Activities
Objectives for Student Learning
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Worksheet #7
Practice songs #56-61 in our book and turn in worksheet #7 for the red bead.
Due Feb. 12 - Mar. 1.
Play Along
Listen to Page 15 and Play Along when you are ready. Enjoy your music.
Activities
- #56 - The aux. percussion is tacet for this exercise.
- #56 - Woodwinds - Tongue only the first note of each slur
- #56 - Try playing this warm-up on your mouthpiece
- #56 - All brass except trombones - Tongue only the first note of each slur
- #56 - Tongue the first note of each slur and "legato tongue" the remaining notes.
- #57 - Refer to score page 168 for information about the Romantic period and Johannes Brahams.
- #57 - The key signature of this exercise does not reflect the actual key of the music.
- #58 - Tell students to listen as they play Erie Canal Capers. This comes from a song that was sung by the canal boatmen of the mid-1800's. Have students describe what their work or workday might have been like, based upon what they hear.
- #59 - Refer to #37 for an introduction of the round. Have students sing this line using scale numbers or solfege syllables.
- #60 - Drums: Do all of your strokes sound the same?
- #60 - Have students turn to the 2/4 rhythm studies on page 45 of their books (score page 469). Count and clap lines 3-8. Before students perform a line, tell them what pitches to play.Divide the band in half to better hear individual students. Refer to score page 102 for creative ways to assign students to groups.
- #61 - Aux. Percussion - For a challenge, one person may play both parts. To do this, play the the W. Blk. with your left hand and the S. Cym. with your right hand.
Objectives
- Incorporate and perform previously learned skills and concepts.
- #56 - Identify, define, and play slurs
- #56 - Explain the purpose of a warm-up period
- #57 - Identify, define, and play a pick up note
- #57 - Tell three facts about Johannes Brahams
- #57 - Tell three facts about the Romantic period
- #57 - Woodwinds, Brass - Identify and define the difference between a slur and a tie; perform slurs and ties
- #57 - Percussion - Perform ties
- #57 - Aux. Percussion - Perform on the triangle
- #58 - Practice pick-up notes
- #58 - Practice eighth notes that appear on the different beats of a measure
- #59 - Define and play a round
- #59 - Play two consecutive groups of eighth notes
- #60 - Develop aural skills
- #60 - Write in the missing notes for "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
- #60 - Tell three facts about the Classical period
- #60 - Tell threee facts about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Works Cited
Pearson, Bruce.
"Standard of Excellence, Book 1 - Conductor Score: Comprehensive Band Method."
Neil A. Kjos Music Co., 1993.
