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Month of January: Complete all pages up to, and including, the two band
songs on page 21. MOst students will be completing pages 22 and 23 by the
end of the month.
Week 11, 12 (Nov. 26 - Dec. 7): Prepare and review all concert songs.
Continue on in the book up to page 22. Most students should be working on
pages 15 - 17.
Week 9, 10 (Nov. 12 - 23): Review all concert songs. Continue work on
pages 13 through 17.
Week 8 (Nov. 5 - 9): Review all songs that we are working on in band from
pages 9 - 12. Keep practicing Jingle Bells on page 12. Work pages 11 and
12 up to tempo and begin working on pages 13 and 14. Some students have
begun work on pages 15 - 20. We will take time during class to have you
show what you have accomplished on those pages.
Week 7 (Oct. 29 - Nov. 2): Review all songs and exercises from pages 9, 10
and 11. Please work to get all songs up to tempo. Finish work on page 11
and begin practicing Jingle Bells and other songs on page 12. A few students
are now working on pages 15 - 17.
Week 6 (Oct. 22 - 26): Most students should be reviewing page 9 and
completeing page 10. This week begin work on page 11 and, if you want,
start page 12. For those 2 or 3 students who have completed page 12,
please move ahead to pages 13 and 14.
Week 5 (Oct. 15 - 19): Everyone should be moving on to page 10 after this
week. Most studdents have completed pages 8 and 9 and are working on pages
10 and 11(with a few students working on page 12). If you are still having
problems with pages 8 and 9, please see me before school for some extra help.
Week 4 (Oct. 9 - 12): Please do a quick review of page 7 and complete all
of page 8. Students should be preparing at least the top half, if not all,
of page 9. Any student who is not able to complete page 7 at this point
should seek additional help before school(any day from 7:45 to 8:00 AM in
the music room).
Week 3: Review pages 6 and 7. Bring all exercises up to to a quick tempo.
Go on to page 8 and complete at least the top 4 songs/exercises. Some
students are ready to complete page 8 and go on to page 9 and/or page 10.
Week 2: Beginner band students should use page 6 as a warm-up and then
proceed to page7 , exercises # 11 - 14. Many students will be able to go on
to page 8 and begin with the top four songs/exercises.
Week one: All beginner band students should be on page 6 in the lesson
book. If you
feel comfortable with this page and would like to try some of the exercises
on page 7 and 8, you may go ahead.
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