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 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
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Angela Squire
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