1st Trimester

September October November

Special Events to Prepare for: Winter Concert: Tempest, Anasazi , and Contredanse
Scales to Focus on: Concert B-flat major, Concert E-flat major, Concert F major
Page Goal in the trimester: page 7
I (tonic)
IV (subdominant)
V7 (dominant seventh)
orchestration ritardando
whole step staccato Maestoso
major scale sharp Clarinets: crossing the break
arpeggio courtesy accidental Trombones: glissando
New Vocabulary Introduced: sharp Da Capo al Fine transposition

Review of quarter, half, whole,

eighth notes and rests

Begin teaching numerical

New Rhythms/ Time Signature: counting system Dotted quarter note-eighth syncopation
Playing Tests Weeks (Material to
be taken from band October 5th November 2nd
music/method book): September 21st October 19th November 16th

October 12th: Theory Quiz

Other Assessment Dates: September 28th: Rhythm Quiz October 26th: Rhythm Quiz November 9th: Theory Quiz
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Trimester 2 Trim
December January February March
MMEA Band Clinic/ Solo and Ensemble (Music TBD) Spring Con
Concert G-minor, Concert A-flat Review of the prev
page 13 pa

Clarinets: RH down
minor scale
natural
melodic tenuto
harmonic binary form Concert B-flat blues scale call and response

eighth rest half note-sixteenth notes

January 11th Feburary 8th March 7th (put on Tri 3)

December 6th January 25th February 22nd March 21st
February 1st: Rhythm Quiz
February 15th: Theory Quiz
December 13th: Rhythm Quiz January 18th: Theory Quiz February 29th: Rhythm Quiz March 14th: Theory Quiz
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April May June
Spring Concert (Music TBD)
Review of the previous scales introduced
page 19

rallentando
Allegretto enharmonics

ta-tika
tika-ta dotted eighth- sixteenth note

April 11th
April 25th May 9th

May 2nd: Theory Quiz

April 18th: Rhythm Quiz May 16th: Rhythm Quiz