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8/13/06 Corky's Tuning Chart 7/06 Marching Band Drill All County Band On Wednesday, November 29, All County Auditions will take place. All County is a special event where all area schools pull together their best musicians to create a large ensemble. Over the next two months there will be a heavy push for ALL of our band students to take the challenge of auditioning for this band. In the past several years, our band has been very under-represented at this event. This year, there is potential for most of our students to make the ensemble. The abilities of every student in our band reach beyond those of many students in average sized ensembles because of the importance that each person plays in the ensemble itself. For this reason, it is vital that each student is given the opportunity to try out. The catch is that in order for this to happen, the student who auditions must WANT to audition. This means that he or she must also BE WILLING TO PRACTICE for the audition. The first step we will take as a band will be to learn all of our 12 major scales. The first test on these scales will likely be on Thursday of next week on Bb, Eb, and F. Scales do not need to be memorized, but must be learned in 2 octaves where possible. We will try to learn them at a rate of 2 or 3 per week. Scale sheets are available in the band room. And scale exercises, like we have been practicing in class are excellent practice materials to help everyone learn scales in the best way possible. So, expect to be drilled constantly on these scales. Learn them ALL. If learning all of them by November is too hard for you personally, then start practicing them! Don’t be surprised if auditioning for All County suddenly becomes a required grade! Need scales and arpeggios for your instrument? Click here!
Corky's Tuning Chart
Tuning your instrument individually is extremely important. This guide shows you a precise method of getting your instrument in tune. Despite individual tuning, however, adjustments are always made based on the intonation of the overall ensemble, as well as your placement in a specific musical chord Woodwinds Flutes Play top line F to Bb diatonically 4 times Bb – 8 cents sharp -Play with “conversational breath” – flute players play with more air than needed, which pushes up the pitch -Head joint and its adjustment have big influence Clarinet 2^nd Line G – adjust barrel (1/8 inch) Low C – if sharp, adjust middle joint 3^rd space C – if sharp, adjust bell (if this further flattens low E, then don’t do it) Play up to each note diatonically 4 times for consistency -Because most student clarinets are built sharp, secure an accurate reading of G first Alto and Bari Sax 2^nd Line G – close to centered pitch G above the staff – should be slightly sharp Play from D up to these notes 3 or 4 times Top line F should be “zero tolerance” Tenor Sax 2^nd Line G – almost perfect G above the staff – sharp Play D up to these notes 3 or 4 times 3^rd line B should be “zero tolerance” Tuning your instrument individually is extremely important. This guide shows you a precise method of getting your instrument in tune. Despite individual tuning, however, adjustments are always made based on the intonation of the overall ensemble, as well as your placement in a specific musical chord Brass Trumpet Play 2^nd line G four times Play G-C (3^rd space) diatonically Both G and C should be 4 to 6 cents sharp French Horn (tuning both Bb and F side) Check C on Bb side (concert F), adjust main tuning slide Release Bb thumb lever, check C on F side, and adjust other slide (don’t readjust the main slide) Difficulty tuning might be because of a tight throat Bb side: Tune first valve to Eb and Bb Second valve to E and B natural 1^st and 2^nd valve combination to A 3^rd valve to A F side: 1^st valve F and Bb 2^nd valve F# and B natural A for 1^st and 2^nd valves A for 3^rd valve Play scales and arpeggios using both sides for consistency Trombone Play 4^th line F four times – 4 to 6 cents sharp Bb above staff – “zero tolerance” Lip slurs from 2^nd line Bb to 4^th line F Same from 4^th line F up to Bb With trigger, tune 4^th line F and match pitch with 1^st position F Tune Low C Euphonium Tune 4^th line F – should be sharp, but as close to “zero tolerance” as possible Tune Bb above the staff – should be “zero tolerance” Lip slurs from 2^nd line Bb to 4^th line F Same from 4^th line F up to Bb Tune 4^th valve to 2^nd space C Tuba Play F below the staff four times – centered Play 2^nd line Bb – centered Play F down to low Bb 4 times diatonically - Bb should be zero Lip slurs F up to Bb, Bb down to F for consistency Bb is not the easiest pitch to center Tune 4^th valve to F below staff and low C
