Band Homework Assignment #5 – 9/30-10/5, due 10/6

Mods 2a and 4a (7th grade)

Method book: Foundations for Superior Performance, Long Tone 1a, 1b and 1c. (p. 4) Please take the time to learn your fingerings correctly! If you do not put in the work NOW, you will STRUGGLE the remainder of the year.

Remember: ATTACK, S-U-S-T-A-I-N and RELEASE.  Keep the air moving.

Finale from Symphony no. 1 – mm. 1-12.

Please review the following concepts: Attack, Sustain, Release. Remember – attack is how we start a note. After that, we need to keep a steady stream of air going to sustain the note. Finally, we stop breathing in order to release the note.

Mod 3a (8th grade)

Method book: Foundations for Superior Performance, Long Tone 1a, 1b and 1c. (p. 4)

Fire Dance: mm. 36-60

Chester Variations: mm. 20-40

Please review the following concepts: Attack, Sustain, Release. Remember – attack is how we start a note. After that, we need to keep a steady stream of air going to sustain the note. Finally, we stop breathing in order to release the note.

Please remember that all sections at the beginning (mm. 1-19) are to be played tenuto so that the ‘sound of one note touches the next’.

Scales: Bb major

Blank homework logs are located here: PDF | Word.

Percussion – see me for this assignment.