HOMESCHOOL BAND
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." Johann Sebastian Bach
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Here is the order of the songs for the concert
Beginners Jingle Bells Sawmill Creek Int Rock Island Express Joyeux Noel World of Christmas Sr You’ve Got a Friend Disney on Parade Christmas Bells Good Christian Men Coventry Carol
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Hi Everyone!
Here's the last question of the week before the show! Somewhere on the site is a duck! Find the post that has the duck and leave a comment on it with your name to answer this week! It's Crunch time!
With the concert only one 11 days away it's time to buckle down and polish up your songs. Remember to stop when you make a mistake and break down the music into small chunks. Start with the measure where you made that mistake. Play through it slowly and correctly a minimum of six times. Then add on more music, either before or after and gradually bring it up to speed. Once you have played through the whole piece (at a slower pace) correctly, do it again 5 or 6 times before you begin gradually bring up the tempo. You've Got This!! Be sure to check back this week as we will be posting the order of the songs. Happy Monday!
The question this week is.... What minor did I recieve with my music degree from university? ~Harold Here's the question of the week!
According to the fingering chart in your Standard of Excellence book, how many F's does your instrument play? For bonus points, how many are possible on your instrument? (the chart in your book may be missing some) The countdown to our first concert has begun. With just 3 more rehearsal weeks we can see just exactly what we have to do.
1. Continue to strengthen your skills by practicing every day. 2. When you encounter a tricky section break it down and practice 1 bar at a time slowly and perfectly. When you've done it perfectly a couple of times increase the speed. Continue to do this until you have it at concert speed 3. Stay healthy. Eat your vegetables and get enough sleep. There is nothing more dissapointing than practicing hard and not having the reward of the concert! Senior Band Continue on with your pieces Intermediate Band We have reached Page 16 - Rock Island Express. work on this one and Joyeux Noel on page 7 and A world of Christmas. Don't forget the scales and other exercises all the way to the bottom of page 17. Flutes, I challenge you to a breathing contest. #61 page 13, how many measures can you go before you have to breath? Beginners We have reached page 18. Practicing everyday, maybe even working all the way through the lessons we've done, will help you remember all your fingerings. Work on Jingle Bells and number 73. Harold wants to give us a little challenge to see if we can do that perfectly. As promised, here's a double question for this week.
1. How many posts titled "Notes from the podium" are there on our website? 2. Which two videos show musicians falling? (3.) Bonus! When the musicians in question 2 fall, they are playing specific pieces of music. One of the other videos shows a different ensemble playing one of those pieces. Which ensemble is playing it? Here comes the snow.... nah na na nahhhh
Here comes the snow. HEY! I hope everyone is doing well this snowy week. Here are some notes from the week that will serve as excellent reminders for your practicing sessions. And this week I'm going to put all of them together, instead of having ideas for each group! (Because they're great examples that can apply to everyone!) Scales! I know I've said this a lot, but it's because it's so important. We all need to work on scales all the time, they are the basic building block of all North American music! (Beginners I know we haven't gotten a whole scale yet, but number 66 is part of it, so start there.) So work on scales, chromatic, major, minor... ALL of them, if you want to experiment with modes, you can do that too, just play a scale but starting on a different note (example a C major scale, but playing on a D up to another D) Counting! Practice counting in 4, in 3, in 6, in 2, etc. I know it sounds lame, but the more we practice counting (and sub-division) while you practice, the easier it will be. Something that we can do to help with this is make-up lyrics; Tacos are my best supper. Tacos taste really great. Tacos don't go in smoothies. Tacos go on my plate. Fingering! I know you know where the charts are! Make sure you know the fingerings for all your notes, especially new ones. Breathing! Make sure you breathe properly. We use our diaphragms to breathe, not our lungs, so make sure you're exercising that muscle each time to practice. We want to be able to breathe only once per phrase, (so not every bar and DEFINITELY not after each note) see how long you can last on one note. See if you can stretch it to be longer the next time, use a timer! See if you can beat your own record. This may not apply to everyone, but it is helpful to know. Lip-slurs! or as I call them... Tounge-slurs! Make an ooh sound and then an eee sound, but don't move your lips. But rounding your tongue up you can make the air say eee. That movement is what brass players use to slide the pitch up into potion during a "lip-slur" use this technique along with tightening your embouchure (back not down remember) to fly through the warm-up exercises in our books. Here's a great example I've found online that can be useful. youtu.be/RI5t2xw-6AA Lastly... Practice! Especially work on the pieces we are prepping for our concert! Have a great week! ~Harold |
Angela Squire
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