AHS Marching Band Drill

To Access Marching Band 2006 Drill and view it On-Line: ALL STUDENTS MUST DOWNLOAD THIS PROGRAM AGAIN NOTE: If you used this software last year, it probably has expired. You will need to go through the downloading process again. 1. Go to www.pyware.com 2. Click on the Red “Student Viewer” button 3. Download a free copy the “3D Java Interactive Viewer” for your operating system, and follow the instructions for installation 4. The first time you run the program, you will be prompted to enter an Account Name and Account ID. Use the following information: a. Account Name: Atlantic High School b. Account ID: 35384 5. When you are prompted for a user name and password, sign on as an “anonymous guest” (you will be given an name and password in class soon) To access the drill: 1. After opening the Pyware 3D Java Interactive View program that you have set up, a screen will appear that says “Open a Drill File”. 2. Click on Get a Drill Online 3. A screen that says “Online Accounts” should appear. At the bottom, make sure the circle next to “My Personal Account List” is checked. 4. If there are no accounts listed in this list, do the following: a. Click “Add Account” b. Type “Atlantic High School” for account name, and 35384 for Account ID c. Click Okay 5. Highlight the Atlantic High School account by clicking once on it. 6. Click select 7. Sign on as “Anonymous Guest” 8. The screen should now show a file name with a check box that says GET THIS FILE. 9. Check the GET THIS FILE box, then click “Get from Online Account” 10. Click “Save Changes” at the bottom right hand corner 11. The file should download. When the red writing at the top says “Online changes completed”, click “Done” 12. The “open a drill file” box will now have the new file available. a. This particular file should always be available to you from this point on, so you don’t have to download it every time you want to view it. b. If there are updates made to the original drill, Mr. Gillet will let you know, and you can simply download it again. 13. Highlight the drill you want to view, and click “Open” 14. For more information on how to view the file you have downloaded, see the “Reference” tab that is at the top of the screen in the Pyware Viewer program.
Shark Program Vocabulary List
Level 1: NURSE SHARK In order to pass this task for the Shark Program, you are required to define 10 of the following musical terms. You will be given a quiz that will have only the word listed in its abbreviated form. You must write out the full word (if necessary), and write its definition from memory. You are also required to know the language the word is written in. It. – Italian Eng. – English tutti – (It.) all solo – (It.) alone p (piano) – (It.) soft mp (mezzo piano) – (It.) half soft f (forte) – (It.) loud, strong duet – (Eng.) any combination for two performers, or a piece or passage written for such a combination time signature – a sign placed at the start of a piece of music indicating the meter of the music key signature – a group of sharp or flat signs placed at the beginning of a composition or during a composition to indicate the key of the music that follows ff (fortissimo) – (It.) very loud pp (pianissimo) – (It.) very quiet Level 2: BLUE SHARK In order to pass this task for the Shark Program, you are required to define 10 of the following musical terms. You will be given a quiz that will have only the word listed in its abbreviated form. You must write out the full word (if necessary), and write its definition from memory. You are also required to know the language the word is written in. It. – Italian Eng. – English tutti – (It.) all solo – (It.) alone p (piano) – (It.) soft mp (mezzo piano) – (It.) half soft f (forte) – (It.) loud, strong duet – (Eng.) any combination for two performers, or a piece or passage written for such a combination time signature – a sign placed at the start of a piece of music indicating the meter of the