Lucio Middle School Beginner Band Objectives

A Comprehensive Timeline for the Beginner Year

Intro: Band Hall Guidelines and Procedures (Handbook), Supplies, Lockers

Getting Started: Breathing, Musical Alphabet, Lines and Spaces Note name Chant, 3 Band Rules, Stand By and Set
Position, Instrument Specific Sitting Posture, Lap tap, Clear Up and Down, Steady beat, Foot Tap, Mouthpiece Set
1st Six Up, Voicing, Uniform Embouchure Formation with Mirror, Identification of instrument Parts, Instrument
weeks Assembly, Hand/Finger position, First Sounds, Perfect Whole Note, Matching pitch, Mouthpiece and Instrument,
Characteristic Tone Production, Long Tones, Introduction to Remington Exercises, Develop Daily Warmup
Routine, Model Characteristic Tones, Recordings Modeling Characteristic Tone
Basic Music Theory: Staff, Bar Line, Measure, Lines/Spaces, Clef Signs, Time Signature, Accidentals
Rhythm: Whole, Half, Quarter Notes and Corresponding Rests

Daily Practice with Mirror, Range Extension with Low/Middle Studies and Extended Low/Middle Studies, Tone
nd Building Exercises, Slurring, Tonguing, Finger Exercises, Bb/C/Eb 5 Note First Mini Scales, Arpeggios, Add to Daily
2 Six
Warm up Routine, Timed Mad Minute Note Names Tests, Recordings, Modeling Characteristic Tones, Instrument
Weeks Specific Fingering Worksheets, Woodwind Second Octaves, Simple Chromatic Exercise, Simple Lip Slurs
Basic Music Theory: Key Signature
Rhythm: Eighth Notes/Rests
Songs: Essential Elements 12, 13, 16, 17 Section Feature, Christmas Music

3rd Six Daily Practice with Mirror Continues, Range Extension with Low/Middle Studies, Extended Low/Middle Studies,
High Studies, Simple Daily Tonguing Exercises, Music Phrasing, 7 Key Signature 5 Note First Mini Scale, Simple
Weeks Chromatic Exercise, Lip Slurs, Octave Slurs, Register Slurs, Instrument Specific Fingering Worksheets, Christmas
Concert Music, Section Feature
Basic Music Theory: Breath Mark, Multi Measure Rest
Rhythm: Dotted Quarter Note/Rest
Songs: 18, 23, 26, Section Feature, Concert Music

4th Six Instrument Specific Tone and Range Exercises, Build on Lip Slurs, Octave Slurs, Register Slurs, Crossing the Break,
3 One octave Scale (Bb/Eb/F), One octave Chromatic Scale, Concert Bb Instrumental Recordings of Instrument
Weeks and Ensembles. Second Study/Thirds Concert Bb
Rhythm: Triplet and Sixteenth
Music Theory: Terms and Language
Songs: 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 41

5th Six Instrument Specific Tone/Range Development Exercises, Remington High Bb Studies, Lip Slurs, Octave Slurs,
Register Slurs, Sight Reading, Solo & Ensemble, Model Recordings of Instrument/Ensembles, 5 one octave scales
Weeks (Bb/Eb/F/Ab/G) 1 Two Octave Scale, 1 1/2 Octave Chromatic Scale, Second Study/Thirds Concert Eb
Rhythm: Syncopation, Cut Time
Music Theory: More Musical Terms and Language
Songs: 42, 43, 47, 49, 54, Spring Concert, Solo and Ensemble

6th Six Vibrato, 7 one octave scales, 2 two octave scales, two Octave Chromatic Scale, Legato, Staccato, Lifted, Dynamics,
Sight Reading Procedure, Audition for Bands, Second Study/Thirds Concert F
Weeks Advanced Tonal Concept: Ability to Identify and Describe the Sound of a Good Characteristic and Bad One
Songs: 62, 63, 65, 67, 75 Spring Concert, Solo and Ensemble

Edited Version of Roma Middle School Beginner Band Objectives

Materials: Technical StudyO’s, My First Chromatic, Remington’s, Essential Elements, Darcy’s Reading Rhythms Logically