Beginning band (2nd period)
Helpful links: Note identification, Rhythm practice, Metronome, Tuner and Tuner #2, Drone and Drone #2 - new rhythms
Non-playing Warm up
Note identification - 91% with notes on the staff, below and above (95% or above zero out of three)
Playing Warm up
pg. 43 - rhythm studies - #11-12
pg. 42 - Concert Bb major thirds
Standard of Excellence: #61-on
Listening/Video
Classical - Clair de lune
Funny - Jus deal wif it
Inspiring - Landfill Harmonic
Instrument demo - US Army Band demo
Instrument manufactoring - making of a steinway piano
Jazz - "Barcelona to Oakland" - Jeff Derby
Jazz academy - New orleans clarinet
Jeopardy - Name that song
Piano guys - Lord of the rings
"Sampled" aka Stolen vs Original - "Eighties " (killing joke)" vs "Come as you are (nirvana)," "Under Pressure" (queen) vs. "Ice Ice Baby" (vanilla ice)
Ted Talk - Bluegrass kids
Beginning band (4th period)
Helpful links: Note identification, Rhythm practice, Metronome, Tuner and Tuner #2, Drone and Drone #2 - new rhythms
Non-playing Warm up
Note identification - 100% with notes below and above the staff (95% or above once out of three)
Playing Warm up
pg. 43 - rhythm studies - #7-8
pg. 42 - Concert Bb major scale and arpeggio
Standard of Excellence: #61-on
Listening/Video
Classical - Clair de lune
Funny - Jus deal wif it
Inspiring - Landfill Harmonic
Instrument demo - US Army Band demo
Instrument manufactoring -
Jazz - "Starduster" - Jeff Derby
Jazz academy - New orleans clarinet
Jeopardy - Name that song
Piano guys - Lord of the rings
"Sampled" aka Stolen vs Original - "Eighties " (killing joke)" vs "Come as you are (nirvana)," "Under Pressure" (queen) vs. "Ice Ice Baby" (vanilla ice)
Ted Talk - Bluegrass kids
Intermediate band
Helpful links: Note identification, Rhythm practice, Metronome, Tuner and Tuner #2, Drone and Drone #2 - new rhythms
Quiz/Assignment
Non-playing Warm-up
Note identification - 96% with extensions and white board help (95% or above twice out of three)
Playing Warm-up
Scale: review of concert Ab all - @ 60 bpm
Rhythm: pg 5 lines 3 and 4
completed: F Ab Eb Bb
Standard of Excellence (red)
#113-on
Class Song
Dreams of Scotland - pop quiz on anything from beg-25
completed: Orinoco cocoa (incomplete), seven nation army, mission impossible
Listening/Video
Classical: "Requiem (Lacrimosa)" - Mozart, "Night on bald mountain" - Mussorgsky, "Claire de lune" - Debussy
Documentary: The genius of jazz, John Williams
Funny: more cowbell, Jus deal wif it
Inspiring: Alzheimer patient hears music, Yo Yo Ma Bach cello suite, Why music matters, Landfill Harmonic
Instrument demo: The instrumentals (piano, bass, drums, sax), Less common instruments, US Army band demo
Instrument manufacturing: america's oldest drum factory, buffet clarinet factory, bach trumpet tour, how a ukelele is made, how a trombone is made, making of a steinway piano, building an upright bass by hand, selmer saxophone factory, bamboo flute
Jazz Academy: Let freedom swing, New Orleans Clarinet
Jazz: "Watermelon man" - Herbie Hancock, "Mumbles" - Clark Terry, Trombone Shorty at the White House, "Mambo Influenciado" - Chucho Valdez, "Hirajoshi" - Jeff Derby
Jeopardy: name that song #2, Basic music 1, Name that song
Mainstream: "Piano man" - Billy Joel, "Jurassic Park" - John Williams, "Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder
Piano Guys: "Lord of the Rings"
"Sampled" aka Stolen vs Original - "Eighties " (killing joke)" vs "Come as you are (nirvana)," "Under Pressure" (queen) vs. "Ice Ice Baby" (vanilla ice)
Ted Talk: How playing an instrument benefits your brain, Bluegrass kids
