This has been a great week for progress. Classes are starting to move faster as we are mastering our fundamentals and our first simple melodies. Last week we did a recording project in class. This weekend, students are to record themselves at home playing a line from the book with a background track. After they have recorded themselves, email me their recording. This is for a major grade.
Announcements
- Practice Card is due on Tuesday, October 13th
- Students should be practicing 30 minutes each day. Students have a distinct process to practicing each line. There are also instructions on how to use/vary that process.
- The Fundraiser has begun. Click here for instructions.
- Students need to download the play-along tracks for their book lines from either myeelibrary or from the CD that came with some of their books. The access code for the online library is found at the bottom of the title page of the book.
- Play along tracks for our daily drills can be found here. The students were given the password in class.
Assignments
- Recording Project
- Remington – both patterns
- Slurs – high to low, fast to slow
- Pg. 42 1-12 — counting & PLAYING rhythms
- Articulating (tonguing) quarter notes. 4 at a time; air and tongue first and then with tone.
- Mouthpiece & BERP sirens and remington patterns
- EE 10-18 – students have a distinct process to practicing each line. There are also instructions on how to use/vary that process.
- Darth Vader Theme