- Set up chairs and music stands 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 half notes, half rests, and whole notes as demonstrated by my performance of #14 "Go For Excellence."
- PERC: By the end of class today, I will be able to respond appropriately to half notes, half rests, quarter notes, and quarter rests as demonstrated by my performance of #14 "Go For Excellence."
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
[10] Ensemble Warmup
- Review thumbs up, dot, thumbs down, checklist, etc.
- Pg. 6, #7 (3 part warmup procedure)
- 1st time: call & response, brass on mouthpiece
- 2nd time: call & response, brass on horns
- 3rd time: tutti
[5] Breathing Warmup
- In for 4, out for 4, in for 2, out for 2, in for 1, out for 1 (breathe in down through your feet)
[60] Ensemble
- #13 - harmony, consonance, dissonance, duet, triangle, sus. cym., bass drum technique
- #14 - review notes and beat values, write in counts
- go outside?
[9] Closure
- Did we achieve our DLT?
- Performance Quiz on #14 due Friday via Schoology (percussionists must perform both snare drum and keyboard percussion parts)
- Stay on top of your Weekly Practice Records
- WWB: always dry out your instrument after playing (swab demo, brass spit valve demo)
- Put away all chairs, music stands, and equipment before you leave this room!