World Music: Putumayo: Mexico #1, "Pata pata" - Miriam Makeba, "Por una cabeza" - Carlos Gardel
Advanced band
Helpful links: Note identification, Rhythm practice, Metronome, Tuner and Tuner #2, Drone and Drone #2 - new rhythms
Quiz/Assignment
Non-playing Warm-up
Note identification - 95% with extensions (your own clef) and no white board help (95% or above once out of three)
Ear Training - interval practice (m2, P4, 8ve) - print whole class copies
Playing Warm-up
Rhythm: pg 12 lines 3 and 4
Scale: Review Concert F melodic minor all @ 80
completed: melodic minor F Eb Bb, Chromatic Scale G Db C Ab F Eb Bb
Standard of Excellence (blue)
#116-on
Class Song
Mr Blue Sky - 67-DS
completed: fandango, I want you back, Don't you worry bout a thing, High Intensity
Listening/Video
Black History Month: The life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Classical: "Symphony #5 in C minor" - Beethoven, "Ride of the Valkyries" - Wagner, "Prelude in C# minor" - Rachmaninoff, "Requiem (Lacrimosa)" - Mozart, "Night on bald mountain" - Mussorgsky, "Reverie" - Debussy
Documentary: Standing in the shadows of motown, John Williams, The genius of jazz
Funny: more cowbell, Stephen Colbert learns the trumpet, Stuff middle school students say, Just deal wif it
Inspiring: Jacob Collier the audience choir, Alzheimer patient hears music, Yo Yo Ma Bach Cello Suite, Why music matters, Landfill harmonic
Instrument demo: Didgeridoo meets orchestra, Flute Beatbox, The lick, Where to place your tongue (sax), how to tongue on trumpet, how to tongue on flute, Less common instruments, History of the drums/piano/bass/sax, How to clean the sax/clarinet mouthpiece and flute, trumpet and trombone bath, US Army band
Instrument manufacturing: building an upright bass by hand, how a ukelele is made, bach trumpet tour, buffet clarinet factory, america's oldest drum factory, making of a steinway piano, how the trombone is made, bamboo flute, selmer saxophone factory
Jazz: "Mumbles" - Clark Terry, "Rhapsody in blue" - Gershwin, "Blue rondo a la turk" - Dave Brubeck, "What a wonderful world" - Louis Armstrong/Jon Batiste, "Watermelon man" - Herbie Hancock, "Barcelona to Oakland" - Jeff Derby
Jazz academy: New orleans dreams, 16 bar congregational song, Rhythms of merengue, Brazil's choro, Let freedom swing, New Orleans clarinet
Jeopardy: Intermediate music, Instruments, Name that song #2, Basic music 2, Name that song, American popular music, Basic music 1
Mainstream music: "Don't you worry bout a thing" - Stevie Wonder, "Piano man" - Billy Joel, "Theme from schindler's list" - John Williams, "America the beautiful" - Ray Charles, "Just the two of us" - Bill Withers/Marcin music, "No woman no cry" - Bob Marley, "Tears in heaven," - Eric Clapton, "Isn't she lovely" - Stevie Wonder
Piano Guys: "Beethoven's 5 secrets," "Jurassic Park," "Lord of the rings"
"Sampled" aka Stolen vs Original - "Eighties " (killing joke)" vs "Come as you are (nirvana)," "Under Pressure" (queen) vs. "Ice Ice Baby" (vanilla ice)
Ted talk: Diversity in harmony, Ahn trio, Percussive guitar duo, How playing an instrument benefits your brain, bluegrass kids
World Music: "Por una cabeza" - Carlos Gardel, Putumayo - Mexico #1, Brazil #2, Paris #1, Cuba #1, "Pata pata" - Miriam Makeba
beg jazz (mon lunch)
one for daddy o - have melody ready for next monday
completed: sonnymoon for two, mr pc, st james
int jazz (wed & fri lunch)
blue seven - demo melody
completed: reds good groove, blues in the closet, killer joe, watermelon man, revelation, when the saints go marching in, mercy mercy mercy, so what, equinox, blues by 5, one for daddy o, sonnymoon for two, mr pc, st james infirmary
