Hello folks,
First, let me thank you all for such reliable and punctual attendance so far. It makes a big difference!
This morning we got up and running pretty quickly. They've made good strides in everything we set out to learn this week. Please continue to encourage regular practice and good posture. They know how to do it!
We were all able to play the same note today at the same time, which is no small feat! Next week, our goal is to be able to play exercises together from pages 6 and 7. This means that they will need to be aware of whole notes, whole rests, half notes, half rests, and our first three notes.
In case this is helpful, some band instruments 'transpose", meaning that their note names calibrate up or down the scale from standard of "concert" pitch names. The notes we are learning this week are concert D, C, and B-flat. (That is E, D, and C for clarinet and trumpet; B, A, and G for alto sax; A, G, and F for French horn, and D, C, and B-flat [concert pitch] for flute, oboe, trombone, and percussion. I would be happy to bore you with an explanation of why this us upon request.
Everyone is off to a good start. You will be recognizing melodies before you know it!
All the best,
Joe Wright
Sanborn Band
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