SF HS Symphony Band
Assignments May 2020
May 23-May 29 (ACTION ITEMS IN RED)
- ACTION ITEM: Fill-out and submit Practice Record 7
- Practice the School Fight Song with the NEW RECORDED PRACTICE TRACKS for each individual instrument. You can find the practice tracks and Music at this link: fight-song--saints-go-marching-in.html
- Be ready to video record yourself playing the fight song while listening to the practice track of the full band version on headphones or with earbuds. I will be compiling submissions into a virtual performance in the coming weeks.
PAST ASSIGNMENTS April 2020
May 18-May 22 (ACTION ITEMS IN RED)
- ACTION ITEM: Fill-out and submit SF HS Final Exam/Course Evaluation by Friday, May 22.+Form Attached Below
- No Practice Record required this week.
- ACTION ITEM: Fill-out and submit Practice Record 4 & 5 (May 11-15)
- Practice playing the School Fight Song with a metronome set at 120. Music is attached under MARCHING Tab fight-song--saints-go-marching-in.html and Metronome is attached under RESOURCES tab metronome.html
- Play your instrument as much as possible. Half an hour a day is best, but anything is better than nothing.
- Warm up with long tones & brass instruments should go through the lip slur routine.
- Percussion (snare drum) should focus on Rudiments (Resource Tab-Fingering Charts) Double Stroke Rolls, Single & Double Paradiddle, Flams, Flam Tap, 16th Note Patterns, 5-9-17 Stroke Rolls.
- 4 Concert Scales (F-Bb-Eb-Ab) & Chromatic Scale (Resource Tab-Fingering Charts)
April 25-May 1 (ACTION ITEMS IN RED)
- ACTION ITEM: Fill-out and submit Practice Record 3 (April 25-May 1) +Form Attached Below
- ACTION ITEM: Go to the Marching tab & select the drop down tab-IDEAS for 2020 MB Show. Listen to the sound clips. Incoming Freshman through present Juniors submit selections through the Google Form. PLEASE HAVE THIS COMPLETED by Friday May 1.
- ACTION ITEM: Vote and Submit form SENIOR BAND AWARD SURVEY. PLEASE HAVE THIS COMPLETED by Friday May 1. +Form Attached Below Practice Record 3
- Play your instrument as much as possible. Half an hour a day is best, but anything is better than nothing.
- Warm up with long tones & brass instruments should go through the lip slur routine.
- Percussion (snare drum) should focus on Rudiments (Resource Tab-Fingering Charts) Double Stroke Rolls, Single & Double Paradiddle, Flams, Flam Tap, 16th Note Patterns, 5-9-17 Stroke Rolls.
- 4 Concert Scales (F-Bb-Eb-Ab) & Chromatic Scale (Resource Tab-Fingering Charts)
- Play your instrument as much as possible. Half an hour a day is best, but anything is better than nothing.
- Warm up with long tones & brass instruments should go through the lip slur routine.
- Percussion (snare drum) should focus on Rudiments (Resource Tab-Fingering Charts) Double Stroke Rolls, Single & Double Paradiddle, Flams, Flam Tap, 16th Note Patterns, 5-9-17 Stroke Rolls.
- 4 Concert Scales (F-Bb-Eb-Ab) & Chromatic Scale (Resource Tab-Fingering Charts)
- ACTION ITEM: Fill-out and submit Practice Record 1 April 9-17 & Practice Record 2 April 18-24 (Past Practice Records attached under RESOURCE Tab)
- ACTION ITEM: Download & print your part for "You'll Never Walk Alone" attached in the link below. I am looking into the possibility of a virtual performance of this (or something else). I am a attaching a YouTube News Feature of the Roma HS Mariachi Band who has successfully pulled this off-more info to follow.
- ACTION ITEM: Go to the Marching tab & select the drop down tab-IDEAS for 2020 MB Show. Listen to the sound clips. Incoming Freshman through present Juniors submit selections through the Google Form.
