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5th Grade Band Sign-Up
5th Grade Band Sign-Up
You can start learning a BAND instrument in 5th grade. Any student can join! Prior experience on piano or an orchestra instrument is great, but anyone can learn a band instrument. Band meets during specials once a week at your elementary school, so there are not ANY conflicts with school academics or weekly after school commitments. Check out the video below to learn about the academic, social, and skill-building benefits of learning an instrument. HOW DO I SIGN UP? Your band teacher will be delivering sign-up forms at the beginning of the school year. Simply return the form to your homeroom teacher to sign-up for 5th grade band or fill out the form below! If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Herceg (Rosa Parks) or Ms. Cooper (Garden Springs & James Lane Allen) .
5th Grade Instrument Selection
5th Grade Instrument Selection
Band students will try-out instruments in August before instrument placements are finalized. Check out videos of each instrument to learn about each instrument in the 5th grade band.
Flute
Flute
The flute is a member of the woodwind family! The flute makes a sound by blowing air across a tone hole.
You can start learning the flute in 5th grade!
Clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a member woodwind family! The clarinet makes a sound by blowing air across a reed to make it vibrate.
You can start learning the clarinet in 5th grade!
Alto Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
The alto saxophone gives the impression of being both a brass AND woodwind instrument, however it is indeed considered a woodwind instrument. Like the clarinet, it makes a sound by blowing air across a reed to make it vibrate.
You can start learning alto saxophone in 5th grade!
Trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the smallest member of the brass family!
The trumpet makes a sound by buzzing your lips into a cup shaped mouthpiece.
You can start learning the trumpet in 5th grade!
Trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a member of the brass family!
The trombone makes a sound by buzzing your lips into a cup shaped mouthpiece.
You can start learning the trombone in 5th grade!
Euphonium
Euphonium
The euphonium (you-PHONE-knee-yum) is sometimes known as the baritone. It is a member of the brass family and looks like a small version of a tuba. Its sound is similar to that of a trombone, but it uses valves like a trumpet instead of a slide (like trombone).
Some students will begin studying euphonium in 5th grade but most begin in the 6th grade.
Want to Learn More?!
See a complete list of Middle School band instruments below.
Want to Learn More?!
See a complete list of Middle School band instruments below.
After one year in 5th grade band, you have the option of continuing with your 5th grade instrument or trying one of these instruments!
Tuba
Tuba
The tuba is the largest and lowest sounding instrument in the brass family. All brass instruments make a sound by "buzzing" into a cup shaped mouthpiece. While many believe the tuba is the largest instrument in the band and would be hard to physically manage, the tubas we use for beginners are ¾ size and easy to handle.
We begin study of tuba in 6th grade when students arrive to Beaumont.
If you like the tuba, we recommend you play trombone or euphonium in 5th grade!
French Horn
French Horn
The French horn is the also a member of the brass family. Students with good musical ears should consider French Horn.
Students can begin studying french horn at the beginning of their 6th grade year.
If you like the French Horn, we recommend you play trumpet in 5th grade!
Oboe
Oboe
The oboe is similar in its appearance to a clarinet, but it is played using a “double reed” instead of a single reed and mouthpiece. Selection of oboe players is EXTREMELY limited. VERY few will actually be selected for oboe.
At Beaumont, we do not start the oboe until students get to 6th grade! Students will start on a different instrument in 5th grade and be able to switch to oboe after showing a high level of proficiency.
If you like the Oboe, we recommend you play flute or clarinet in 5th grade.
Bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is to the oboe what the bass clarinet is to the clarinet. It is the larger, lower sounding version of the double reed instrument. However, bassoon students will not play oboe before switching, instead they will begin on the bassoon itself. VERY few students will be selected to play Bassoon.
At Beaumont, we start the Bassoon on 6th grade. Students wishing to play this will start a different instrument in 5th grade and be switched after showing a high proficiency level on their 5th grade instrument.
If you like the Bassoon, we recommend you play clarinet in 5th grade!
Percussion-"Drums"
Percussion-"Drums"
Just because you are always tapping on things does not mean you are a natural percussionist (drummer). In fact, the percussion section must be the most select, hand-picked section of the band. Only students with the highest grades, lowest discipline problems, preferred backgrounds in piano lessons, and extremely high gross and fine motor skills will be considered for percussion.
We begin study of percussion in the 6th grade when students arrive to Beaumont.
Physical Characteristics: Students should exhibit a great deal of coordination in gross and fine motor skills.
Other Considerations: The study of percussion includes bells, triangle, tambourine, maracas, claves, among many other instruments.
If you like Percussion, we recommend you play ANY instrument of your choice in 5th grade!
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