rhythms in Ployhar p.27 #13
* Play Ployhar p. 26 #14 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
- Hornpipe from Water Music
Jazz:
- p.6-9 practice all excercises and "Uncle Milo's Sideshow"
- keep practicing "Jammin' With Charlie"
* Be sure to meet at 1:30pm on March 28 at the back entrance of Lanier Gardens. You will only need your Hilliard book, March Grandioso and Eine Kleine. Be sure to wear your band uniform! =-)
