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Tradition of Excellence comprehensive band method- by Bruce Pearson
(Depending on instrument) reeds, cork grease, or valve oil.
Course Description:
This class is designed to teach students the first steps to learning how to play their
desired instruments and read music. During this class students will be introduced to
different ways of reading music on the staff.
Student Learner outcomes:
At the end of the fall course students should be able to
Concerts
October 27th
December 12th
GRADING PROCEDURE
Worksheets
Daily Grades
Two Tests (10% Each)
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
below
20%
30%
20%
15%
15%
A:
B:
C:
D:
100-90
89-80
79-70
69-60
F:
59 and
Week 1
M15
W17
Assembling instruments
Learning how to hold them
Playing on the mouth piece
Percussion will be watching videos about bass drum, snare, and xylophones
F19
Week 2
M22
Students will each learn three notes and as a class we will play them
together.
Students will go into sections and figure out how to play hot cross buns
Students will play what they have learned in front of the class
W24
Students will play hot cross buns in sections and then with the class as a
whole
Students will play hot cross buns using different lengths of notes (1 beat per
note, 2 beats, and 4 beats)
In between phrases resting for 2 beats and 4 beats will be introduced
F26
Week 3
M29
W31
September F2
Morning assignment: draw out a whole note and draw out a whole rest
Go over page 4 and 5 exercises 1, 2, 3,4,5,6
Introduce different note exercises pg 4 #5 and write in the note names under
the note heads
Week 4
M5
W7
F9
Week 5
M12
Start with a daily grade on whole notes, half notes, whole rest, and half rest
Warm up with scale sheet
Play pg 7 #11 duets run through rhythms count, name the note count, and
then play
Introduce quarter notes page 8.
W14
Morning assignment: drawing out a treble clef, whole note, half note, quarter
note, whole rest, half rest, and a quarter rest.
Discuss quarter notes and quarter rests. Show a chart about note values that
match rests
Count out rhythm 14 on pg 8 and then play #s 15 and 17
F16
Week6
M19
W21
F23
Fill in the blank---What does a whole note equal, half note, quarter note, rest
values, & draw a repeat sign?
Scale sheet warm-up
Sight read Dragon Slayer to measure 19count out rhythms, say it with
notes, then play it.
Week 7
M26
Warm-up with scale sheet
Rhythm reading sheet
Write in the counts to dragon slayer up to measure 19
W28
F30
Week 8
October
M3
Morning work sheet- writing out counts to a given rhythm and identify the
symbols with multiple choice the louds and softs of music
Warm up with scale sheet
Rhythm reading sheet
Look at dragon slayer and discuss what accents are & do a couple of accent
exercises with dragon slayer.
W5
F7
***Mid- Term***
Week 9
M10
Warm up Sheet
Rhythm sheet
Run through beginning of Dragon slayer
Dragon slayer write in the counts from measure 36-56 count it, note count it,
and play it
W12
Morning work sheet hand out copies of dragon slayer have three highlighters,
be able to highlight three rhythms that are the same in the song. There will
be an example on the board and explained in class.
Warm up with Scale sheet
Rhythm reading sheet
Beginning of dragon slayer to 56- focusing on rhythms that are the same
F14
Warm up sheet
Rhythm reading sheet
Dragon slayer 56- end
Week 10
M17
Warm up sheet
Rhythm reading sheet
Introducing slurs pg 10 # 29 and 30
Look at dragon slayer Identify where the slurs are
W19
F21
Week 11
M24
W26
F28
Morning work sheet- write a reflection about how you felt about the concert
Watch a music Halloween movie
Week 12
M31
November
W2
F4
Week 13
M7
W9
F11
Week 14
M14
Morning Work sheet- Write out counts to the following rhythm (go over the
answers)
Warm up with Scale sheet
Rhythm reading with eighth notes
Look at The Lost Kingdom- beginning to 5 Count out the rhythms, clap, note
sing, and then play.
W16
F18
Week 15
M21
W23
F25
Morning work sheet: copies of The Lost Kingdom highlight same rhythms in
the piece
Warm up with scale sheet
Rhythm reading eighth notes
The Lost Kingdom Beginning-5 then 45-49. 14-18 then 49-54
Read 55 to the end
Week 16
M28
W03
December
F2
Week 17
M5
W7
F9
Week 18
M12
W14
Final exam
Winter Break