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 65C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: D.C. al Fine
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Video 56C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Dynamics
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Video 74C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Dotted quarter notes
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Video 81C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, sixteenth notes (snare drum only)
-D.C. al Fine
-Crescendo & decrescendo
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f
-Slurs
-Ties
-Buzz strokes (snare drum only)
-3/4 time... -
Video 78C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert D minor key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests, sixteenth notes (snare drum only)
-Crescendo & decrescendo
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-Ritardando
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-Slurs
-4/4 time signature... -
Video 80C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert F major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes
-Ritardando
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Slurs
-Breath marks
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-Crescendo, decrescendo
-2/4 time signature -
Video 76C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert F only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 77C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert E-flat, F, & G
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 79C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert G only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 82C: Vocab Review (Recap)
Vocabulary review: 37 multiple choice questions covering terms, symbols, and concepts from videos 1-99
