Advanced Band assignments:
Beginning Band assignments to be completed by next lesson:
Process for learning music, basic version:
*Use a metronome for each step of this process to help keep a steady beat. (Set it on a slow speed at first.)
Warm up routine for all wind players:
- All students should practice Blazon, Ghosts of the Lost Ship and North Pole Sleigh Ride daily. Each piece needs work by every band member, however Ghosts will need the most work for the majority of musicians.
- Please see our warmup routine at the end of this message.
- Students should work on the Concert Bb, Eb and F Major scales plus the chromatic scale.
Beginning Band assignments to be completed by next lesson:
- page 9 (#34, 36, 38, 39)
- page 8 (#28, 30, 31)
- page 7 (#23, 24, 25, 26)
- page 6 (#14, 17, 18, 19)
Process for learning music, basic version:
*Use a metronome for each step of this process to help keep a steady beat. (Set it on a slow speed at first.)
- First, clap and count the rhythms out loud.
- Sing the note names next. (Please do not write in note names!)
- Next, sing the note names while fingering the keys/valves, sliding the hand slide or touching the bell keys.
- Then (and only then), play the music very slowly.
- After achieving success at a slow speed, go slightly faster until the target speed is eventually reached with proficiency.
Warm up routine for all wind players:
- Snorkel or Scuba exercise: practicing deep breathing with mouth wide open.
- Birthday Candle or Wind Master exercise: deep breathing followed by a forceful exhalation through lips; keep cheeks firm and avoid puckering.
- Ghost Tongue exercise: deep breathing followed by a soft "too" sound or hard "du" sound without using vocal cords.
- Ghost Tongue exercise: deep breathing followed by a soft "too" sound or hard "du" sound on mouthpiece/head joint.
- Tonguing Exercise: producing as many connected "too" or "du" pitches on the mouthpiece/head. joint with one breath; see how many "t" or "d" sounds can be produced in one breath.
- Long tone exercise: producing an actual pitch on the instrument