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Practice Challenge 8/22-8/29
Choose two pieces that we worked on in school at the end of the year and get them up to performance quality. Play them for a member of your family.
Silly Question: What is the name of our new principal?
Practice Challenge 8/16-8/22
Try to practice 10 minutes a day to start to get in shape.
Silly question:
How many seconds are in a year? (not a leap year)
Practice Challenge 8/9-8/15
Band: Work on your Bb concert scale and Eb concert scale with different articulations: staccatos, accents, tenutos, etc. Make up your patterns. ( Example: Long, short, short, long, short, short)
Strings: Work on your D and G scales with different bowings and articulations.
Silly question:
Where is the spot on the East Coast of the US that the sun hits first in the morning? (I am there now.)
Practice Challenge 8/2-8/8
Figure out how to play "Yankee Doodle" without looking at any music.
Silly question: What breed and what name is President Obama's dog?
Practice Challenge 7/26-8/1
BAND: Work on the Eb concert scale.
Flutes, oboe, trombone, baritone, tuba, and bells:
Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb
Clarinets, tenor saxophone, and trumpets*:
F, G, A, Bb, C, D, E, F
* Trumpets, you might need to look up the fingering for High E and F. If you can't play them, play F-C and back down again.
Alto saxophones:
C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C
STRINGS: Work on the G concert scale.
G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G
Silly question: In Harry Potter 6: The Half Blood Prince, how does Ron make the Quidditch team?
Practice Challenge 7/19-7/25
Work on long tones.
Be able to hold a clear good sound for 20-25 seconds.
(Drums do a steady roll and strings use a nice long bow.)
Silly Question:
I am on vacation in the Sandia mountains. What state am I in?
Practice Challenge 7/12-7/18
Choose a song from your summer practice packet and figure out how to play it starting on a different note. (This is called transposition.)
Silly question:
What is the other name for kettledrums?
Practice Challenge 7/5-7/11
Memorize a song from your summer music packet.
Silly question:
In what city was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Practice Challenge 6/28-7/4
BAND: Work on the Bb concert scale.
Flutes, oboe, trombone, baritone, tuba, and bells:
Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb
Clarinets*, tenor saxophone, and trumpets:
C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C
* Clarinets, you might need to look up the fingering for High B and C. If you can't play them, play C-G and back down again.
Alto saxophones:
G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G
STRINGS: Work on the D concert scale.
D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D
Silly question:What are the first names of the Jonas brothers?
Practice Challenge 6/21-6/27
Work on long tones.
Be able to hold a clear good sound for 15 seconds.
(Drums do a steady roll and strings use a nice long bow.)
Silly question:
Who invented the saxophone?
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