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Middle School Band

8th Grade Band Corner

Derek Limback

Welcome to the 8th Grade Band Site!  In this article you will find information about the 8th grade band including, homework, tests, upcoming events, and the weekly trivia question.  I will do my best to update this site weekly, but check the date below just to make sure it is current.

November 10-14

Homework:  Essential Elements Book 2   Page 18-19

Objectives:  Students need to develop dotted 8th-16th note articulations and counting as well as learn the Ab, F, Eb, and Bb Scales in the 8th note pattern.  Page 18 in the yellow box deals with flexibility and technical passages.

Upcoming events:

Winter Concert in December Decamber 18th at 6:00pm in the Middle School Gymatorium

Silver Dollar City trip in May TBA

Weekly Trivia Question (First student to bring the correct answer written down gets a prize):

Name three Baroque period composers.

 

7th Grade Band Corner

Derek Limback

Welcome to the 7th Grade Band Site!  In this article you will find information about the 7th grade band including, homework, tests, upcoming events, and the weekly trivia question.  I will do my best to update this site weekly, but check the date below just to make sure it is current.

November 10-14

Homework:  Essential Elements Book 2  Page 8-9.

Test will be a chair challenge this week over page 6-8

Objectives:  Students need to develop register changes (high to low and low to high)  Students are working on style changes and dynamics. Students are learning how to play in cut time and use syncopation.

Upcoming events:

Winter Concert in December Date and time TBA

Silver Dollar City trip in May TBA

Weekly Trivia Question (First student to bring the correct answer written down gets a prize):

Name three Baroque period composers.

6th Grade Band

Derek Limback

Welcome to the 6th Grade Band Corner.  In this article, you will find information about what the 6th graders are doing, upcoming events, information about instruments and other music topics, and the students homework for the week.  I will do my best to update this site every week.  Just check the date below to see if it is current.  November 3-9:

Homework:  Essential Elements Book 1  Page 6-8.

Test on anything from page 6-8 next week.  Students will not be told which excersize to know, so know them all!

Objectives:  Students need to develope their basic sound and articulations as well as learn how to hold and finger their first five notes.  Students will play songs using the first five notes mostly at the quarter note level.

Upcoming events: 

Winter Concert on December 18th at 6:00pm in the Middle School Gymatorium

Weekly Trivia Question (First student to bring the correct answer written down gets a prize):  

Name three Baroque period composers.