- Set up chairs, music stands, and percussion instruments in the concert arc
- Quietly and efficiently prepare your instrument for rehearsal
- Sit quietly in assigned seat and write DLT & HW in your agenda (no backpacks or cases in concert arc)
Daily Learning Target
- WWB: By the end of class today, I will be able to respond appropriately to quarter notes and quarter rests as demonstrated by my performance of #15 "A Quarter's Worth."
- PERC: By the end of class today, I will be able to respond appropriately to whole notes and whole rests as demonstrated by my performance of #15 "A Quarter's Worth."
Homework
- WWB: mouthpiece buzzing, pg. 7-8
- PERC: "8 on a Hand," "Pepperoni Pizza," pg. 7-8
- Unless you have a keyboard percussion instrument at home, you must practice keyboard percussion at school every week
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[5] Ensemble Warmup
- Breathing Warmup
- in 4, out 4, in 2, out 2, in 1, out 1
- Pg. 6, #7 (3 part warmup procedure)
- 1st time: call & response, brass on mouthpiece
- 2nd time: call & response, brass on horns
- 3rd time: tutti
[10] How to Practice Effectively
- Set a specific, bite-sized goal ("by the end of this practice session I want to be able to play measure 6 correctly 9 out of 10 times)
- Warm up with something familiar
- Break down, build up
- Repetition, repetition, repetition
- Context
- End with something familiar
[10] Ensemble
- Review #14 (measures 4-5 first; count & clap, then play)
[15] Independent Practice / Schoology Troubleshooting
- practice #15, 16, 17
[25] Ensemble
- #15 (new note and rest values, define phrase)
- #16
- #17
[5] Exit Ticket
- Quarter Notes & Rests
- Half Notes & Rests
- Whole Notes & Rests
[9] Closure
- Did we achieve our DLT?
- Exit ticket
- Performance Quiz on #14 due by the end of the day today via Schoology (percussionists must perform both snare drum and keyboard percussion parts)
- Stay on top of your Weekly Practice Records