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Band Final Exam

Band Final Exam . The Process Scales (12 Major and Chromatic) Sight Reading portion Etude Terms. Scales. YES! You may use your circle Know all 12 keys (basically the circle) You must play them in under 3 minutes (2 octaves on as many as you can to earn extra points)

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Band Final Exam

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  1. Band Final Exam The Process • Scales (12 Major and Chromatic) • Sight Reading portion • Etude • Terms

  2. Scales • YES! You may use your circle • Know all 12 keys (basically the circle) • You must play them in under 3 minutes (2 octaves on as many as you can to earn extra points) • You must play a chromatic scale (2 octaves up and down). You can start on your lowest note and go to your highest note for extra points • Use SmartMusic to help learning and memorizing scales!

  3. Sight Reading • You will have one minute to read through the sight reading excerpt before playing • What can you do to practice sight reading? • Ask Us • Pick up some things on your own • Do a little every day. The more you do the better you get. The only way to improve is to just do it • You should see ______ when you sight read.

  4. When you are sight reading, remember STARS….. S T A R S ignatures (Key, Time) empo (style) Markings rticulations/Accidentals hythms igns (Repeat/Coda/Dynamics)

  5. Etude • STARS applies when first learning • Count and Clap through the piece • Remember the 10 practice hints from the “How to Practice” article • Isolate sections of the piece (blow chunks!) • You DO NOT have to take it at tempo (especially when first starting)

  6. Terms • You must know all of the terms on the list, 6th grade only needs to know *terms • Places to go to help learn your terms: • www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/ • library.thinkquest.org/2791/MDOPNSCR.htm • www.dolmetsch.com/musictheorydefs.htm • http://www.musicoutfitters.com/dictionary.htm

  7. The Day • Remember to show up on time!!! • We will notcome and get you!!! • You may come down a FEW MINUTES early to warm up • This is a MAJOR test worth 100 points in the grade book. If you do not show up, you will receive a big fat 0 in the grade book • It is up to YOU to reschedule if you miss for ANY reason

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