Teacher: Vasilie, Michael
Subject: 7th Grade Band
Quarter: Q1
WEEK ONE:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayContent/Lesson / Procedures/Marching Fundamentals/Expectations / Marching Basics (cont.)
Start rehearsals on Gallent Entry
Skill/Concept / Pulse and band ensemble playing, playing while marking time / Pulse and band ensemble playing, playing while marking time
Standard(s) / 3.1, 4.2 / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1
WEEK TWO:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayContent/Lesson / Marching Fundamentals/Rehearsal on selected pieces / Rehearsal of selected pieces, musical markings and meaning
Skill/Concept / Pulse and band ensemble playing, playing while marking time, sight reading / Pulse and band ensemble playing, playing while marking time, attention to “marks of expression”
Standard(s) / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1 / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1
WEEK THREE:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayContent/Lesson / Memorization of “Royal Crown”/Outside for marching / Memorization of “Royal Crown”/Outside for marching
Skill/Concept / Marking time, polishing to perform / Marking time, polishing to perform
Standard(s) / 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 / 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1
WEEK FOUR:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayContent/Lesson / Mega Rehearsal for Parade / Reflection on performance at parade / Begin CCT process; review goals for practice at home; introduce finger exercises
Skill/Concept / Marching/playing / Evaluating and setting goals for next performance / Practice habits, counting/subdividing rhythms, finger, embouchure, and tongue dexterity.
Standard(s) / 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 / 9.1, 10.1 / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, 9.1, 10.1
WEEK FIVE:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayContent/Lesson / Proper warm-up/practice techniques/Keys Review musical terms / Chromatics/playing technique development/ begin work on “O Come Little Children”
Skill/Concept / Review music terms from last year, practice expectations, EE2 intro chromatics / Start new piece, continue work in EE2 on chromatics
Standard(s) / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1 / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1
WEEK SIX:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayContent/Lesson / CCT, Chromatics (concepts and pitch content)/Enharmonics
Possible Christmas Concert piece / Small Group: Trumpets
(Brass warm-ups/horn care) / 3rds, 5ths, 8vas. CCT, Finger Exercises, possible third piece for Christmas Concert / Small Group: Clarinets
(Register negotiation of the Clarion and Chalimeau, reeds) / Musical dictionary sheet, CCT, review Royal Crown, Possible Third piece for concert
Counting, pitch identification w/fingering / Sight reading, register negotiation, counting / “Zoom through”, counting, expanding musical “vocabulary”
Standard(s) / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1 / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, / 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1
WEEK SEVEN:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayContent/Lesson / Musical dictionary sheet, CCT, review Royal Crown, Possible Third piece for concert / Small Groups:
Saxes
(Sax warm-ups, finger exercises) / Continued work on Still Silent Night, CCT (incorporate rests), expand warm-ups to include full octave / Small Groups:
Flutes
(Pucker drill, finger exercises) / “Zoom thru” day
Discussion of performance practices and expectations
Skill/Concept / Dynamic contrast in playing, counting, expanding musical “vocabulary” / Key/Time sig change in piece, silence during rests and importance thereof, / Dry runs of pieces to see where group is as a whole
Standard(s) / 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 / 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, 9.1, 10.1 / 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 9.1, 10.1
WEEK EIGHT:
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WEEK NINE:
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WEEK TEN:
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