Assignment, due 9/26/13

Beginning Band:
Great rehearsal today!  So proud of the lines passed off and the hours practiced last week!  Keep up the great work!
Mrs. Karen
- Always practice good posture and hand position
- Don't forget to avoid squeaks and problems by:
  1) using "steam the window" trick when blowing air into recorder
  2) squeezing fingers to form recorder warts on fingers (make sure pads of fingers are flat on holes)
  3) articulate by saying "tu"
- Practice "It's Raining", "Old MacDonald" and more with CD.  Don't forget to leave the CD at home to use.
- BE SURE TO LEARN YOUR NOTE NAMES AND FINGERINGS THOROUGHLY THROUGH PRACTICE.  We will be adding on more new notes next rehearsal.  DON'T GET BEHIND!
- Bring 3 facts about the percussion family of instruments to class.  Try to teach me something I don't know.  =-)

Intermediate Band:
Hilliard book: page 25, #3 for EVERYONE
Hilliard book: pages 18-19, all numbers, brass only
"Armed Forces on Parade": work on the six-eight passage...if needed, write your rhythm counts underneath in pencil.
Essential Elements: #122, #124, #126, #129, #131 (beginning on page 24)
Have a great week!!
 
Advanced Band:
You are making good progress! Daily practice is the key to improvement:

Warm-up: Nothing is more important than a good warm-up session before beginning your practice.  Brass should rotate through all the lip flexibility exercises in Hilliard. Katie, regular warm-up. Andrew, continue to rotate through the Chromatic Warm-ups on p14 of Hilliard. Play in whole notes slurring the two notes of each bar and breathing at the bar line.

Scales: Your are responsible for learning the GMEA scales for your grade level plus chromatic scale entire range of your instrument. These (major) scales are your October pass-off!  We will have two people a day pass-off their scale sheet beginning October 3. Sign-up for your pass-off date next week at band! Remember if want grading for credit all pass-offs are required.

Link for scales and etudes (print out): http://www.gmea.org.php53-10.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/band/all-state-band/

New: Memorize (or review) the order of flats and sharps. Present to class a unique mneumonic device for each, ie, "Better Eat Another Dozen Greasy Chicken Fingers" but make up your own. Be creative!

Rhythm and Beyond book:  Read and study p6-9. Complete all written work and exercises.

Sheet music: Hornpipe, Pictures at an Exhibition, Armed Forces, Processional, Korean Folk Rhapsody.

Just for Nate:  Practice all rudiments with metronome. Demonstrate 4 rudiments for class next week, your choice. 12 major scales on bells.

We have a concert on November 7th at Iris Place!