music key signature – a group of sharp or flat signs placed at the beginning of a composition or during a composition to indicate the key of the music that follows ff (fortissimo) – (It.) very loud pp (pianissimo) – (It.) very quiet mf (mezzo forte) – (It.) half loud andante – (It.) “walking”, moderately slow allegro – (It.) bright, lively staccato – (It.) detached, separated legato – (It.) bound, played smoothly with no breaks marcato – (It.) with distinctness and emphasis accent – a stress or added emphasis given to a note phrase – Any short figure or passage unbroken in continuity and thus complete in itself cresc. (crescendo) – (It.) gradually getting louder decresc. (It.) gradually getting quieter Level 3: WHALE SHARK In order to pass this task for the Shark Program, you are required to define 10 of the following musical terms. You will be given a quiz that will have only the word listed in its abbreviated form. You must write out the full word (if necessary), and write its definition from memory. You are also required to know the language the word is written in. It. – Italian Eng. – English tutti – (It.) all solo – (It.) alone p (piano) – (It.) soft mp (mezzo piano) – (It.) half soft f (forte) – (It.) loud, strong duet – (Eng.) any combination for two performers, or a piece or passage written for such a combination time signature – a sign placed at the start of a piece of music indicating the meter of the music key signature – a group of sharp or flat signs placed at the beginning of a composition or during a composition to indicate the key of the music that follows ff (fortissimo) – (It.) very loud pp (pianissimo) – (It.) very quiet mf (mezzo forte) – (It.) half loud andante – (It.) “walking”, moderately slow allegro – (It.) bright, lively staccato – (It.) detached, separated legato – (It.) bound, played smoothly with no breaks marcato – (It.) with distinctness and emphasis accent – a stress or added emphasis given to a note phrase – Any short figure or passage unbroken in continuity and thus complete in itself cresc. (crescendo) – (It.) gradually getting louder decresc.- (It.) gradually getting quieter allargando – (It.) broadening, becoming slower accel. (accelerando) – (It.) becoming faster ten. (tenuto) – (It.) held fermata – (It.) the that indicates prolonging the time value at the performer’s or the conductor’s choice dim. (diminuendo) – (It.) diminishing, gradually getting quieter rit. (ritardando) – (It.) holdng back, held back coda – (It.) – a “tail”, a passage ending a piece fine – (It.) – end fp – (forte piano) – (It.) literally “loudsoft”, accent strongly, instantly diminishing to piano fz – (forzando) – (It.) With force, energy, means that the note or chord is to be strongly accented Level 4: BULL SHARK In order to pass this task for the Shark Program, you are required to define 10 of the following musical terms. You will be given a quiz that will have only the word listed in its abbreviated form. You must write out the full word (if necessary), and write its definition from memory. You are also required to know the language the word is written in. It. – Italian Eng. – English tutti – (It.) all solo – (It.) alone p (piano) – (It.) soft mp (mezzo piano) – (It.) half soft f (forte) – (It.) loud, strong duet – (Eng.) any combination for two performers, or a piece or passage written for such a combination time signature – a sign placed at the start of a piece of music indicating the meter of the music key signature – a group of sharp or flat signs placed at the beginning of a composition or during a composition to indicate the key of the music that follows ff (fortissimo) – (It.) very loud pp (pianissimo) – (It.) very quiet mf (mezzo forte) – (It.) half loud andante – (It.) “walking”, moderately slow allegro – (It.) bright, lively staccato – (It.) detached, separated legato – (It.) bound, played smoothly with no breaks marcato – (It.) with distinctness and emphasis accent – a stress or added emphasis given to a note phrase – Any short figure or passage unbroken in continuity and thus complete in itself cresc. (crescendo) – (It.) gradually getting louder decresc.- (It.) gradually getting quieter allargando – (It.) broadening, becoming slower accel. (accelerando) – (It.) becoming faster ten. (tenuto) – (It.) held fermata – (It.) the that indicates prolonging the time value at the performer’s or the conductor’s choice dim. (diminuendo) – (It.) diminishing, gradually getting quieter rit. (ritardando) – (It.) holdng back, held back coda – (It.) – a “tail”, a passage ending a piece fine – (It.) – end fp – (forte piano) – (It.) literally “loudsoft”, accent strongly, instantly diminishing to piano fz – (forzando) – (It.) With force, energy, means that the note or chord is to be strongly accented dolce – (It.) sweet, sometimes soft obbligato – (It.) An accompanying part that is essential and cannot be omitted ossia – (It.) Designated passages that are alternatives to the original, and are usually easier sempre – (It.) always Senza – (It.) without Simile – (It.) an instruction that the performer should continue with some particular effect or technique brio – (It.) vivacity, liveliness cantabile - (It.) singable, in a singing style sordino – (It.) a mute sfz – (sforzando) – (It.) A direction to perform the tone or chord with special stress, or marked and sudden emphasis Level 5: SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK In order to pass this task for the Shark Program, you are required to define 10 of the following musical terms. You will be given a quiz that will have only the word listed in its abbreviated form. You must write out the full word (if necessary), and write its definition from memory. You are also required to know the language the word is written in. It. – Italian Eng. – English Ger. – German tutti – (It.) all solo – (It.) alone p (piano) – (It.) soft mp (mezzo piano) – (It.) half soft f (forte) – (It.) loud, strong duet – Eng. any combination for two performers, or a piece or passage written for such a combination time signature – a sign placed at the start of a piece of music indicating the meter of the music key signature – a group of sharp or flat signs placed at the beginning of a composition or during a composition to indicate the key of the music that follows ff (fortissimo) – (It.) very loud pp (pianissimo) – (It.) very quiet mf (mezzo forte) – (It.) half loud andante – (It.) “walking”, moderately slow allegro – (It.) bright, lively staccato – (It.) detached, separated legato – (It.) bound, played smoothly with no breaks marcato – (It.) with distinctness and emphasis accent – a stress or added emphasis given to a note phrase – Any short figure or passage unbroken in continuity and thus complete in itself cresc. (crescendo) – (It.) gradually getting louder decresc.-(It.) gradually getting quieter allargando – (It.) broadening, becoming slower accel. (accelerando) – (It.) becoming faster ten. (tenuto) – (It.) held fermata – (It.) the that indicates prolonging the time value at the performer’s or the conductor’s choice dim. (diminuendo) – (It.) diminishing, gradually getting quieter rit. (ritardando) – (It.) holdng back, held back coda – (It.) – a “tail”, a passage ending a piece fine – (It.) – end fp – (forte piano) – (It.) literally “loudsoft”, accent strongly, instantly diminishing to piano fz – (forzando) – (It.) With force, energy, means that the note or chord is to be strongly accented dolce – (It.) sweet, sometimes soft obbligato – (It.) An accompanying part that is essential and cannot be omitted ossia – (It.) Designated passages that are alternatives to the original, and are usually easier sempre – (It.) always Senza – (It.) without Simile – (It.) an instruction that the performer should continue with some particular effect or technique brio – (It.) vivacity, liveliness cantabile - (It.) singable, in a singing style sordino – (It.) a mute sfz – (sforzando) – (It.) A direction to perform the tone or chord with special stress, or marked and sudden emphasis movement – a division or section of a composition chord – a harmony of two or more notes molto – (It.) very much transpose – to perform or write out a composition in a key other than that in which it was originally written Alla breve - (It.) Two beats per measure with the half note carrying the beat, also called cut time Adagio (It.) – slow, leisurely Pesante (It.) – Heavy, firm, vigorous Rubato (It.) – “Robbed”, dwell on, and prolong important melody or chords, thus “robbing” some unimportant notes of some of their time value dampfer (Ger.) – mute Breit (Ger.)- Broadly
AHS Performance Practice The Shark Program


