5th Grade Band
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5th Grade Band Schedule for 2019-2020
______________ - Band Picture Day (TBA)
(you must wear or bring your black/white band attire this day for the picture)**
**CONCERT DRESS - THIS IS A PART OF YOUR PERFORMANCE GRADE FOR THE CLASS!!!
ALL Guys AND Girls: Black dress pants, White button down dress shirt (guys), white dressy blouse (girls)
black tie (guys only), black belt (guys only), black socks (guys only), black dress shoes. (all). (ATHLETIC SHOES OR BLACK JEANS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CONCERTS!)
Thursday, Nov. 21: 5th-8th Bands Fall Concert
Tuesday, May 12: 5th-8th Bands Spring Concert
Positive Behavior System
Be Prepared: Have all supplies (music and instrument) necessary everyday. Heb. 5:12a
Be Productive: Stay on task; No talking while the director is rehearsing the band or a section. On a rehearsal cut-off, all playing stops instantly.
Col 3:23
Be Punctual: Prov. 20:4
Be Polite: Practice good manners when interacting with others. Ephesians 4:32
Be Positive: Do your best at all times. Be a positive role model for others. Philippians 2:14
End of the Year Band Awards
You can earn the following trophies/plaques at the end of each band year:
Band Director's Award Plaque - chosen by director. These are given to one 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grader. This person has a high band GPA, are musically gifted, shows leadership in band, participate in most, if not all, BCA band music opportunities, and exemplifies a Christ-like spirit.
Band Room Rules
1. No talking while the director is rehearsing the band or a section.
2. On a rehearsal cut-off, all playing stops instantly.
3. Follow all rules in the student handbook for BCA.
Band Room Procedures
1. Instruments/music may be placed in their band instrument storage slot during the day.
1. Enter the Band Room quietly, walking thru the sanctuary, thru the carline side hallway.
2. Be Prepared (have all materials needed, be on time, use restroom/get water before class-or bring a water bottle)
3. Take horns/mallets/music home EVERY night to practice. Instruments must be picked up from the storage closet by 3:15 pm each day.
5th Grade Band Supply list
· Saxophones and Clarinets: 1 box (10) #2 Rico reeds; 1 cleaning kit, 1 music stand
· Flutes / Trumpets / Trombones / Baritones / Tubas / : 1 cleaning kit , 1 music stand
· Percussion: 1 stick bag, 1 pair snare drum, bell, and timpani mallets, 1 music stand
Two local music stores which carry these items are:
Music and Arts, 3603 Witherspoon Boulevard, Suite 112, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 402-9270
Sam Ash Music Store, 3131 Capital Blvd Ste 105,Raleigh,NC, 919-855-9581
Fees/Other Costs
$55.00 - BCA Annual Band Fee (helps purchase school-owned instruments, music, and an individual subscription to Smart Music for the year)
$150.00 - Charged if you use a school-owned woodwind or brass instrument for one year (help pay for the annual cleaning/maintenance of the horn at the end of the year)
$25.00 - Charge if you are a percussionist – to help with the repair/maintenance/replacement parts for school-owned percussion instruments)
Approx - $10 – Essential Elements book (for percussion the cost is approx. $18)
Approx. $3 each – reeds (Vandoren). I suggest you buy 1 box of reeds (10) at the beginning of the year, and keep 3 in your case at all times.
