Week At-A-Glance: 1-4 thru 1-8

Announcements:

Reminder: Students are expected to participate with video ON during class. Thank you to those students and leaders who are participating. It’s much more beneficial when you can see your bandmates!

Students who qualified for the KMEA All-District Band in November must complete their All-State Auditions by this Thursday. Please sign up for a time here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0b4aadaf23a5fb6-kansas

Band Booster Meeting NEXT Tuesday, 1/12/21, 6:30pm. Zoom Meeting Info: https://zoom.us/j/95176326925?pwd=UkxsbzhIRXJJN2NOZlFzNjcxRXVlUT09
Meeting ID: 951 7632 6925Passcode: SMEBand

Marching Band

  • Wednesday, 1/6: Rhythm Whiteboard, Guided Listening Project “Clifton Williams”, Practice Video, Prescott Technique
  • Friday, 1/8: Rhythm Whiteboard, Guided Listening Project “Leonard Bernstein”, Prescott Technique

Cadet Band

  • Wednesday, 1/6: Rhythm Whiteboard, Guided Listening Project “Clifton Williams”, Practice Video, Prescott Technique
  • Friday, 1/8: Rhythm Whiteboard, Guided Listening Project “Leonard Bernstein”, Prescott Technique

Jazz Bands

  • Tuesday, 1/5: Scales, Dominant & Minor 7th arpeggios, “The Blues” Chord progression. Rhythmic vocabulary. Listening: Bessie Smith mini biography
  • Thursday, 1/7: Scales, Dom/Minor 7ths, “The Blues”. Rhythmic vocabulary King Oliver mini biography
  • Friday: review scales/arpeggios, Listening: Louis Armstrong Hot 5’s & 7’s

Music Theory

  • 1st Semester Review/Study Guide
  • Tuesday: Review fundamentals/scales/intervals, up to triads in inversion (written and aural)
  • Thursday: Review intervals, triads, 7th chords & inversions (written & aural)
  • Friday: Music History 101