FOLDER 1

Getting Off to a Good Start

1. RECRUITING & INSTRUMENT PLACEMENT

2. EMBOUCHURE SET-UPS

3. INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY VIDEOS

4. POSTURE & INSTRUMENT POSITION VIDEOS

5. INSTRUMENT HAND POSITION VIDEOS

6. CALL & RESPONSE FOR UP CLOSE ONE-ON-ONE

7. 1st NOTES – 1st TUNE

8. MUSIC-MAKING WITH THREE NOTES

9. TRANSPOSITION CHARTS

FOLDER 2

Beginning Student Assessment

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1. EMBOUCHURE CHECK-OFF LISTS

2. FIRST MP TONE PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT

3. CALL & RESPONSE PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT

 4. RHYTHMIC PATTERN READING PERF ASSESSMENT

5. MELODIC PATTERN READING PERF ASSESSMENT

6. COMPOSITE ACHIEVEMENT CHECK-OFF LISTS

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FOLDER 3A

Singing Informs

LISTEN-MOVE-SING & PLAY

1. SING-ALONG PREP VIDEOS

2. HOME PRACTICE & PLAY REPERTOIRE

3. FINGERING CHARTS

FOLDER 3B

Teaching Music Pattern Reading

START WITH THE BEAT OF THE CONDUCTOR’S BATON

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FOLDER 3C

Behavior Management

FOLDER 3D

Dropouts – Causes – Remedies

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FOLDER 4A

Music MY Choice 1

ONLINE CHOOSE-PRACTICE-PLAY

1. MUSIC-MAKING WITH 3 NOTES

2. FAVORITE CHOICES

3. STUDY WITH AN ARTIST

4. STAR LEVEL CHOICES

5. SECULAR HOLIDAY SONGS

“Models define, exemplify, and motivate”

FOLDER 4B

Music MY Choice 2

ONLINE CHOOSE-PRACTICE-PLAY

1. SNARE DRUM  –  CHOOSE-PRACTICE-PLAY

2. KEYBOARD PERCUSSION – CHOOSE-PRACTICE-PLAY

3. WORLD PERCUSSION – PLAY ALONG

4. AUXILIARY PERCUSSION – PLAY ALONG

5. DRUM SET MODELS & DRUMLESS PLAY-ALONG TRACKS

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FOLDER 5

Sound Teaching

CALL & RESPONSE

1. 1st TONES – MOUTHPIECE, REED, & MP ASSEMBLIES

2. 1st NOTES – 1st TUNE

3. TUNE-UP ON CONCERT D-Eb-F

4. ARTICULATION WARM-UPS ON CONCERT D-Eb-F

FOLDER 7

Teaching Rhythm

FEELS LIKE – SOUNDS LIKE – LOOKS LIKE

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1. TEACHING RHYTHM FROM THE CONDUCTOR’S POINT OF VIEW

2. FEELS LIKE – SOUNDS LIKE – LOOKS LIKE

3. TEACHING RHYTHMIC PATTERNS WITH MOVEMENT

4. FLASHSLIDE PROGRAMS TO TEACH RHYTHMIC PATTERN READING

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Teaching Rhythm

COMMUNICATION & UNDERSTANDING

1. NAME – IDENTIFY – INTERPRET

2. THE FUNCTION OF MUSIC SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

“The conductor’s baton and phonetic rhythmic syllables can easily explain the function and purpose of music signs and symbols.”

FOLDER 6

Musical Independence

1. LEARNING PIECES ON MY OWN

2. HOLD A PART IN A MUSICAL ROUND

3. LEARNING TO PLAY ‘BY EAR’

Playing ‘By Ear’ is the process of transferring what is heard, recalled, and imagined to music performance.

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Teaching Rhythm

The Du de – Du da di Phonetic Rhythmic Syllables

(Items 2), 3), 4), are excerpts from GIA MLR 378 CD)

1) JAMES FROSETH AUTHORSHIP VERIFICATION

2) THE PRIMARY BEAT – LISTEN & REPLICATE

3) DUPLE (2s) SUBDIVISION – LISTEN & REPLICATE

4) TRIPLE (3s) SUBDIVISION – LISTEN & REPLICATE

FOLDER 10

Individualizing Group Instruction

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Tunes With Easy Alternative Parts

Tunes With Easy Parts & Break It Down Options

(All Tunes Have Acoustic Studio Accompaniments)

FOLDER 11A

Entry Level Improvisation.

1A) Creativity Killers (Alert)

2) Entry Level C&R Articulations

3) Things to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

4) Creating a Safe Environment

5) C&R Vocabulary For Improvisation

6) Improv Prep – Learn Songs Ear-to-Hand (“By Ear”)

FOLDER 12A

Harmonized Scales – Technique & Improvisation

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   1) Half Scales (Minor ii7-V7) with Improv Options     

    2) Half Scales (Major V7-1) with Improv Options

3) Full Scales Major & Minor with Improv Options

     4) Melodic Ear-to-Hand Studies      22 Levels  In All the Keys

FOLDER 11B

Motivating Students to Practice, Play, & Continue in Band

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FOLDER 12B

STUDENT TALK SUPPRESSION RESOURCES

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FOLDER 13A

Call & Response Improvisation

(ENTRY LEVEL)

Short 4-Beat and 8-Beat Improvisations to Get Started

1. THE IMPROVISED PARAPHRASE

2. THE IMPROVISED DIALOGUE

FOLDER 13B

Vocabulary for Improvisation

1) Call &Response Vocabulary For Improvisation

(20 Easy to Challenging C&R Tracks – Including Tech Prep Charts)

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FOLDER 14A

FINGER PATTERN STUDIES FOR IMPRO

1) Albert Blaser Finger Pattern Studies with Acc

FOLDER 14B

ii7/V7 for MUSIC IMPROVISATION

ii7/V7 MAJOR-MINOR Improvisation and Demo

ii7/V7 IN MOTION Modulation Improvisation

FOLDER 15

ASSESSMENT – 1

Measures to Evaluate & Verify

1. RHYTHMIC PATTERN READING ASSESSMENT

2. PRIMARY MELODIC PATTERN READING ASSESSMENT

FOLDER 17

PEDAGOGY – 1

WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT LEARNING and TEACHING

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TEACHER PEDAGOGY

Programs to Improve Teaching

1) DON’T SLOW IT DOWN,  BREAK IT DOWN – BAND PIECES

2) BREAK IT DOWN – TEACHER RESOURCES

3) LOOK & LISTEN TO MY BATON – “AMERICA” FROM MEMORY

4) KEYS TO DIAGNOSING & CORRECTING COMMON PROBLEMS

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PEDAGOGY – 2

WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT LEARNING and TEACHING