| Mon. 11/25, p.7 | WU Set #1 Option 1 (pg.6) | Work on the tricky parts of Legend. Michael, you are so close to being beautifully confident in the "Lady of the Lake" section! Keep smoothing out and connecting each measure. | Play through EARTH for beauty of tone. Work on your entrances for a clean attack. Work on note endings for a clean release. | Work on Sleigh Ride with a metronome at h=100. | Maria - find time to work on Bohemian. Play through the entire song to work on muscle memory. | Fri. 12/6, p.2 |
| Thurs. 11/14, p.3 | WU Set #1 Option 1 (pg.6) first with vibrato, then with with tukutuku tu 2x on whole note, WU Set #1 Option 4. | LEGEND: There are measures that you each are struggling with. Break them up and slow them down to work on muscle memory and confident tone. Then, practice them in context at tempo with a metronome. | ON THIS DAY: Listen to the recording. Practice the fanfare so that it is confident, strong, and supported to the end of every phrase. | LEGEND: Play through the entire piece. Make sure your articulation is correct. Make sure your entrances and exits are precise. Use a metronome. | It is vital that you can play all of your concert music confidently, and beautifully, by yourself. Let me know how I can help you. | Tues. 11/19, p.5 |
| Thurs. 11/7, p.2 | Long Tone 2 (pg.5), WU Set #1 Option 3 (pg.6), WU Set #2 Option 1 (pg.7). | LEGEND: Choose measures that you are not confident in. Break them up into smaller portions to train accurate finger muscle memory. | LEGEND: Spend time on note accuracy while controlling a full and beautiful tone. Be able to play confidently by yourself. | LEGEND. Play through the entire piece. Make the lyrical sections beautiful. Make sure your articulation is precise. Use a metronome. | Put Legend on in the background as you do HW or chores. | Thurs. 11/14, p.3 |
| Tues. 10/29, p.7 | Long Tone 2 (pg.5), WU Set #1 Option 3 (pg.6), WU Set #2 Option 1 (pg.7). | Ab concert scale memorized in the pattern on pg.26 at q=100. | Ab concert 3rds in 8th notes at q=100. | Legend = Work on finger muscle memory for the fast runs. Be precise and then add speed. All melodic phrases beautified, all articulation crisp. | Find time to practice. Take a part the measures that need attention and work on them 2 beats at a time. | Fri. 11/8, p.2 |
| Fri.10/25, p.6 | Long Tone 2 (pg.5), WU Set #1 Option 3 (pg.6) WU Set #2 Option 1 (pg.7). | Ab concert scale memorized in quarter notes at q=100. | Ab concert 3rds in quarter notes at q=100. | Legend, all. Focus on m.90-end. | Maria - work on perfecting the parts you are comfy with, then start on the tricky parts. Michael - good job with the tricky parts, next work on making them smooth and polished. | Tues. 10/29, p.7 |
| Summer Reminders and Dashboard Practice Tips | Click on Documents, then on Scales. Open the Scales with Fingerings doc and review the Concert Bb Scale, the Concert F Scale (the lowest octave), and the Concert Eb Scale. | If you need a fingering chart, click on Lesson Resources, and then on the Fingerings doc. | Click on Professional Recordings to help you listen to and learn our new Concert Band music and Pep Band songs! | SO excited to share our music! Go to Documents, then Pep Band. Have fun learning: YMCA, Hooked on a Feeling, Stand Up and Cheer, Star Spangled Banner (by Standridge), Hey Song, Seven Nation, and Kernkraft 400. Fun new Concert Band songs are also posted! | Save the date for our YHS Band Retreat! Tues 8/27 from 1-8pm at YHS. All students are requested to attend. We will have fun playing games, rehearsing, have dinner and then enjoy our Music Dept. Ice Cream Social. Excited to see you there! | YHS Band Summer Socials at West Point! Join me on Sat 7/6 for their Independence Day Concert, and Sun 9/1 for their Labor Day Concert - both feature fireworks over the Hudson! More info: https://westpointband.com/calendar.html |