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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Video 20C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Accidentals & key signatures
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Video 36C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole rests
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat sign
-"C" time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 27C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature; Concert D minor tonality
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes and rests, whole notes
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-“C” time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 45C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up note
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 46C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert E-flat, F, G, A-flat, & B-flat
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 28C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert B-flat major scale & arpeggio
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 37C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert E-flat, F, G, A-flat, & B-flat
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Breath marks
-3/4 time signature -
Video 33C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 42C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert C minor key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Fermata
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 30C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 39C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 48C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 26C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Round
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Ties
-Repeat signs
-Dynamics: p & f
-"C" time signature -
Video 44C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature -
Video 35C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Slurs
-Repeat signs
-Dynamics: p & f
-"C" time signature -
Video 40C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert E-flat only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 31C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert C only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Ties
-2/4 time signature -
Video 49C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert D only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 50C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert B-flat, D, & F
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 41C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-E-flat, F, & G
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 32C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert B-flat & C
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 43C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert A-flat only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 34C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert D only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 29C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Eighth notes & rests
