Band Assignment – 10/22-10/28, due 10/29 – and important info.

WOW. 1st Quarter is over already.

In class on October 21st (as well as in all of the Jaguar Express newsletters that have been sent home), ALL students were told that the WINTER CONCERT will be held on December 15, 2009 at 7pm here at TJMS. This is a MANDATORY performance for ALL band students. ALL. Not some. ALL. EVERY student must and will play, even if it’s just Mary Had a Little Lamb. The performance is worth 700 points and will take up approximately 50% of the classwork grade. There are no excuses for missing this outside of what PGCPS’s official attendance policy considers to be legal excuses. Parents, please be mindful of the date.  Remember – you are your child’s best teacher first.  If you schedule things (especially forms of recreation) on dates of performances, you are teaching your child that school is not important and grades are not important.

Thank you.

Please be aware – your first playing test on concert Bb major scale (7th grade) will be given next week.

In addition, PGCPS’s grading policy for instrumental music will be changing soon. Details will be sent home in writing at the start of second quarter.

Mods 2a and 4a (7th grade)

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

Finale from Symphony no. 1 - mm. 13-21.

Northwinds Festival mm. 24-47

Scales: Bb Concert Scale (p. 10 of Foundations)

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, 1c and 1d. (p. 4)

PLEASE bring Standard of Excellence to class with you.  We begin work in this book first week of November (2nd Quarter). Begin looking through the book again in preparation for next week.

Fire Dance: mm.  whole song. Focus on dynamics and correct articulation.

Chester Variations: mm. 40-56

Honor Roll March mm. 1-40 (specifically, 25-40).  I’m VERY pleased with the job you all did on measures 1-24 in class.

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.

Scales: Bb, Eb and F major scales

Please remember: TENUTO. The ‘sound’ of the notes should ‘touch’ each other.

Blank homework logs are located here: PDF | Word.

Percussion

Same music assignments as your respective band classes.

Rudiments:

Single Stroke roll, played open for 4 measures at 90 BPM and closed at 120 BPM for 8 measures.

Double Stroke Roll, played at 120 BPM for 8 measures.

Flam – played as quarter notes for 8 measures at 90 BPM and for 8 measures at 120 BPM.

Percussion practice logs are here:  Word | PDF