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 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 51C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, whole rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 52C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert F only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 53C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert G minor key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 54C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 55C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert F, E, D, & C
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-"C" time signature -
Video 56C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: Dynamics
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Video 57C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 58C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert E only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 59C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert C, E, & G
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 60C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert D minor key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-Repeat signs
-Slurs
-Dynamics: mp, mf
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 61C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert E only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 62C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert F major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Fermatas
-Slurs
-Ties
-Pick-up notes
-Dynamics: mp & mf
-2/4 time signature -
Video 63C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f
-Repeat sign
-Slurs
-Ties
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 64C: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Warm-up using:
-Concert F major scale & arpeggio
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes & rests
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 65C: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Music theory & fundamentals: D.C. al Fine
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Video 66C: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 67C: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms using:
-Concert G only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, dotted quarter notes, half notes & rests, dotted half notes, whole notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 68C: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-Concert F, A, & C
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 69C: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Sight-read using:
-Concert E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-D.C. al Fine
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment -
Video 70C: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Concert A only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 71C: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Concert B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, sixteenth notes (snare drum only)
-Repeat signs
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-"C" time signature -
Video 72C: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Sight-read using:
-Concert B-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
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f
-4/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment
