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By the end of Year 3, your child will be able to:
By the end of Year 3, your child will be able to:
Curriculum Guide
Parents and students will find below a list of learning goals for students in West Millbrook Magnet Middle School Bands. After three years in West Millbrook Magnet Middle School Bands, the student should be able to:
Individual Goals
Hold the instrument, sticks, or mallets correctly with correct hand position.
Demonstrate the correct posture to be used when playing the instrument.
Form a correct embouchure or stick grip for the instrument.
Produce a characteristic, controlled sound on the instrument.
Perform clean articulations on the instrument to include; tongue and slur combinations, accents, staccato, legato, and forte-piano.
Perform solo works with minimal assistance from the director.
Demonstrate the ability to care for, maintain, store, and transport the instrument.
Ensemble (Group) Goals
Explain and demonstrate, with the band, the pyramid balance concept.
Demonstrate the ability to tune the instrument and play in tune with the band.
Explain and demonstrate, with the band, staggered breathing.
Explain and demonstrate, with the band, dovetailing of phrases.
Perform the appropriate level of concert music with artistry and musical taste.
Successfully sight-read an appropriate level of concert music.
Perform and receive a rating at the NC Band Festival.
Perform music for the public with the band.
Music Theory Goals
Identify pitches in both treble and bass clef.
Count, play, and identify by ear, common rhythmic figures including eighth-note/eighth-rest combinations, sixteenth-note/sixteenth-rest combinations, syncopated rhythms, rhythms involving ties, dotted rhythms, triplet figures, and cut-time figures.
Define basic Italian, French, German and Latin terms and symbols found in music.
Name the keys on the piano.
Construct half-steps and whole-steps above or below any given pitch.
Write and play all major scales. · Write and identify all major key signatures.
Identify any given pitch in any given key using numerals, solfege, or proper degree names.
Identify (aurally and written) major, minor, and perfect intervals.
Advanced Individual Goals
Play chromatic scales on the instrument.
Play basic swing rhythms on the instrument.
Play blues scales on the instrument.
Play pure, harmonic and melodic minor scales on the instrument.
Transpose and perform basic tunes up or down a whole step at sight.
Music Appreciation Goals
Experience the performance of fine music by ensembles and soloists by attending live concerts and listening to recordings.
Citizenship Goals
Exhibit personal pride, integrity, responsibility, commitment, dependability, a strong work ethic, and esprit de corps.
Respect the abilities and efforts of others.
Additional Percussion Goals
Percussion students will also demonstrate additional proficiency in the following areas:
Perform basic drum rudiments to include rolls, flams, paradiddles, drags, ruffs, and ratamacues.
Demonstrate knowledge of suspended and crash cymbal technique.
Demonstrate knowledge of chime technique.
Demonstrate knowledge of auxiliary instrument technique (triangle, tambourine, sleigh bells. woodblock, etc.).
Demonstrate knowledge of concert bass drum technique.
Demonstrate the ability to tune and play basic timpani parts.
Concert Etiquette
1. Listen attentively. Give your full focus to the music being performed.
2. Refrain from talking, tapping, or making other distracting sounds or movements.
3. Refrain from chewing, eating, or drinking.
4. Remain seated until the performance is over.
5. Turn off cell phones or other electronic devices.
6. Applaud only when appropriate and only in a way that will encourage the
performer(s).
7. Be open-minded and receptive to different styles of music.
During Quarter 1 we will be working on the IB Unit: A Musician's Role
During Quarter 1 we will be working on the IB Unit: A Musician's Role
Year 1 Students will be learning to identify musical symbols, basic embouchure or vocal production, and how to create a characteristic sound or tone on their instrument or with their voice.
Year 2 & Year 3 Students will be working on A Musician's Role to identify how their perception of a musician has changed over the course of the year, the amount of growth they have shown, and how their individual growth impacts the ensemble as a whole.
During Quarter 2 we will be working on the IB Unit: Details, Details, Details
During Quarter 2 we will be working on the IB Unit: Details, Details, Details
Year 1 Students will be identifying expressive markings and demonstrating control over themselves and their instrument to produce the expressive aspects of music.
Year 2 & Year 3 Students will be working on Details to increase their musicianship and expressiveness that is displayed through their individual and group performances.
During Quarter 3, Year 2 and Year 3 will be working on the IB Unit: Solo Preparation
During Quarter 3, Year 2 and Year 3 will be working on the IB Unit: Solo Preparation
Year 2 & Year 3 Students will be working on Solo Preparation to increase their personal musicianship and demonstration of expressive qualities and skills. The solos they will prepare will help them audition for All District and their future high school programs.
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