Majors

Music Theory Quizzes

• Treble Clef instruments (flute, clarinet, saxophone, horn) https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note/bgoyryo1rj1ynyyyfb 

• Bass Clef instruments (trombone, euphonium) https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note/neoyryo1rj1ynyyyfb 

Band Majors, here are some websites that you may enjoy exploring:

• Habits Method Book Videos (videos and play along tracks that go with our band book)

• MusicTheory.net (note identification, note construction, and more music lessons)

• Instrument trainers (for practicing fingerings and note names)

  • Flute Trainer

  • Clarinet Trainer

  • Saxophone Trainer

  • Brass Trainer

• Music Racer (note identification, fingerings, and music terms - works on chromebook OR mobile device)

• 8notes.com (free sheet music you can print at home or read on the screen)

• Music Tech Teacher (arcade-style games that review music terms, note names, and more)

• Beginning Band Boot Camp (reviews the basics of how to play and take care of your instruments)

• Rhythm Randomizer (generates rhythms to practice reading and clapping/speaking/tizzling)

• Rhythm Trainer (practice identifying rhythms through sight and sound)

• Interactive Steel Drum (using the numbers on the keyboard, you can control the steel drum and play notes! *Opens in Youtube)

• Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (game that introduces all of the instruments and their families)

• Chrome Music Lab (interactive music games, experiments, and creations)

• Carnegie Hall Kids (interactive quizzes, games, and resources)

Hey Band kids! Welcome to the 4th & 5th Grade Majors page!

Select two activities a week (or more!) to do at home!

4th and 5th Grade Majors

We will select our instruments by the second week of class! Students will get to try out multiple mouthpieces and instruments to help make their decision. Once you choose your instrument, you will get to play it for the whole year! We will show the world what we know in a concert in May.

Instrument choices:

• Flute

• Clarinet

• Bass Clarinet* (5th only)

• Alto Saxophone

• Tenor Saxophone* (5th only)

• Trumpet

• Horn* (5th only)

• Trombone

• Euphonium

• Tuba* (5th only)