Practice exercise #61 in your Essential Elements 2 book on snare (more practice with drags!) and #5 on bells (and therefore the bell side of the book). The other pieces seem pretty solid at this point, so try to focus more on these assignments for this week. Also, try using […] Read more »

Practice exercises #90, #97, and Glory Joy and Crown on your bells. Make sure to practice these specific tunes first, trying to get the right notes (watch that pesky key signature) and rhythms (it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!), and THEN and ONLY THEN should […] Read more »

See post titled “Intermediate Band from 2-12” Differences: In Essential Elements, practice #11. Use this as a warm-up. Also, focus on pp. 5 – 6 (starting with #16) Read more »

Adoration Band Advanced Band from 2-12 Memorize Concert A scale -190 Rhythms a Week – 39-40 Agnus Dei Lord Listen to Your Children When You Believe Tocatta for Band m73-171 Chorale on It is Well Web Links Toccata for Band – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v02E_DA1RI8 When You Believe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4EJiKKJ3ww correct version now […] Read more »

Adoration Band (Advanced Band) from 2-12 Memorize Concert A scale (190) Rhythms a Week – 39-40 Agnus Dei Lord Listen to Your Children When You Believe Tocatta for Band (m73-171) Chorale on It is Well Web Links Toccata for Band – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v02E_DA1RI8 When You Believe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4EJiKKJ3ww correct version now […] Read more »

Select Band Ensemble from 2/12 Continue working on writing out jazz solo Working all lines of Take the A Train as possible Continue playing and soloing with Kenny’ll Make it -blues Now Hear This -blues Fairest Lord Jesus -Beloved hymns Give Me That Old Time Religion -Beloved Hymns For 2/19 […] Read more »

Intermediate Band from 2/12 Keep working Tis So Sweet Book 2 through pages 10-11 Film Favorites – You’ll be In My Heart Others as assigned by teachers Read more »

Beginning Band from 2/12 Continue working on Glory, Joy, & Crown Continue in Book 1, through page 21 Also keep playing #77 Sakura, Sakura Others as assigned by teachers Clarinets – all exercises on pg 24 Read more »

Practice "You Will Be In My Heart" (remembering to feel the groove and not just force the notes), Tis So Sweet (remembering to be ready to switch instruments and then play), and exercise 80 (called Sight Reading Challenge, though you don’t have to try and sight read it) on snare […] Read more »

Work on "Glory Joy and Crown" on bells. Make sure you are playing the rhythm properly as well as the notes. And yes, you can skip the multi-measure rests! Also work on the exercises of page 18 of your Essential Elements book on bells (and snare if possible, though we’ll […] Read more »