6-8 Grade Band

♫  Unit 1: Beginning Band Foundations

♫  Unit 3: Open House

• Any Way You Want It

• Louie, Louie

• Roar, Tigers!

• Spring                                                                                                                                           

• Stand By Me (Lyrics)

6th-8th Grade Band Essential Skills

• Rehearsal Skills

  • 1.1 Rehearsal Decorum

  • 1.2 Instrument Maintenance

  • 1.3 Listening Skills

  • 1.4 Practice Skills 

• Music Theory

  • 2.1 Essential Vocabulary  

  • 2.2 Essential Rhythms

  • 2.3 Essential Note Names

  • 2.4 Essential Fingerings

• Instrumental Technique

  • 3.1 Posture & Playing Position

  • 3.2 Articulation

  • 3.3 Tone

  • 3.4 Note Fluency

• Musical Expression

  • 4.1 Tempo

  • 4.2 Dynamics

  • 4.3 Intonation

  • 4.4 Phrasing

6th-8th Grade Band Song List

  ♫  Scale Degree Warm-up    Slides

  ♫  Unit 1: Folk Songs, Classic Melodies, and Rounds

• Au Claire de la Lune

• Frère Jacques

• Hot Cross Buns

• Mary Had a Little Lamb

• Ode to Joy

• Sweetly Sings the Donkey

• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star   Slides   Screencast | Sheet Music 

  ♫  Unit 2: Pep Band

  ♫  Unit 3: Open House

• Any Way You Want It

• Louie, Louie

• Roar, Tigers!

• Spring

Solo Selections

  ♫  Coming Soon

Resources

Use this link to open Chrome Music Lab then explore:

• Shared Piano

• Song Maker

• Rhythm