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THIS WEEKS ASSIGNMENTS

To view class assignments click on a date below.


5/8/03

5/15/03





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BEGINNING BAND MEMBERS
FIRST CLASS IN CONCERT BOOK

  1. March Along
  2. Beetle Blues
  3. House Party
  4. Quick Time
  5. Slow Motion
  6. Czardas
  7. Farmhouse Rock
  8. Soul Ballad
  9. English Waltz
  10. Sunny Samba
  11. Rhythm & Blues
  12. Close Finish


CONCERT TIME BEGINNING BAND BOOK 1

The publisher of our festival book has a web page where you can hear all of the tunes in your festival book (Concert Time Beginning Band Book 1) These files are presented as Real Audio streaming audio files. To hear the files you will need to have a computer with sound capability and the Real Audio player. To get a free down load of this program click here. Look in the lower left corner of the page. Older versions are also available.

You will be performing as a member of the Cadet Band on Monday Mar. 25, 2003. The songs that you will be performing include:

  1. Ceremonial March
  2. Rock City
  3. Irish Fantasy
  4. Faith Of Our Fathers
  5. Emberwood
  6. Yankee Doodle Marches On

To hear these and more click here.

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VARSITY BAND MEMBERS
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (4 clicks precede music)

You will be performing as a member of the Festival Band on Monday Mar. 25, 2003. The songs that you will be performing are listed below. Click on the links to hear a midi play-along.:

Festive Spirit
Mambo From The Congo
The MarineÕs Hymn(slow)
The MarineÕs Hymn(fast)
Blues Blueprint
A Purcell Suite

  1. I. March
  2. Irish Tune
  3. Trumpet Tune
Trumpico




MIDI FILES AVAILABLE


You may be able to play your music along with your computer! To open and play a midi file on your computer you will need a sound card, speakers, and a midi player program on your computer. Many computers come equipped with all of these features. If yours is one of them, clicking on the file link will start the file playing. If you have a sound card and speakers but no midi player you can download a free one from the web. Here are some possibilities.


    Windows users can get Crescendo at:

    http://www.liveupdate.com/freedownload.asp

    Macintosh computers can run midi files using Quicktime player. You can get it free at:

    http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/

    This is also available for windows. Be sure to check the requirements at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/system_req.html (Apple also archives older versions for older macs.)

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BAND CHALLENGERS

In this area you will find the accompaniments to melodies that have been or will soon be distributed in class. I have prepared material for all instruments. Each accompaniment is presented with and without melody. You will find that the performance of these tunes requires varying degrees of skill depending on the instrument played. Therefore, I have provided a range of speeds for each selection. Each selection begins with a series of clicks to establish the tempo.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
With melody ( 6 clicks (2 measures) precede music.

THE CAT


(These files begin with 7 clicks. They begin on beat one of your music.)

THE CAT (WITH MELODY, SLOW)

THE CAT (NO MELODY, SLOW)

THE CAT (WITH MELODY, FAST)

THE CAT (NO MELODY, FAST)




OLD FILES

I have put four clicks at the beginning of each file to show how fast the beat is.

PRIMO MEDLEY #1 WITH MELODY(SLOW)

PRIMO MEDLEY #1 NO MELODY(SLOW)

PRIMO MEDLEY #1 NO MELODY(FAST)

PRIMO MEDLEY #2 WITH MELODY(SLOW)

PRIMO MEDLEY #2 NO MELODY(SLOW)

PRIMO MEDLEY #2 NO MELODY(FAST)

PRIMO MEDLEY #6 WITH MELODY(SLOW)

PRIMO MEDLEY #6 NO MELODY(SLOW)

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH(SLOW)

JINGLE BELLS WITH MELODY(SLOW)

JINGLE BELLS(SLOW)

JINGLE BELLS(FASTEST)




PRACTICE FORMS

Need another practice sheet? Here is one in PDF format which you can print. To view it click here. (Please be patient as it may take some time to load.)




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