Jefferson Traditional School

This page contains information and handouts from Beginning Band.

Be Part of the Band Video

QF Band Rental Info.pdf
QF Band Rental Info Spanish.pdf
SBCSC Instrument Rental Form copy.pdf
SBCSC Instrument Rental Form SPANISH copy.pdf


BB playing test rubric.pdf

Brass Videos:
How to buzz a brass mouthpiece video
How to make a sound on the trumpet
How to play higher notes on trumpet
How to oil your valves video
Greasing slides video
Holding the trombone properly video
Cleaning the trombone slide with slide o mix
Trombone slide positions
BB Bootcamp by Jamie Rottle.docx  

Woodwind videos:
How to hold the flute
Flute Embouchure video
How to clean the flute
How to assemble the clarinet
Clarinet Embouchure basics video
How to clean your clarinet
Saxophone Embouchure Basics video
How to clean your saxophone
BB Bootcamp by Jamie Rottle.docx  


Percussion videos:
Matched grip video
How to play a drum roll video
Buzz roll (Multiple bounce stroke) video
BB Bootcamp by Jamie Rottle.docx  

Learning Targets:
1.) Rhythm & Time Signature:
      Rhythm flash cards.pdf
      Rhythm flash cards eighth.pdf
      Rhythm flash cards dotted.pdf
2.) Notes & Key Signature:
      Treble Clef flash cards.pdf
      Bass Clef flash cards.pdf
3.) Articulation & Dynamics:
      Articulationdynamics study guide.pdf
4.) Signs & Symbols:
     Signs & Symbols study guide.pdf
     Staff Elements and Symbols.pdf
5.) Tone Quality:
      Tone Quality.pdf

Apps:
NoteChart  (fingerings) free
Bandmate Chromatic tuner  free
Pro Metronome $.99-3.99
Monster Musician Reader free
Quizlet free
Quizziz free
Kahoot! free
Flute Racer $2.99
Clarinet Racer $.99
Bass Clarinet Racer $.99
Alto Saxophone Racer $.99
Tenor Saxophone Racer $2.99
Bari Saxophone Racer $.99
French Horn Racer $2.99
Trumpet Racer $2.99
Trombone Racer $2.99
Baritone Racer $.99
Tuba Racer $.99
Piano Racer $2.99

Kahoot games:
D4 LT1: BB Rhythm
D4 LT2: BB Treble Clef Note Names
D4 LT2: BB Bass Clef Note Names

Quizlet:
D4 LT1: BB Rhythms
D4 LT2: BB Treble Clef note names
D4 LT2: Bass Clef Note Names

Assignments & Recordings:
5 Moving Around (page 6).m4a 
12. Cuckoo.m4a
19 Hot Cross Buns - Full Performance.m4a
20. Go Tell Aunt Rhodie.m4a
23. Merrily We Roll Along - Full Performance.m4a
27. Good King Wenceslas.m4a
34. The Frog's Song — Round.m4a
39. Russian Folk Song — Duet.m4a
Jingle Bells — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a (Winter Concert)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a (Winter Concert)
The Dreidel Song — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a (Winter Concert)
Kwanzaa Celebration — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a (Winter Concert)
47. Baja Breeze.m4a
54. Rio Con Brio.m4a
58. Skill Builder_ Boil the Cabbage Down — Duet.m4a
65. I've Just Come From Sydney.m4a
71. Skill Builder_ Donkey Riding.m4a
72. Theme from _The Nutcracker_.m4a
78. Skill Builder.m4a
82. Sight-Reading Challenge_ Theme from _Orpheus in the Underworld_.m4a
84. Crescent Moon Rising.m4a


Winter Concert : December 14, 2021 Recordings
45 Jolly Old St. Nicholas — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a
51 The Dreidel Song — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a
48 Kwanzaa Celebration — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a
42 Jingle Bells — Ensemble Demonstration.m4a


ISSMA JME Contest Recordings:  March 19/20, 2022
March of the Champions.mp3
Shadow Warriors.m4a
Starsplitter Fanfare.mp3

Spring Concert: