Band Classroom Playlist

Band Classroom Playlist

Fun play-along videos to be used in the beginning band classroom for a full band (woodwinds, brass, percussion)

-For beginner and intermediate band students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 9 activities to engage students in different modes of learning

1. Warm-ups (Get Ready): Warm-ups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.

2. Music Theory (Inside Info): Music theory and fundamentals
-Note names, rhythms, time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.

3. Rhythm Practice (Sync Up): Rhythm practice
-Reading, counting, clapping

4. Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove): Listening practice
-Listening, playing, reading rhythms

5. Echo Melodies (Play By Ear): Listening practice
-Hear the difference between pitches, listening, playing, reading pitches

6. Sight-Reading (Mix It Up): Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it

7. Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat): Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythm, then play something different

8. Ensemble Practice (All Together Now): Play duets
-Play different parts of a duet

9. Sight-Reading (Bonus Level): Sight-reading
-Sight-reading with piano accompaniment

10. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos

Think of each 9 videos a unit of study. Every 82 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review.

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Band Classroom Playlist