Band Assigment due 3/21/13

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"

Intermediate:
Very proud of your playing at SoloFest today!  Thanks for giving it your best! I will provide everyone with a copy of their judges sheets next Thursday.
And, if I may interject (this is Ms. J.), don't forget we need to cast "Aunt Rhodie".  I'll speak with Ms. R. and Ms. K. about the best time.  :-)
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.

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.

Rhythm studies p62, follow the instructions at the top of the page practicing #1-#3. Yes, do this another week.

Sheet music: Calypso Bay, Amazing Grace Chorale, God Bless America, This is my Country. (We will perform these at Lanier Gardens!) We are scrapping "21 Guns."
 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.

If you participated in Solo Festival yesterday, you have passed-off for February!  We will be making arrangements to hear those who couldn't make it yesterday.

New terms to define:  enharmonic, chord, arpeggio, tonic, dominant, chromatic scale, intervals, meter, tempo, zucchini. (Continue to memorize these definitions)

BEGINNER:
*Page 14, #63-65
*Rhythms, #41-48
*"Aunt Rhodie"
*"Festive March", measures 13-26.  LEARN RHYTHMS FIRST!!  (Thanks.)

SO, SO, SO proud of your Solo Festival experiences yesterday!  I knew you could do it!!  God bless.