Class Procedures
Practice Makes Perfect
Playing Basics
Name that Note
Rhythm Me This
100
These are the things you gather when you first get to the band room.
What is your instrument, music folder, and a pencil.
100
Length and speed.
What are two things that can be adjusted when practicing?
100
Feet on the floor, back straight, shoulders relaxed, elbows out, chin level.
What are posture fundamentals?
100
The note located on the treble clef on the second line or space above the staff, or on the bass clef in either the bottom line or fourth space.
What is a G?
100
A note that has a 2-beat duration in the current tempo.
What is a half note?
200
This is when you are allowed to play your instrument.
What is when given permission by the teacher?
200
Perfect performance.
What can never be compromised during practice?
200
Air is focused, constant, smooth, and relaxed. The shoulders stay down, and the breath is taken through the mouth and not the nose.
What are instrumental breathing fundamentals?
200
The note located on the treble clef on either the ledger line below the staff or the third space, or on the bass clef on the second space.
What is a C?
200
A note that has a half-beat duration in the current tempo.
What is an eighth note?
300
Click on the objective, click add, then click file.
What is how to complete an objective?
300
However long it takes. It is not about time, it is about getting it right.
What is the length of time one should practice?
300
Concert pitches Bb, C, D, Eb, and F.
What are the First Five?
300
On the treble clef, a note found on the first space or fifth line, or on the bass clef, a note found on the fourth line or space below the staff.
What is an F?
300
Quarter, Eighth, Eighth, Quarter Quarter.
What is 1 2+ 3 4?
400
A place to submit audio or video recordings of objectives.
What is Google Classroom?
400
Buzz on your mouthpiece, count rhythms, write in your music things that you don't know, practice breathing, listen to recordings.
What are things you can do to practice when you forget your instrument?
400
One full beat, played in tempo from the beginning of a beat until the beginning of the next beat.
What is the length of a quarter note?
400
The space between notes on the staff, calculated by counting the first note as 1 and then proceeding to count each space and line between notes until the destination note is reached.
What is an interval?
400
Half note, Eighth, Eighth, Quarter
What is 1 -, 3+ 4?
500
An ingenious software capable of playing analysis that is used for at-home and in-class practice of instrumental music. The notes appear green when played correctly and red when they are not played correctly.
What is SmartMusic?
500
A four-pointed figure that is flexible on the sides and bottom, but the top cannot be moved, symbolizing the need for perfection every time.
What is the Practice Diamond?
500
Using the tongue to separate notes in a rhythmic pattern.
What is articulation?
500
A system of unifying instruments by having their parts transposed. A flute or trombone would play a Bb and the trumpet would play a C, but they would sound like the same note.
What is concert pitch?
500
Quarter Rest, Eighth, Eighth, Quarter, Eighth, Eighth
What is Rest 2+ 3 4+?
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