Assigned 2/8/19 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) -F major scale, ascending and descending, in whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes at a moderate tempo (speed) -"High Adventure" -"Surprise Symphony Variations" Recordings of the two songs above can be found here -Book assignments: #68 both sides (Full Band only line A, French Horn only both lines) Assigned 2/1/19 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) -F major scale, ascending and descending, in whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes at a moderate tempo (speed) -"High Adventure" -"Surprise Symphony Variations" -#56 in book (full band version) and #40 Recordings of the two songs above can be found here Assigned 1/25/19 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) -F major scale, ascending and descending, in whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes at a moderate tempo (speed) -"High Adventure" -"Surprise Symphony Variations" -#56 in book (full band version) Recordings of the two songs above can be found here Assigned 1/18/19 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) -F major scale, ascending and descending, in whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes at a moderate tempo (speed) -"High Adventure" -"Surprise Symphony Variations" Recordings of the two songs above can be found here Assigned week of 1/7/19 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) -F major scale, ascending and descending, in whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes at a moderate tempo (speed) -"High Adventure" -First 3-4 lines of "Surprise Symphony Variations Recordings of the two songs above can be found here Assigned week of 12/17/18 (and for winter break) Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) -"High Adventure" -First two lines (or more if comfortable) of "Surprise Symphony Variations" -F major scale (F G A Bb C D E F E D C Bb A G F) Assigned week of 12/10/18 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) -High Adventure -F major scale (F G A Bb C D E F E D C Bb A G F) Assigned week of 11/26/18 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) For the next two weeks we will be primarily focusing on our concert songs, which are: Pg. 7, #9 (Half Note Rock) Pg. 7, #10 (Steppin') Pg. 8, #15 (Rising Rhythms) Pg. 9, #26 (Love Somebody) Pg. 10, #29 (Serenity) Pg. 10, #34 (The Frog's Song) Pg. 15, #50 (Mahnomen Harvest) Pg. 15, #52 (Now Let Me Fly) Pg. 9, #25 (A La Rueda; this will be an Alto Saxophones and French Horn Only song) Each school will also do a song: Centerville: Pg. 9, #22 (Little Robin Redbreast) Ayers: Pg. 9, #24 (Itsy Bitsy Spider) Hannah: Pg. 9, #23 (Merrily We Roll Along) Cove: Pg. 8, #17 (Rain, Rain) North Beverly: Pg. 8, #19 (Hot Cross Buns) Assigned 11/16/18 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) Mouthpiece Long tones and "4 beat" exercise (try to tap your foot as you hold out the 4 beats). Also try sirens and the four beat exercise with tonguing. On instrument Long tones and "4 beat" exercise on the notes C, D, E, F, G, A (also try with tonguing). -Pg. 8 (french horns only) #17 -Pg. 8 (full band) #19 -Pg. 9 (full band) #22 -Pg. 9 (french horns only) #26 -Pg. 10 (french horns only) #30 -High Adventure, measures 1-19, add 19-27 *PROGRESS REPORTS ARE DUE WHEN BACK WHEN WE RETURN FROM VACATION* Feel free to experiment with the notes you've learned, too! Assigned 11/9/18 Students should be practicing about 15-20 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) Mouthpiece Long tones and "4 beat" exercise (try to tap your foot as you hold out the 4 beats). Also try sirens and the four beat exercise with tonguing. On instrument Long tones and "4 beat" exercise on the notes C, D, E, F, G, A (also try with tonguing). -Pg. 7, #s 10 and 11 -Pg. 8, #s 14 and 15 -High Adventure, measures 1-19 Feel free to experiment with the notes you've learned, too! Assigned week of 10/22/18 Students should be practicing about 10 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) Mouthpiece Long tones and "4 beat" exercise (try to tap your foot as you hold out the 4 beats). Also try sirens and the four beat exercise with tonguing. On instrument Long tones and "4 beat" exercise on the notes C, D, E, F, G, A (also try with tonguing). Hot Cross Buns (using E, D, C) Rain, Rain, Go Away (using G, F, and E) Pages 4 and 5 (F Horn Only version of the pages), #s 1-5 (this is just review) Page 4 French Horn and Brass only, #4 and 5 Page 7, #s 7, 8, 9, and 10 Feel free to experiment with the notes you've learned, too! Assigned week of 10/15/18 Students should be practicing about 10 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) Mouthpiece Long tones and "4 beat" exercise (try to tap your foot as you hold out the 4 beats). Also try sirens and the four beat exercise with tonguing. On instrument Long tones and "4 beat" exercise on the notes C, D, E, F, G (also try with tonguing). Hot Cross Buns (using E, D, C) Rain, Rain, Go Away (using G, F, and E) Pages 4 and 5 (F Horn Only version of the pages), #s 1-5 Feel free to experiment with the notes you've learned, too! Assigned week of 9/24/18 Students should be practicing about 10 minutes per day (5-7 days per week) Mouthpiece Long tones and "4 beat" exercise (try to tap your foot as you hold out the 4 beats). Also try sirens and the four beat exercise with tonguing. On instrument Long tones and "4 beat" exercise on the notes C, D, E, F, G (also try with tonguing). Hot Cross Buns (using E, D, C) Dismissal policy forms are due back to Ms. Carr by our next lesson. Assigned week of 9/17/18 At this point, students should be practicing about 5 minutes per day. Practice taking deep breaths, and make sure you're sitting/standing nice and tall! Mouthpiece Long tones and "4 beat" exercise (try to tap your foot as you hold out the 4 beats). Also try sirens. On instrument Long tones and "4 beat" exercise on the notes E and C. After this, experiment! *remember to make sure that you start each note like you're saying "too" |
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