Week 3: Oct 1, 2019

What we did:

  • Band Skills:
    • Breathing exercises (In 4, hold 4, out 4; In 3, Hold 4, out 5, In 2, hold 4, out 6, etc. with increasing out counts)
    • Look up! Conductors give cues to section during the band music
  • Playing Skills:
    • Lines 8, 11, 14, 17 18
    • Abide with Me: beginning and ending.
      • Watch for cues if you get confused
      • hold notes as written to have the proper effect
    • Practice:
      • In difficult passages, try learning one note at a time instead of trying to do all of them. Play one, then 2, then 3, etc.
  • Other
    • Concert is December 15 (a Sunday)
    • Email me if you are missing music, so I can have it ready when you come in (I don’t always have extra copies lying around)
    • If you would like to volunteer for social committee or would like to run for Band rep, let me know!
    • Theory pages available on my site (Please email me so I can steer you to ones that would be helpful to your individual needs):

What we will do next week:

Essential Elements book: 34, 41-49
Maya: the lost empire 1-8; 12-20

Clinic Rooms:

  • 110: flute
  • Music room practice rooms: oboe
  • 112: clarinet
  • 114: trumpet
  • 115: trombone
  • 143: french horn
  • library: saxophone
  • staff: electric bass
  • Music room: percussion
Listening Links: