Band week 3

Listen/Discuss "Song without words" in the discussion section Practice logs assignment. THREE Are due by Wednesday. See Assignments for details STAR WARS PROJECT - this can be part of your practicing! Watch Party - Friday at 2pm. Also a good time for questions and checking in.

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Practice Logs Assignment Update

Because a lot of you will be doing the star wars, we will keep this week simple but add a twist.

Keep practicing. There are 3 logs due, 3 More by next week. CONSISTENT, EFFECTIVE practice. Please note the new ear training section.

Please attach a recording of what you are working on so I can see what you've been up to! I miss seeing you all play.

TIPS:

• If you practice the same time every day or every other day, this will greatly help!

• Change up your "choose your own adventure"

  • I have offered a few new suggestions. If you wish to do a "group" one, and want a private team for communication, let me know.

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Practice Techniques

Ideas For Practicing

Warm ups: Focus on waking up mind, fingers and air

· Half note scales up and down

· Playing a melody you like

· Chromatic scale

· Patterns, starting on each note of a scale you know well

· Really long notes

· Breathing Gym

· 1, 1-2-1, 1-2-3-2-1

Technique: Focus on training the fingers and air to respond instinctively

· Scales: memorising and making them flow so you don’t have to think

• Can do different patterns, start on different notes

• Expand your range - take 5 notes from a scale in your very low or very high range and go 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 repeatedly to make smooth

• Play with a fun backing rhythm (smart music)

· Lip Slurs (brass) – when you change notes but don’t move your fingers. Use the combination 0, then 2, 1, 12, 23, 13, 123

· Long tones – how long can you go? 32 seconds? Do high and low notes

· Arpeggios – notes 1-3-5-8 of a scale, going multiple octaves

· Articulation – staccato, tenuto, accent etc

· Etude – an exercise on smart music or from scale packet

Band Music: So we can be ready for a virtual band!

· March from Holst Suite in Eb

· Bohemian rhapsody

· Trumpeter’s lullaby

Choose your own adventure

§ Find a solo tune to perfect on smart music

§ learn how to operate musescore - write a tune

§ record a duet with yourself on garage band or audcity

§ improvise to a backing track

§ play along with your favorite school appropriate song

§ watch a video of someone explaining how to play your instrument

§ learn how the piano keyboard works

Welcome Back - Band edition

Hi Everyone! I don't know how youtubers do this. This took...a lot of takes! Sorry about the wind.

Summary:

Hope everyone is doing ok! Please contact me directly or your counsellor if you need help of any sort. We are here for you! Also, what have you been up to? Send me some memes (on teams!) that best represents your life right now. Tiktoks also accepted. Plans are underway for you to get your stuff - be patient as we need to be organised and safe.

In the mean time, I have a challenge - Play for someone who is not in the same location at you. You can play happy birthday, or the kits song, or some other song you know (hmm..isn't it useful that we memorized a few pieces for a flashmob?).

If you're bored, you can try a few things from THIS PAGE. The link to the Sideways channel is there. I leave you with this video. (I recommend using headphones to listen to it). Until we play together again!

Take Care,

Ms. Lo