6 General music
Continue note reading skills for bass and treble clef.
Students will compose using prior knowledge of clef and rhythms.
Use stomp ideas to create student led rhythm grooves in a 4 beat pattern
Continue Newsies unit. Compare and contrast music and plot to Sound of Music
7th band
Warm-up various forms of B-flat scales and Improvisation
Review Rhythmic identification – eighth notes
Continue syncopation with sheet 36 and partner rhythms
Finish quiz on Grand Ole Flag
Continue band arrangements Day-O and Affirmation
Continue Holiday arrangements
7th grade guitar class
Continue accompaniment bass line for 12 bar progression
Begin Power Chord for A5 progression
Notes on 4th string
Compositions using learned material
Continue duets and trios – introduce different lines different strings and independent rhythms
8th grade guitar class
Continue quartets
Introduce holiday music- solo and accompaniment lines
8th band
Continue work with shaping warm-up chorales.
Quiz on instrument specific passages.
Cut time Grand master scale sheet and blues scale .
Continue band arrangements of Holiday tunes
Book 3 musical periods – middle ages
RTI – The first concert. What to expect, how to prepare, and how to deal with mistakes
Continue note reading skills for bass and treble clef.
Students will compose using prior knowledge of clef and rhythms.
Use stomp ideas to create student led rhythm grooves in a 4 beat pattern
Continue Newsies unit. Compare and contrast music and plot to Sound of Music
7th band
Warm-up various forms of B-flat scales and Improvisation
Review Rhythmic identification – eighth notes
Continue syncopation with sheet 36 and partner rhythms
Finish quiz on Grand Ole Flag
Continue band arrangements Day-O and Affirmation
Continue Holiday arrangements
7th grade guitar class
Continue accompaniment bass line for 12 bar progression
Begin Power Chord for A5 progression
Notes on 4th string
Compositions using learned material
Continue duets and trios – introduce different lines different strings and independent rhythms
8th grade guitar class
Continue quartets
Introduce holiday music- solo and accompaniment lines
8th band
Continue work with shaping warm-up chorales.
Quiz on instrument specific passages.
Cut time Grand master scale sheet and blues scale .
Continue band arrangements of Holiday tunes
Book 3 musical periods – middle ages
RTI – The first concert. What to expect, how to prepare, and how to deal with mistakes