ALL BAND STUDENTS - General Supplies
Essential Elements book 1 for their instrument
1 inch black 3 ring binder
1, 3 ring pencil pouch
2 red pencils
Band Grading Scale
40% Rehearsals (participation, being prepared with all materials)
40% Performance (attendance at all performances. If there is not a performance in that grading quarter, then the rehearsal grade is used here. Wearing the correct band performance attire is part of this grade!!!!!**
15% Tests
5% practice logs turned in with parent signature
Reference videos on Youtube for Beginning Band Students
Clarinet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz8AuolJwfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aJEF5BD9Wk&list=TL0VCsWrz58dQ
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE CLARINET: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y4Hfvm0Y4U
Bass Clarinet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jNJqWB8Kz4
Saxophone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCQHnZ1cVwU&feature=BFa&list=ULzz8AuolJwfI
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE SAXOPHONE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGC1PVrA2xE
Flute
Flute Masterclass - Embouchure, good tone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQg0vScnQ8E
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE FLUTE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu0H9P1NSxc
Trumpet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IwyqTYHxyk&feature=plcp
taking care of the trumpet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8a84qnHCFs&list=TLdV4wZYN_sBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1k1MQOe1kk
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE TRUMPET: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUgsvFJ36P0
Trombone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49p2JBfink&feature=BFa&list=ULpUhTG74aqZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUhTG74aqZM&feature=BFa&list=ULE8qpqRNMh7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8qpqRNMh7I&feature=BFa&list=ULo80-AzyFW4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o80-AzyFW4A&feature=BFa&list=ULpUhTG74aqZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns92NIqbVe4&feature=channel&list=UL
Baritone (similar to trumpet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IwyqTYHxyk&feature=plcp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY05WKmuqA8 (this video is teaching the notes for Baritone bass clef. If you are learning Baritone TC or treble clef, the notes on this video correlate with the Baritone notes C, D, E, F, and G)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNV--1WCHrc
Mallet Percussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3DYWs2KZQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3DYWs2KZQ&list=TLWj9nn7st2qk
Timpani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kOBzjSqjGI&list=TL7DNR6XnKWMQ
Bass Drum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAN72Q9tg3g
Suspended and Crash Cymbal Technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkBnUiP5fx0
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What to practice to achieve a good first tone:
Flute: 1. headjoint only: "toh" - open end, then closed end, then blow the syllable tooo" (to get the high pitch).
(with closed end, the pitch should sound like an "A" on the piano)
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: 1. With mouthpiece and barrel, the pitch should sound like "E" on the piano. ("oh"....pull bottom lip over bottom teeth and point chin down....lay reed on bottom lip...close lips, and pull corners of mouth back slightly) Blow this pitch (E) for 8 counts, rest 8 counts - repeat this 5 times, keeping pitch steady and not puffing your cheeks.
Alto Saxophone: 1. With mouthpiece and neck, the pitch should sound like "Ab" on the piano. ("oh"....pull bottom lip over bottom teeth and point chin down....lay reed on bottom lip...close lips, and pull corners of mouth back slightly) Blow this pitch (Ab) for 8 counts, rest 8 counts - repeat this 5 times, keeping pitch steady and not puffing your cheeks.
Tenor Saxophone: 1. With mouthpiece and neck, the pitch should sound like "E" on the piano. ("oh"....pull bottom lip over bottom teeth and point chin down....lay reed on bottom lip...close lips, and pull corners of mouth back slightly) Blow this pitch (E) for 8 counts, rest 8 counts - repeat this 5 times, keeping pitch steady and not puffing your cheeks.
Trumpet/Trombone/Baritone: 1. with mouthpiece only: teeth finger tip apart; "oh"....."mmm"....buzz for 8 counts,
rest for 8 counts, repeat this 5 times. 2. With mouthpiece only, do "falls": Firm "mmm" and syllable "eee" TO loose "mmm" and syllable "aah". 3. Fall down, then go back up - Firm MMM/EEE TO loose MMM/AAH TO Firm MMM/EEE. This
will sound like an ambulance siren.
Percussion: 1. Grip - for all Mallets: The stick should be placed diagonally across the palm of the hand. Grip the stick
between the fleshy part of your thumb and the first joint of your index finger, approx. 1/3 the way up from the butt end of the stick to create the pivot point. Gently close the remaining fingers around the stick for support. Palms should
face the floor with the thumbs on the side and all knuckles visible. When playing, only move the stick as far back as wrist movement will allow without moving the forearm. For SD: "throw" the stick toward the surface and allow the stick to immediately rebound back to the playing position. For Bells: "throw" the mallet, from the wrist, toward the tone bar and quickly lift it back to the beginning position in one smooth continuous motion. The best tone is achieved when the mallet is immediately lifted off the tone bar. Keep your eyes on the music and use peripheral vision to locate the tone
bars .
Band Schedule:
5th Grade Band rehearses every MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND FRIDAY. At the beginning of each day, students or parents may drop the instrument off, putting it in their students' assigned slot, in the band room storage closet, entering thru the carline door. All horns must be taken home by 3:15 pm.
