band class projects S2017
*NOte: Percussion assignments are listed and completed through the "Schoology" link provided
PROJECTS FOR FALL SEMESTER 2017
Scale Spelling Projects (3)
Students will verbally recite the note names for four (4) major scales. The projects will be done in this order:
Project 1: G, C, F, Bb Due date: Thursday Aug 24
Project 2: Eb, Ab, Db, Gb Due date: Thursday September 14
Project 3: B, E, A, D Due date: Thursday October 26
Duet project
Students will be paired with a partner to learn a piece of music that will be performed during class in a recital setting
Due date: November 14, 15, 16
Music Terms / Vocabulary
Style Terms
Al fine to the end
Cantabile in a singing style
Chromatic scale of all half-steps
Coda closing section of a piece
Da capo from the beginning
Dal segno from the sign
Dolce sweetly
Etude short composition for one instrument
Fermata note or rest held for a duration established by the conductor
Legato smoothly, connected
Molto very
Poco a poco little by little
Segno sign
Soli entire section plays unison
Solo one player alone
Staccato brief and detached
Tacet do not play
VOLUME TERMS
Crescendo progressively louder
Diminuendo gradually fading away
Decrescendo progressively softer
Fortissimo as loud as possible
Forte played loudly
Mezzo moderately
Piano played softly
Pianissimo played very softly
SPEED TERMS
Accelerando gradually increase tempo
A tempo in the original tempo
Andante at a walking pace, moderate tempo
Allegro lively, fast
Largo broadly, slow
Moderato moderately
Maestoso majestically
Ritardando slowing down
Rallentando broadening of tempo
Presto very quickly
Tempo overall speed of a piece of music
Al fine to the end
Cantabile in a singing style
Chromatic scale of all half-steps
Coda closing section of a piece
Da capo from the beginning
Dal segno from the sign
Dolce sweetly
Etude short composition for one instrument
Fermata note or rest held for a duration established by the conductor
Legato smoothly, connected
Molto very
Poco a poco little by little
Segno sign
Soli entire section plays unison
Solo one player alone
Staccato brief and detached
Tacet do not play
VOLUME TERMS
Crescendo progressively louder
Diminuendo gradually fading away
Decrescendo progressively softer
Fortissimo as loud as possible
Forte played loudly
Mezzo moderately
Piano played softly
Pianissimo played very softly
SPEED TERMS
Accelerando gradually increase tempo
A tempo in the original tempo
Andante at a walking pace, moderate tempo
Allegro lively, fast
Largo broadly, slow
Moderato moderately
Maestoso majestically
Ritardando slowing down
Rallentando broadening of tempo
Presto very quickly
Tempo overall speed of a piece of music
