BAND NOTES
Monday 13th: B Day
ll: Practice, Eat, Sleep, Repeat :ll
Tuesday 14th: A Day
ll: Practice, Eat, Sleep, Repeat :ll
Wednesday 15th: B Day
ll: Practice, Eat, Sleep, Repeat :ll
Thursday 16th: A Day
~ Coop's Percussion Workshop
3:00-5:00pm
ll: Practice, Eat, Sleep, Repeat :ll
Friday 17th: No School
~ Basketball Game (Girls PCH vs. UCity)
6:00pm Rehearsal
7:00pm Tip-off Boys
ll: Practice, Eat, Sleep, Repeat :ll
Looking Ahead
~ Saturday 25th MSU Jazz Festival, Springfield, MO
~ ll: Practice, Eat, Sleep, Repeat :ll
Symphonic / Concert Band Rehearsal Make-ups
~ If you have missed a rehearsal and it is an excused
absence, you may make-up the missed points.
20 points for each rehearsal. Please submit a
practice recording for the make-up. (Flash Drive)
15mins = C Day
30mins = A/B Day
~ What to Practice:
1. Daily Drill / Personal Practice List
(scroll down the Band Notes)
2. Pieces we are preparing in class for Performance
Using GarageBand:
1. Open GarageBand, Guitar icon
2. Save As: Your Name
3. TRACK: New Track
4. Choose Real Instrument
5. CONTROL: uncheck the metronome
6. RECORD (as many times as you need)
7. SAVE the best one
8. SHARE: Export to Disk / choose desktop
9. eMail, attach the file, subject: Your Name
10. SEND: mbeazley@parkwayschools.net
How are you doing with your personal practice regimen?
Are you taking private lessons? These things are a
tremendous benefit to your personal success as well
as the band's!!!
Looking for something to play other than our
band music? (ie. the last part of the personal practice list)
Check out 8notes.com for FREE sheet music.
Just click on your instrument and find tons of
great melodies!!
How much Concert Band music do you listen to?
Listening to the right music is very important.
Check out the Recordings Page and get the
Concert Band sound in your head!!
Jazz Band Members:
How much Jazz music to you listen to? Listening
to the right music is very important. Check out
the Recordings Page and get the Jazz sound
in your head!!
The Music Links Page now has links for each instrument!!
Check out the world of Flute, Double Reed, Clarinet,
Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Euphonium, Tuba and Percussion.
Attn: Seniors!!!
Thinking about continuing to play in college?
Check out the College/University Music Dept. page.
You can become a Music Major, or just have fun
playing in a Concert, Jazz or Athletic Band.
You would be surprised how many non-music majors
there are in the bands.
Music Career Center at www.menc.org/careers
THE 3 T'S
The "Three T's" are the most important thing to
consider when practicing.
Are you playing?....
1. In TONE (quality tone for your instrument)
2. In TUNE (check pitch with a tuner or piano)
3. In TIME (Practice with a metronome)
!! If you are not playing "in tone", you will
never sound "in tune" !!
Personal Practice List: WW & Brass
* Pracitce with a metronome (www.metronomeonline.com)
* Check intonation with a tuner or a piano
(www.seventhstring.com/tuner)
~ Breathing Exercises - increase breath support
~ Long Tones - quarter = 60-72
*Brass: Play / Buzz / Play
~ Flexibility - warm-up sets 1-4
*Brass: Play / Buzz / Play
~ Finger / Articulation Drills -
- scale patterns, 3rds, intervals, arpeggios
*Brass: Play / Buzz / Play
* Be sure to develop a fast single tongue that is clear
before working on multiple tonguing.
ex. single tongue 16th notes @ quarter = 110
~ Multiple Tonguing (brass & flutes only)
double: TK, triple: TTK, TKT
~ Scales - Maj, min, har. min., mel. min., chromatic
2 octaves / range extension
* Brass: Play / Buzz / Play
* rest 15 min. after working on range extension
~ Lyrical Playing - Chorales, melodies
*Brass: Play / Buzz / Play
~ Prepared Music - Etudes, Concert Music, Solo & Ensemble
*Brass: Play / Buzz / Play short excerpts
* warm-down with Long Tones after long practice sessions
MusicPCH.COM has it all.
Yes you can even get Pirates here!!
Sorry, no kittens.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
You're a WINNER!!
You have read the entire Band Notes!!
See Mr. Beazley to claim your prize.