Private Lessons at Music and Arts
Center
PATTERSON PLACE
3603 WITHERSPOON BLVD., STE
112
DURHAM, NC 27707
919-402-9270
Questions: please email me at selena.sinclair@bcacrusaders.org
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Clarinet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz8AuolJwfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aJEF5BD9Wk&list=TL0VCsWrz58dQ
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE CLARINET: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y4Hfvm0Y4U
Bass Clarinet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jNJqWB8Kz4
Saxophone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCQHnZ1cVwU&feature=BFa&list=ULzz8AuolJwfI
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE SAXOPHONE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGC1PVrA2xE
Flute
Flute Masterclass - Embouchure, good tone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQg0vScnQ8E
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE FLUTE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu0H9P1NSxc
Trumpet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IwyqTYHxyk&feature=plcp
taking care of the trumpet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8a84qnHCFs&list=TLdV4wZYN_sBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1k1MQOe1kk
HOW TO TONGUE ON THE TRUMPET: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUgsvFJ36P0
Trombone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49p2JBfink&feature=BFa&list=ULpUhTG74aqZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUhTG74aqZM&feature=BFa&list=ULE8qpqRNMh7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8qpqRNMh7I&feature=BFa&list=ULo80-AzyFW4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o80-AzyFW4A&feature=BFa&list=ULpUhTG74aqZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns92NIqbVe4&feature=channel&list=UL
Baritone (similar to trumpet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IwyqTYHxyk&feature=plcp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY05WKmuqA8 (this video is teaching the notes for Baritone bass clef. If you are learning Baritone TC or treble clef, the notes on this video correlate with the Baritone notes C, D, E, F, and G)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNV--1WCHrc
Mallet Percussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3DYWs2KZQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3DYWs2KZQ&list=TLWj9nn7st2qk
Timpani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kOBzjSqjGI&list=TL7DNR6XnKWMQ
Bass Drum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAN72Q9tg3g
Suspended and Crash Cymbal Technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkBnUiP5fx0
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What to practice to achieve a good first tone:
Flute: 1. headjoint only: "toh" - open end, then closed end, then blow the syllable tooo" (to get the high pitch).
(with closed end, the pitch should sound like an "A" on the piano)
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: 1. With mouthpiece and barrel, the pitch should sound like "E" on the piano. ("oh"....pull bottom lip over bottom teeth and point chin down....lay reed on bottom lip...close lips, and pull corners of mouth back slightly) Blow this pitch (E) for 8 counts, rest 8 counts - repeat this 5 times, keeping pitch steady and not puffing your cheeks.
Alto Saxophone: 1. With mouthpiece and neck, the pitch should sound like "Ab" on the piano. ("oh"....pull bottom lip over bottom teeth and point chin down....lay reed on bottom lip...close lips, and pull corners of mouth back slightly) Blow this pitch (Ab) for 8 counts, rest 8 counts - repeat this 5 times, keeping pitch steady and not puffing your cheeks.
Tenor Saxophone: 1. With mouthpiece and neck, the pitch should sound like "E" on the piano. ("oh"....pull bottom lip over bottom teeth and point chin down....lay reed on bottom lip...close lips, and pull corners of mouth back slightly) Blow this pitch (E) for 8 counts, rest 8 counts - repeat this 5 times, keeping pitch steady and not puffing your cheeks.
Trumpet/Trombone/Baritone: 1. with mouthpiece only: teeth finger tip apart; "oh"....."mmm"....buzz for 8 counts,
rest for 8 counts, repeat this 5 times. 2. With mouthpiece only, do "falls": Firm "mmm" and syllable "eee" TO loose "mmm" and syllable "aah". 3. Fall down, then go back up - Firm MMM/EEE TO loose MMM/AAH TO Firm MMM/EEE. This
will sound like an ambulance siren.
Percussion: 1. Grip - for all Mallets: The stick should be placed diagonally across the palm of the hand. Grip the stick
between the fleshy part of your thumb and the first joint of your index finger, approx. 1/3 the way up from the butt end of the stick to create the pivot point. Gently close the remaining fingers around the stick for support. Palms should
face the floor with the thumbs on the side and all knuckles visible. When playing, only move the stick as far back as wrist movement will allow without moving the forearm. For SD: "throw" the stick toward the surface and allow the stick to immediately rebound back to the playing position. For Bells: "throw" the mallet, from the wrist, toward the tone bar and quickly lift it back to the beginning position in one smooth continuous motion. The best tone is achieved when the mallet is immediately lifted off the tone bar. Keep your eyes on the music and use peripheral vision to locate the tone
bars .
Band Schedule:
5th Grade Band rehearses every MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND FRIDAY. At the beginning of each day, students or parents may drop the instrument off, putting it in their students' assigned slot, in the band room storage closet, entering thru the carline door. All horns must be taken home by 3:15 pm.
Private Lessons at Music and Arts
Center
PATTERSON PLACE
3603 WITHERSPOON BLVD., STE
112
DURHAM, NC 27707
919-402-9270
Questions: please email me at selena.sinclair@bcacrusaders.org
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