First Quarter Learning Targets

Sixth Grade Band

Student’s first nine weeks grade will be based on evidence hat they know or can demonstrate the following:

  1. Proper assembly of the instrument.
  2. Proper posture.
  3. Proper breathing.
  4. Proper Embouchure.
  5. Define vocabulary words.
  6. Read musical notation up to quarter notes and rests.
  7. Proper practice goals.

Vocabulary

Week 1 none related arts rotation.

Week 2 none instrument selection.

Week 3 Bass Clef

                        Treble clef

                        Time Signature

                        Embouchure.

Week 4 Concert Pitch

                        Flat

                        Natural

                        Repeat sign

                        Scale

                        Sharp

Week 5 Breath Mark

                        Breath Support

                        Slur

                        Tone   

Week 6 Fermata

                        Forte

                        Mezzo Forte

                        Pick up note

                        Pitch

Week 7 Harmony

                        Rhythm

                        Staccato                      

Week 8 Measure line

                        Bar line

                        1st & 2nd ending

Week 9             Coda

                        Legato

                        Intonation

 

Seventh Grade Band and Drums

Student’s first nine weeks grade will be based on evidence hat they know or can demonstrate the following:

    1. Proper tuning of the instrument

  1. Proper practice method and goals.
  1. Proper Embouchure.
  2. Define vocabulary words.
  3. Read musical notation up to eight notes and rests.

 

Seventh Grade Vocabulary

 

Week 1 none related arts rotation.

Week 2 Allegro

                        Andante

                        Arpeggio

Week 3 Chromatic

                        Common Time

                        Crescendo

Week 3 D.C. al fine.

                        D.C. al coda

                        Decrescendo

Week 4 Glissando

                        Half step interval

                        Whole step interval

Week 5             Key signature

                        Largo

Week 6             Moderato

                        Phrase mark

                        Phrasing

Week 7             Rehearsal numbers and letters

                        Round

                        Soli

Week 8 Solo

                        Tempo

                        Tie

 

Eighth Grade Band

Student’s first nine weeks grade will be based on evidence hat they know or can demonstrate the following:

 

1. Proper tuning of the instrument.

2. Proper practice method and goals.

  1. Define vocabulary words.
  2. Read musical notation up to sixteenth notes and rests.

 

 

Week 1             None, Related arts rotation.

 

Week 2 A Tempo

                        Alle Breve

                       

Week 3 Cut time

 

Week 4 Major scale

 

Week 5             Minor Scale

 

Week 6 Double measure repeat.

                       

Week 7             Syncopation

 

Week 8             Tinuto

 

Week 9 Triplet