Grade 7:
This is week 5 in our term and students should complete their 10th practise period outside of class by the end of the week.
Mad Minute note reading drill #4 is our first activity of the week. After a warm-up (long tones and tonguing exercises on four notes of the scale), we will review songs from Staff Songs sheet 4. Students will have an opportunity to demonstrate their playing skills.
We will continue to listen for and describe specific elements of music in selections from The Nutcracker by P. I. Tchaikovsky. (For titles/links see the information listed in last week's blog.) Using our Listening Web Guide, we will compare contrasting selections to determine how the elements of music are used to create mood. Students will be asked to record their thoughts in an on-going listening journal.
Happy Holiday to all!
Grade 8:
This is week 5 in our term and students should complete their 10th practise period outside of class by the end of the week.
Students in grade 8 will be marked on their performance of a blues solo. The solos must be 4 measures or more in length, and be performed without the use of written notes or cues. The soloist should demonstrate the ability to start and end on time, use 3 or 4 notes from the blues scale to create patterns, and include blues rhythmic elements (swinging eighth notes, syncopation and silence). We will also play and review all measures of "Spiderman" except for 31-39. These measures should be practised for homework.
Happy Holiday to all!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Week of: Dec. 6, 2009
Grade 7:
Our first class of the week will begin with Mad Minute note reading drill #4 and the scale warm-up using at least 4 notes. Students will have class time to work on Composition #3 - Question and Answer Phrases, and remaining tests on Staff Songs 1-3 will be completed. For homework, students are expected to complete Composition #4 (due at next class) and practise all songs on Staff Songs sheet #4 using the 4 practise steps.
During the second class of the week, students will hand in composing homework and will receive the Musical Elements Word Web/Guide. Through listening, (Trepak, Arabian Dance, March, Sugarplum Fairy from "The Nutcracker" Suite, by P. I. Tchaikovsky) students will identify and compare the use of musical elements in recordings from The Nutcracker Suite by P. I. Tchaikovsky. Elements such as Tempo, Dynamics, Timbre and Metre will be introduced.
Grade 8:
Our goal for this week is to demonstrate our understanding of blues form, blues rhythms and blues melodies by creating and performing simple solos. In class, students will work on improvising for at least 4 measure using the notes of the blues scale. Solos should include the five features of a good blues solo: syncopation, swinging eighth notes, blues scale notes, repeated patterns and periods of silence. Alone or in groups of 3, students will prepare a 12 bar solo to be performed in class. Homework should focus on preparing a solo for assessment next class.
During the second class of the week, students will perform their solos and will begin the final section of "Spiderman" - measures 39 to the end. Homework - practise 12 measure blues solos and measures 39 to the end in our band arrangement of "Spiderman".
Our first class of the week will begin with Mad Minute note reading drill #4 and the scale warm-up using at least 4 notes. Students will have class time to work on Composition #3 - Question and Answer Phrases, and remaining tests on Staff Songs 1-3 will be completed. For homework, students are expected to complete Composition #4 (due at next class) and practise all songs on Staff Songs sheet #4 using the 4 practise steps.
During the second class of the week, students will hand in composing homework and will receive the Musical Elements Word Web/Guide. Through listening, (Trepak, Arabian Dance, March, Sugarplum Fairy from "The Nutcracker" Suite, by P. I. Tchaikovsky) students will identify and compare the use of musical elements in recordings from The Nutcracker Suite by P. I. Tchaikovsky. Elements such as Tempo, Dynamics, Timbre and Metre will be introduced.
Grade 8:
Our goal for this week is to demonstrate our understanding of blues form, blues rhythms and blues melodies by creating and performing simple solos. In class, students will work on improvising for at least 4 measure using the notes of the blues scale. Solos should include the five features of a good blues solo: syncopation, swinging eighth notes, blues scale notes, repeated patterns and periods of silence. Alone or in groups of 3, students will prepare a 12 bar solo to be performed in class. Homework should focus on preparing a solo for assessment next class.
During the second class of the week, students will perform their solos and will begin the final section of "Spiderman" - measures 39 to the end. Homework - practise 12 measure blues solos and measures 39 to the end in our band arrangement of "Spiderman".
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