DISTANCE LEARNING

 

 

 ON GOING ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL BAND STUDENTS

(VISIT LINKS TO THE RIGHT FOR SONG SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS)

 

OVERVIEW:   Students should continue to practice the 3 band songs for the

                      spring concert

ESTIMATED TIME:     15-20 minutes of instrument practice (four times a

                     week or more)

EXPLANATION:   Continue to practice the notes and rhythms for Thunderbolt

                     Fanfare, Moai, and Tempt the Machine

THINGS TO KNOW:    

                   -Practice slow at first in small pieces with LOTS of repetition

                   -All music has a beat! Make sure you are feeling a steady

                    beat/pulse when you practice. Tap your foot to help.

                   -Go for quality work...it's better to spend 15-20 minutes on 4

                    measures that are giving you a challenge rather than try to play

                    through a whole song without really knowing if it's right or wrong

                   -If you forget a fingering for a note look it up in the fingering

                    chart in the back of your Essential Elements lesson book

                   -Listen to the recordings of the songs on my website if you're

                    having trouble knowing how the song or your part     

                    goes (see links below)

TASKS:    

                   -1ST Warm up your instrument, face and breathing muscles first

                    for about 2-3 minutes by playing simple songs from the lesson

                    book or by playing major scales (6th graders mostly)

                   -2ND Identify what song and what section of that song needs the

                    most work, focus on that for most of your practice time

                   -3RD You can spend the last 2-3 minutes playing something from

                    the band songs that you can already play well, for fun. Work

                    on incresing the tempo (the speed).

 

LINKS:     Band Song Recordings

 

EXTENSION:    

                   -Play your instrument for fun! Make stuff up! Try to make up a

                   little melody using the notes you know.

                   -Perform for a family member or a pet the music you've been

                   working on. Fish make for a great audience!

                   -Try to figure out the notes to a popular song that you like.