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RSD6 Elementary Bands
JAZZ BAND
CONCERTS 2019-20:
Thursday, December 12th, 2019 - Jazz Band and Beginner Informance @ JMS
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020- 5th & 6th Grade Winter Band Concert @ Wamogo Auditorium, 6 p.m.
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Thursday, May 14th, 2020- Tutti Band Spring Concert @ Wamogo Auditorium, 6 p.m.
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Thursday, May 21st, 2020- Creation Celebration
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - High Notes Music Festival for Jazz Band
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For your listening pleasure.....
(2018-19):
RHYTHM PRACTICE SHEET
(CLICK HERE ^)
HAVE A LISTEN
Beyond the Sea (with Goshen Treble Makers!)
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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WARM-UP
make sure your muscles are ready for a solid practice session!
SOLO REPERTOIRE
What solo piece are you working on?
*Play through a phrase or two, 8-16 measures.
*Isolate the tricky spot
*Used varying rhythms on that one spot
*Repeat over and over again guided by a metronome
*Put back into context and see if you improved.
*Play it multiple times
BAND MUSIC
Which section of which piece is the focus for this practice session? Name musical elements to be practiced, too.
*Start by playing a chunk of the music.
*As yourself if you like what you are hearing? If not, how can we practice it?
*What exactly makes this music interesting? Which musical elements?
*Am I playing the music as the composer intended it to be played?
*Isolate the tricky spot to be worked on.
*Multiple successful repetitions.
*Put it back into context and play with a recording if you'd like!