Announcements
- Students received their band t-shirt today. Take care to turn it inside out and wash in cold water or the colors could fade.
- Practice Card is due on Monday, September 14th
- We have a change in practice time…..Students are expected to practice on only for 20 minutes at a time this weekend.
- History of the Instrument Project is due Monday, September 21st.
- Private Lessons are strongly encouraged. Sign-up now before all of the available time are filled
- Ask your student to demonstrate their correct posture, hand position and valve/slide series.
- Our first pep rally is on Monday, September 21st. Students are expected to wear their band t-shirts.
Assignments
The students are chomping at the bit to play melodies. We are almost their. Keep encouraging them to practice controlling a long steady sound on one note at a time (or per breath).
- Completing Music Theory lessons 1-5
- Correct breathing (before they play and while playing a steady note)
- Holding out a steady target tone
- Mouthpiece & BERP sirens
- We are learning our note names and recognizing symbols
- Valve and Slide series
- Practice your note names on musicracer.com
- Learning to count rhythms – whole, half, and quarter note combinations (page 42 in Essential Elements)
- Working on History of the Instrument Projects