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Friday, March 20th

3/20/2020

 
The "President's Own" / United States Marine Band is holding their Annual "Sousa's March Mania" Contest.  They are down to "Sousa's Sixteen." You can vote now for the each round of the marches. The Washington Post vs. The Purple Pageant was yesterday. Visit the Marine Band Website, listen to today's marches and vote for your favorite.

www.marineband.marines.mil/Unit-Home/Sousas-March-Mania/

Monday, March 23rd

3/19/2020

 
Hello everyone, attached are two music theory pages.

Monster Musician is a free app to help you practice on any instrument for your ipad/ iphone. It is the world's first interactive music game that targets and builds the skills necessary for successful music reading. The musician plays her or his instrument or sings directly into the app and gets evaluated on their performance in real-time.

www.themonstermusician.com/

Here is link with a short introduction to monster musician:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULANy0gpA6U


The "President's Own" / United States Marine Band is holding their Annual "Sousa's March Mania" Contest. They are down to "Sousa's Sixteen." Today is "Right-Left" and "The Fairest of the Fair." Visit the Marine Band Website, listen to today's marches and vote for your favorite.
music-theory-worksheet-11-time-signature-24.pdf
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music-theory-worksheet-12-eighth-notes.pdf
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Friday, March 20th

3/17/2020

 
Hello everyone, attached are two music theory sheets.
Here are some more games. The music racer has fingering games. The other sites are music resources.

Brass Fingerings/Positions Training Games
Music Racer Games/ Woodwind Finger Chart Games
Percussion Games
Online Metronome
Music Dictionary
Table of Accents
Table of Dynamics
Table of Key Signatures
 

music-theory-worksheet-9-ledger-lines.pdf
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Thursday, March 19th

3/17/2020

 
Hello everyone! Attached are two music theory worksheets:

Here are more websites to give you insights into reading and performing.

https://vicfirth.zildjian.com/education/percussion-101.html

http://www.gobando.com/


https://www.drselfridgemusic.com/

Orchestra:
Here are the links for extra note-reading practice, please spend at least five minutes doing this note-reading exercise:

Violin HERE
Viola HERE
Cello HERE
Bass HERE




music-theory-worksheet-7-rests-stems.pdf
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music-theory-worksheet-8-grand-staff.pdf
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Wednesday, March 18th

3/16/2020

 
Hello! Attached are two theory worksheets.
Band:

Flutes - Put a couple of drops of alcohol on a cotton ball and wipe down your Head Joint.
Brass, clarinets and saxophones - Wash your mouthpiece. Use a drop of liquid dish soap. **Clarinets - don't get the cork wet.

Use Music Racer on your computer.
In MusicRacer, choose Note Names and then choose your instrument.
Your goal is to finish level B. Once you get through Level B.

All Percussion:  Complete the Vic Firth Speed Note Reading Tutor. Choose Level 1 - Rookie. Your goal is, at least, 90 correct notes out of 100.

Orchestra:
Name the Note
This game tests your knowledge of the notes on the five lines and in the four spaces of Treble Clef.
Treble Clef Notes
In this game, you’ll name eleven different notes in Treble Clef.
Treble Staff Note Names2
This a slight variation from the previous game.  It will give you additional practice learning Treble Clef!
Violin Notes – D, A, E strings
This game will give you practice naming notes with sharps in Treble Clef.
Treble Clef Ledger Lines
This game is for violin students who are playing high notes above first position and goes up to high F.
Viola Note Names
Test your knowledge of Alto Clef! This game contains all the notes in first position on the viola.
Lesson1: Musical note names
This game has more difficult Treble Clef note names, including flats, sharps, double flats, and double sharps.
All Strings:
Major Key Signatures
This game will test your knowledge of key signatures up to six sharps and six flats.  Good luck!!!
Terms of Relative Tempo
This one is challenging!  You will match terms for tempos in both Italian and English.

Cello and Bass: Note Reading-your goal is 90 percent.
https://www.musictheory.net/
 

music-theory-worksheet-5-note-reading.pdf
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music-theory-worksheet-6-basic-rhythm.pdf
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Tuesday, March 17th

3/16/2020

 
Hello everyone, Attached are two music theory worksheets.

Free Music Theory Websites
Here is a list of 10 online sites for free music theory lessons and materials.
Most of the sites in the list contain information about music theory and worksheets or interactive tools for learning concepts of music theory.


  1. One Minute Music Lesson.com
  2. Music Theory.net
  3. Teoria.com
  4. eMusicTheory.com
  5. Jazz Guitar Online
  6. Dolmetsch Music Theory
  7. Music Theory on 8notes.com
  8. BerkleeShares
  9. Music Theory for Songwriters
  10. The Tonal Centre
music-theory-worksheet-3-treble-clef.pdf
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Monday, March 16th

3/14/2020

 
Hello everyone! Attached are two music theory worksheets. The sheets are the building blocks for reading music.

A website that has lessons and exercises is: www.musictheory.net/lessons

A website with Music Quizzes, Games, Worksheets and Music Theory Help is at
www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/music_quizzes.htm

You can keep track of your progress at each website.
music-theory-worksheet-1-the-staff.pdf
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music-theory-worksheet-2-staff-high-low.pdf
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Distance Learning

3/14/2020

 
The band and orchestra students will be notified using the school band/orchestra blog. An email has been sent through synergy to remind the students and parents about the blog. Music theory work sheets will be uploaded to the blog for the band and orchestra students that do not have an instrument and for students need extra help reading music. Students with an instrument will be encourage to practice each day on the music they have received. The band music is: Fundamentals; Samba La Bamba; Let's Rock, Turbo Rock, When The Saints Go Marching In and T-Rex. The Orchestra students that owned an instrument have Pepperoni Pizza-cato, Noah's Arco, Ode to Joy and Pizzicato Party. 
You can look through the previous posts for music games and various links for each instrument.

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