Advanced Band

AGENDA

27 Aug 2018

  1. Attendance

  1. Housekeeping
  1. Return graded quizzes
  2. Correct mistakes - there will be future opportunities to raise the proficiency level. Don’t stop studying and taking notes.

  1. Reinforcing Topic 1 - Worksheets due at First Binder Check

Write into Assignment Log

  1. String Vibration / Air Vibration Worksheet - Other
  2. Struck or Shaken (Percussive Vibration) Worksheet / Women’s Voices - Other
  3. Men’s Voices / Dance Music - Other

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

Worksheets due Next Week

  1. Vocal Music / Instrumental Music - Other
  2. Marching Band / Jazz Band - Other
  3. Chamber Orchestra / Symphony Orchestra - Other

  1. Topic 2b: Introduction to The Basic Elements of Music 

  1. Instruments
  1. Long tones: Concert D, C, Bb, A, G, F
  2. Concert Eb Major Scale[1]
  3. SOE Red & Blue 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

[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