6th Grade Band Materials and Resources

Band Benchmark Materials

Band students should possess certain skills in order to be nominated. The participation guidelines can be found below. Each school should only nominate their strongest students who possess the following skills (or more).

Required recording:

With the exception of the clarinets and snare drummers, each student will need to submit a recording of their performance of the B-flat concert scale. No particular rhythm or tempo is required, but should be performed with a steady beat. All notes must be articulated. 

Clarinets need only record themselves playing from the B-flat below the staff to the B-flat in the staff at a steady beat (no particular rhythm is required). A major scale is not required. Snare drummers will record their performance of the provided 8-measure excerpt.