adv jazz (Tue & thur lunch)
Class song
Manteca - demo entire piece with solos
next songs (starting from the bottom): caravan, epilogue, do nothin, st louis blues, walkin thing, alfies theme, softly, nearness, the drive, dat dere, buster rides again, bye bye blackbird, one by one, sack of woe, salt peanuts, sandu, emancipation, fly me, in walked bud, smoke gets in your eyes, petite fleur, you're my everything, chameleon, autumn leaves, on the sunny side of the street, basin st blues, moanin, georgia on my mind
completed: moon river, there will never be another you, mahjong, don't get around much anymore, my funny valentine, gravy waltz, maiden voyage, blue monk, it don't mean a thing, chitlins con carne, mo better blues, footprints, impressions, take the a train, black orpheus, afro blue, beautiful love, holy land, road song, groove merchant, blue bossa, cold duck time, work song, tenor madness, st thomas, song for my father, blue seven, red's good groove, blues in the closet, killer joe, watermelon man, revelation, when the saints go marching in, mercy mercy mercy, so what, equinox, blues by 5, one for daddy o, sonnymoon for two, mr pc, st james infirmary
music exploratory
Helpful links: Note identification, Rhythm practice, Metronome, Tuner and Tuner #2, Drone and Drone #2 - new rhythms
Ukes
completed: 24/25 - good riddance, Surfin USA, Don't worry be happy, For what it's worth, Hey Soul Sister, three little birds, you are my sunshine
Keyboards
completed: 24/25 - Bb D, G, F, C major pent
Choir
Note identification - quiz on thursday (20 question - with 5 extra credit possibilities)
Warmup and Rhythms
ABC, 1 1-2-1, Ma Me Mi
Class Song
The Greatest Showman - practice pages 3-7 with the recording
Listening: "Respect" - Aretha Franklin, "Hirajoshi" - Jeff Derby, "Pata pata" - Miriam Makeba
Possible song options: glorious, speak the truth in love, yonder come day, journey on, lean on me, tongo
completed: 25-26 - obwisana, ma bella bimba, when the party's over, imagine, i have a voice
completed: 24-25 - for good, mas que nada, defying gravity, there has to be a song, We are the children, Found/Tonight, Oye, Blackbird, Hamilton, Over my head/I wish I knew, A light of hope a song of peace
Listening/Video 25-26
Funny - Jus deal wif it
Inspiring - Landfill harmonic
Instrument manufacturing - the making of a steinway piano
Jeopardy - Name that song
Piano Guys: "A thousand years"
"Sampled" aka Stolen vs Original - "Eighties " (killing joke)" vs "Come as you are (nirvana)," "Under Pressure" (queen) vs. "Ice Ice Baby" (vanilla ice)
Ted Talk: Bluegrass kids
Listening/Video 24-25
Classical: "Night on bald mountain" - Mussorgsky, "Reverie" - Debussy
Documentary: John Williams
Funny: Jus deal wif it
Inspiring: Found Tonight, Alzheimers patient hears music, Why music matters, Virtual choir, Landfill Harmonic
Instrument demo: basic strumming technique with jake shimabukuro
Instrument manufacturing: how a uke is made, making of a steinway piano
Jazz Academy: Let freedom swing
Jazz: "Mumbles" - Clark Terry, "I wish I knew how it would feel to be free" - Nina Simone, "Barcelona to Oakland" - Jeff Derby
Jeopardy: Name that song
Mainstream: "Carol of the bells" - John Williams, "Blackbird" - Beatles/Bobby McFerrin, "Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
Piano Guys: "Lord of the Rings"
Ted Talk: "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Jake Shimabukuro, How playing an instrument benefits your brain, Bluegrass kids
World Music: "Pata pata" - Miriam Makeba, "Por una cabeza" - Carlos Gardel