Band Classroom Videos

Band Classroom Videos

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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Band Classroom Videos
  • Video 25C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)

    Echo and improvise rhythms using:
    -Concert F only
    -Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
    -4/4 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 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
    -ā€œCā€ time signature
    -Piano accompaniment

  • 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 29C: Music Theory (Inside Info)

    Music theory & fundamentals: Eighth notes & rests

  • 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 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 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 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
    -ā€œCā€ time signature
    -Metronome and piano accompaniment

  • 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
    -ā€œCā€ 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 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 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 38C: Music Theory (Inside Info)

    Music theory & fundamentals: Ties & slurs

  • 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 47C: Music Theory (Inside Info)

    Music theory & fundamentals: Repeats, 1st & 2nd endings

  • Video 48C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)

    Count and clap rhythms using:
    -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
    -2/4 time signature