The 5th grade band students are back to work after our brief hiatus for the holiday break! We have already learned 5 more notes since the beginning of January and are also playing in different key signatures and have begun to read 16th note rhythm patterns with great accuracy!
As we continue through the third quarter, we will focus on mastering as many new concepts as we can from our band method book as well as work through numerous band arrangements found in our 'First Performance' book. They will also be receiving some sheet music examples which will correlate with some of the concepts that we are covering in our books. We began reading through the 'Star Wars Theme' this week as it uses many of the new high notes that we learned on page 22 in our 'Standard of Excellence' book. We have really enjoyed playing this piece this week and the band students are doing really well on it already.
It can be very challenging to keep the students practicing during the months of January and February, but please continue to encourage their practice routine at home so we can continue progressing on our instruments!
Until next week.....
Mr. Hubers
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