- Sit in your assigned seat
- MusicRacer.com
- Winds: Fingerings - Your Instrument - Level A
- Percussion: Note Names - Flute or Piccolo - Level A
- When finished with Level A, close your iPad, stand up, and look at the dot
Today's Objectives
- Play the Concert E-flat scale with accurate pitch, rhythm, and articulation
Homework
- Concert E-flat scale (#2 on the Honor Band sheet) is due Wednesday, September 6th
- Practice "Ghosts of the Lost Ship"
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[5] First Five
[5] Rhythm Studies
[20] Social Contract
- Get into your teams of 4 - you will need something to write on (book, binder, etc.) and with (pen or pencil)
- You will receive a "Building Our Social Contract" paper
- Write your first and last names at the top of your paper
- Take turns answering each prompt– Teammate 2 writes down Teammate 1's answer, Teammate 3 writes down Teammate 2's answer, and so on
- Once your team has finished the "Building Our Social Contract" paper and placed it in the homework drawer
- Come up to Mr. Summers and get a fingering chart
- Return to your assigned seat and silently study/prepare your music. Look up any notes that you do not know or remember!
[5] Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal:
- Set up your music stand first
- Music binder, iPad with BandMate open, and pencil on your stand
- All backpacks tucked under chairs
- Flute, oboe, clarinet cases can be under chairs
- All other cases stay in lockers
- Saxes/Bass Clarinet: be sure your swab is at your chair so you do not have to get it from your case at the end of rehearsal
- Percussion, set up every instrument needed for warmups and "Ghosts"
[5] Ensemble Sound Development
- Articulation warmup
- Concert B-flat scale - as written, add dynamics
[5] Breathing Gym
[15] Ensemble Sound Development
- Long Tones
- Lip Slurs
- Concert E-flat scale
- Whole notes
- Half notes
- Quarter notes
- As written
[15] Ensemble Rehearsal - "Ghosts of the Lost Ship"
[10] Announcements / Reminders
- Fall Concert is October 6th
- Attire is Benton Music Polo and khaki slacks or shorts. Note that this is different from last year! If you need a polo order one ASAP via the link on Schoology.
- Percussion: clean up and put everything away
- Woodwinds: don't forget to swab!
- If you are not in Lab, your instrument goes home today; if you are in Lab, you can take it home or leave it here
- Brass: rack stands
- Woodwinds: rack chairs