Levels Rules: -You may only work on one level at a time (the only exception is choice of Solo and Ensemble piece) -Only Mr. Gillet will be able to pass you off on any level -When you are ready to complete a task, it must be done outside of class time (shark breaks, before or after school). Let Mr. Gillet know when you’re coming in advance to make sure that he will be available. -Some tasks may be completed during class, but this is the director’s choice. -Don’t feel like you have to complete all the tasks from one level all at once. Do a couple of tasks at a time, then, once they are passed, move on. -Private lessons will help you. So will other students. Don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need it! -Although one level should be passed per semester, passing more than one during that time is encouraged. -Percussion must follow a separate, but similar set of guidelines. -A written record of your progress will be kept and given to you upon graduation Winds Beginners Level 1: NURSE SHARK 1. Hold a comfortable note in tune for 4 beats, with m.m. 60 2. Play a major scale at a steady tempo. Scale is to be performed 1 octave 3. Speak a given 2 bar rhythm in 2/4 time 4. Complete a sight-reading exercise given by Mr. Gillet 5. Memorize and define 10 musical terms from the provided list Level 2: BLUE SHARK 1. Play chromatic scale: 1 octave 2. Play three major scales (in 4 minutes or less) from memory complete with arpeggios, at a minimum tempo of m.m. quarter note=90. Scales are to be performed 1 octave. Use the All-State scale and arpeggio pattern for the scale. They should be tongued ascending and slurred descending. The order of scales shall be: D, G, & C. 3. Hold a comfortable note in tune for 6 beats, with m.m.=60 4. Prepare one 4 bar phrase from any piece of current band music 5. Speak and play a given rhythm from 101 Rhythmic Rest Patterns (4/4 time) 6. Complete a sight-reading exercise given by Mr. Gillet 7. Memorize and define 20 musical terms from the provided list Level 3: WHALE SHARK 1. Play chromatic scale: 1 octave 2. Play five major scales (in 4 minutes or less) from memory complete with arpeggios, at a minimum tempo of m.m. quarter note=100. Scales are to be performed 1 octave. Use the All-State scale and arpeggio pattern for the scale. They should be tongued ascending and slurred descending. The order of scales shall be: D, G, C, F, Bb. 3. Hold a comfortable note in tune for 8 beats, with m.m.=60 4. Prepare and perform pg. 23 of “I Recommend”, #6 and 7 (Dynamics) 5. Prepare and perform one piece of current band music (if marching band, it should be memorized). Show proper dynamic contrast 6. Prepare and perform a Grade III solo (or ensemble) for Solo and Ensemble. 7. Speak and play a given rhythm from 101 Rhythmic Rest Patterns (6/8 time) 8. Complete a sight-reading exercise given by Mr. Gillet 9. Memorize and define 30 musical terms from the provided list Level 4: BULL SHARK 1. Play chromatic scale: 2 octaves. 2. Play seven major scales (in 4 minutes or less) from memory complete with arpeggios, at a minimum tempo of m.m. quarter note=100. Scales are to be performed 1 octave. Use the All-State scale and arpeggio pattern for the scale. They should be tongued ascending and slurred descending. The order of scales shall be: D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab. 3. Hold a comfortable note in tune for 12 beats, with m.m.=60 4. Speak and play a given rhythm from 101 Rhythmic Rest Patterns 5. Prepare and perform a Grade III solo (or ensemble) for Solo and Ensemble and receive a Superior 6. Prepare and perform Pg. 23 of “I Recommend”, #5 (Accent Etude) 7. Prepare and perform a current piece of band music (if marching band, music should be memorized). Show proper dynamics and articulations. 8. Complete a sight-reading exercise given by Mr. Gillet 9. Memorize and define 40 musical terms Level 5: SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK 1. Play chromatic scale for entire range of the instrument 2. Play seven major scales (in 2 minutes or less) from memory complete with arpeggios, at a minimum tempo of m.m. quarter note=120. Scales are to be performed 2 octaves where possible. Use the All-State scale and arpeggio pattern for the scale. They should be tongued ascending and slurred descending. The order shall be: D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab 3.

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