Band Class
Fun play-along videos for classroom use!
-Use with full ensembles in online, hybrid, and in-person classroom settings
-For beginner and intermediate band students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Classroom videos rotate through 9 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Warm-ups (Get Ready)
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Music Theory (Inside Info)
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on an instrument
7. Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
9. Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
-Combines material from previous videos
10. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 82 Dynabuddy classroom videos
Teachers can use Dynabuddy videos to support any musical activity they have planned. Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 82 classroom videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 82 classroom videos are currently available. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 1C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert B-flat, C, & D
-Whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 2C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Reading music
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Video 3C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 4C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert B-flat only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 5C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert B-flat & C
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 6C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 7C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert C only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 8C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 9C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 10C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 11C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Time signatures
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Video 12C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 13C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert F only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 14C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert D & E-flat
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 15C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, whole notes
-“C” time signature
-Repeat sign
-Fermata
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 16C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert B-flat only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 17C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 18C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Breath marks
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 19C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, & G
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-Ties
-Breath marks
-2/4 time signature -
Video 20C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Accidentals & key signatures
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Video 21C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 22C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert A only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 23C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert B-flat, D, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 24C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment