High School Band

Week of 9/14-9/18

Last week students began to learn about the basic chord, the triad.  Using the A scale, students observed triads being built on each scale tone (using the sharps F#, C#, and G#, that are part of the A Major scale).  Then students watched a video that showed how a I, IV, and V chord may be used to play various pieces of popular music.  Students practiced identifying progressions of I, IV, and V chords.

Students will continue learning new scales from memory this week.  We will continue to practice the B-flat Concert, F Concert, and E-flat Concert scales.  We will add the A-flat Concert Scale this week. 

Students are continuing to work on Fridays toward Band Karate levels with several making rapid progress toward their Book 1 Black Belt. 

PERFORMANCE TEST ON THE A-flat CONCERT SCALE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.

AURAL SKILLS TEST ON CHORD PROGRESSIONS ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 18.