7th Grade Band
Welcome to 7th Grade Band!
Trimester 3 assignment due dates:
April 20 – Concert C, F, Be, Eb, Ab, Db Major Scales w/ GBand one after the next on one recording (you can stop between scales if you need to, but must edit recording so I don’t hear space). Metronome set to 88 (or faster if you want).
Here’s my take on trumpet:
March 23 – Kenya Contrasts, Record with GBand (with metronome) and post w/ extended assessment. (tempos are 96 and 120)
fl. 20-43, 63-69;
cl. 20-43, 55-62;
a.sx. 20-49;
t.sx. 21-46, 64-69;
tpt. 20 – 54;
hrn. 20-46, 64-69;
tbn, euph, 21- 47;
low wnd, low brass. 21-35, 45-55
perc. – snare solo (see me)
March 15 – “American Idiot” (melody). Set metronome to 96. Record yourself with Garage Band counting the passage followed by you playing the passage with your instrument. Post on blog w/ S.E.
Trimester 2 assignment due dates:
Kenya Contrasts score and Sinfonia No 4 – score
Click here to review the Playing Test Rubric.
*** If you didn’t record “Cathedral” in Smart Music before the Winter Concert you will need to do the following assignment to make this up:
Record with Garageband and post on your blog SOE #93, “Chester”. Play the top part if there are 2 parts. Quarter note at 80 or slower.
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I’ll also be having short in class quizzes on portions of “Seascape Overture” throughout the week. Be prepared.
Fl./Ob. 30-37
Cl. 27 – 37
A.Sx. 35 – 53
Tpt. 35 – 53
Low WInds and Brass 43-53
Tuba/B.Sx/B.Cl 30-35, 47-53
2/20 – “Sinfonia No.1, Mvt. 2, Romance” on Smart Music
2/11 – “Sinfonia No.1, Mvt. 1,” on Smart Music
2/6 – “Kenyan Contrast” on Smart Music
1/20 – “SOE #78, Over the River”. Record on GBand WITH METRONOME set at 80 (for the dotted quarter note).
1/17 – “SOE #78, Over the River” on Smart Music.
12/5 – “Cathedral” playing test (record the whole piece) on Smart Music (open SM to see assignment).
11/21 – C MINOR GROOVE IMPROVISATION
Download the following audio file and drag it onto a Garageband (acoustic) track. Create another track and record yourself improvising over the track. Your focus should be rhythm (groove). Listen to the background track and try some short “riffs” that fit the rhythm. Don’t feel like you have to play a lot of different notes.
The background in based on the key of Concert C minor (just like Concert Eb Major). Make sure your instrument track is loud enough so we can hear you over the background (this can be adjusted after recording). Post your recording. Write a brief description of the experience.
C min groove improvisation background track
Trimester 1 assignment due dates:
Click here to review the Playing Test Rubric.
11/11
Record with Garage Band – Standard of Excellence #71 “Manhattan Beach March“ with metronome set on 108 (remember you’re in cut time so the metronome is clicking half notes!). Post on your blog with self evaluation. Percussion must record mallet AND snare drum part. No piano please.
11/4
D MINOR IMPROVISATION
Download the following audio file and drag it onto a Garageband (acoustic) track. Create another track and record yourself improvising over the track. The background in based on the key of Concert D minor. Make sure your instrument track is loud enough so we can hear you over the background (this can be adjusted after recording). Post your recording. Write a brief description of the experience.
10/19
Record
1.Concert F Major Scale, 2. It’s relative minor, 3. harmonic minor, 4. melodic minor
all in quarter notes, and post as one single track. Include a description of how you derive these 3 scales from the relative major.
9/29
Warriors of Beijing or 3rd AMIS recording (mandatory if you are going to audition).
Record “Warrior’s of Beijing” on Garageband (metronome set on 138) and post on blog with evaluation.
fl., cl., tpt., all perc. : ms. 45 – end
a.sx. : ms. 25 – 61
f hrn. : ms. 9 – 53 (skip rest)
low winds and brass. : ms. 9 – 37
9/23
Download the Louie, Louie background track to your laptop (right click on link below and save file.
Open up a new Garage Band project and create 2 new “acoustic/real” tracks. Drag the Louie, Louie background track onto one of the tracks. On the other track you’re going to record a solo and post on your blog. The whole background track is 4 choruses long (4 x 8 measures) so you can practice, but you only need to record 2 choruses (2 x 8 measures).
Instead of the regular evaluation write a couple of sentences about the experience.
background track here
9/14
OPTION #1 – Record Suncatcher w/metronome set on 126. Post on blog with self evaluation.
fl. – ms. 14 – 30
cl. – ms. 10 – 30
a.sx – ms. 14 – 23 and ms. 37 – 45
tpt. – ms. 20 – 31
f. hrn./t.sx – ms. 15 – 23 and ms. 37-45
low brass/winds – ms. 1 – 7 and ms. 39 – 45
perc. ms. 1 – 15 (everyone play the snare drum part)
OPTION #2 – If you are trying out for AMIS you need to record chromatic scale plus 1 of the pieces. This is not your final recording, just a rough draft. Post recording on your blog.
9/2:
OPTION #1 – Record Louie, Louie w/metronome set on 120. Post on blog with self evaluation.
- ms. 5-21; clar., a.sax, f.horn
- ms. 40 – end; percussion on bells
- ms. 13-28; everyone else
OPTION #2 – If you are trying out for AMIS you need to record chromatic scale plus 1 of the pieces. This is not your final recording, just a rough draft.
Post recording on your blog and include self evaluation. (see here for rubric)
8/23: Standard of Excellence, #33 Breezin’ in class playing test.
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