| 8th Grade band Information |
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| updated August 31, 2009 |
Bring your instruments to school on the first day. You will have band 1st block (Green).
★★★What can you do right now before school starts? ★★★
Make sure that your instrument is in good playing condition. If your instrument needs repairs
try to get this done before school starts, if possible.
Woodwinds: make sure you have cleaning cloth, swabs and reeds depending on your instrument.
Brass: oil valves, trombone slides
Percussion: make sure you have your sticks and mallets
Everyone: Get your names on your cases or sticks and mallets
★★★ If you play Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn, Baritone, Tuba★★★
Bring your mouthpieces, reeds and rental payment on the first day of school.
($25.00 per semester
or you may pay for the full year $50.00)
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♩♩♩♫ Start working on your "Tone Quality" ♩♩♩♫
How? Play a "Concert" F for 4 counts (whole notes) at a time. Need a beat or tempo? Use the second hand on a clock ⌚ if you do not have a metronome. (or click here metronome) Set metronome on 60.
Flutes, Oboe, Bassoon,Trombone, Baritone, Tuba, Bells----F
Clarinet, Trumpet-----G (Clarinets use open G with right hand down)
Alto Saxophone-----D
French Horn-----C
While you are doing this make sure that your fingers are relaxed and close to the keys or valves. Check your posture.
What to listen for? Make sure that you have a clear, clean tone that is full. This needs to happen all 4 counts from the beginning of the note to the very end of the note.
Need Music? You can use your fingering chart at the back of your book from last year. To do this exercise, start on your "Concert" F and go up (ascending) on each note (Chromatic Scale). Hold each note for 4 counts (whole notes) and you can put 4 counts of rests in between each note. You can also go down (descending).
Percussion you may do this same exercise on your bells working on even rolls.
♩♩♩♩ The great news about this exercise is that it only takes a few minutes and you will improve your tone, range and endurance making you and your band more successful. ♩♩♩♩
If you would like more musical things to do go here: music theory or dsokids
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H.F Stevens
Leticia Ledesma
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