Lesson plans for the week of 9/14-9/18

Jazz band

        Practice record #4 due Monday at 8:30 a.m.

        Listening for the week- Louis Armstrong

        Review Blues scales for Concert E, A and D- playing test due on Friday by 3:30 p.m.

        Book- ex. 28-52 practice with recordings you should have downloaded 5 weeks ago

                Review chord building - Major 7th, Dominant 7th and Minor 7th

                Review Forms- ABA, AABA and 12 bar blues

                Start improvising 12 bar blues

Brass and Percussion

        Practice record #4 due Monday at 8:30 a.m.

        Rhythm packet pg 12, 13 and 14

Review dotted quarter note 8th note and eighth rest followed by 8th note  patterns.  Start syncopation patterns.

        Warm up book- review lip slurs and long tones, scales concert Bb, F, Eb and start Ab,

chromatic scale line D

Essential Elements book 2- #20-#49

        Review new warm ups, Cut time, key signatures of Bb, F and Eb

        Introduce syncopation, Key of Concert C and music - Riptide

Music history- The Battle of Baltimore and the Star- Spangled Banner

Woodwinds

Practice record #4 due Monday at 8:30 a.m.

        Rhythm packet pg 12, 13 and 14

Review dotted quarter note 8th note and eighth rest followed by 8th note  patterns.  Start syncopation patterns.

        Warm up book- review lip slurs and long tones, scales concert Bb, F, Eb and start Ab,

chromatic scale line D

Essential Elements book 2- #20-#49

        Review new warm ups, Cut time, key signatures of Bb, F and Eb

        Introduce syncopation, Key of Concert C and music - Riptide

Music history- The Battle of Baltimore and the Star- Spangled Banner