Intermediate Band

AGENDA

29 Aug 2018

  1. Attendance

  1. Housekeeping - turn in supplies and assignments

  1. Reinforcing Topic 1

  1. Reinforcing Topic 2: Instruments in a Concert Band & Other Ensembles

  1. Theory
  1. Notespeller Book 2
  2. Excellence in Theory Book 1

  1. Instruments
  1. Long tones: Concert D, C, Bb, A, G, F
  2. Concert Eb Major Scale[1]
  3. SOE Red Book
  4. Repertoire: Guam Hymn

OBJECTIVES

  1. Students will be able to identify and classify instruments / voicings into their respective ensembles.
  2. Students will be able to identify ensembles by their instrumentation.
  3. Students will play the concert Eb major scale and its arpeggio pattern.
  4. Students will review music theory concepts.

[1] Students should also know their transpositions:

   Concert Eb Major Scale (3b: Bb, Eb, Ab)

  1. C instruments                (Eb Maj = 3b: Bb, Eb, Ab)                 Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb
  2. Bb instruments                (F Maj = 1b: Bb)                         F G A Bb C D E F
  3. Eb instruments                (C Maj = No b, No #)                C D E F G A B C
  4. F instruments                (Bb Maj = 2b: Bb, Eb)                Bb C D Eb F G A Bb