Student Signature ____________________ Directors Signature____________________ Total Points Possible 220 Points Received________________ Grade Received ________________ Module 10 Revision 9899 Page 1 3/14/2011 4:05:14 PM Little Wolf High School Band Module 10 This Section Due by First Things First... Section Grade _______ 20 Section Total Second Lesson 0. List TWO strengths and how to improve them. List TWO weaknesses and how to improve them. List two new goals for this quarter. Use these for goals for this module or quarter. This question should be completed by your second lesson. Please take this question seriously and think of specific technical goals that you would like to achieve by the end of this quarter. Be sure to have Mr .Telfer initial this, after it is finished. Date_______initials_______ STRENGTHS 1.____________________ 2.____________________ how to improve 1.____________________ 2.____________________ WEAKNESSES 1.____________________ 2.____________________ how to improve 1.____________________ 2.____________________ NEW GOALS 1.____________________ 2.____________________ LEVEL 4 Highly articulated revisions are suggested and are linked with specific critical comments (e.g. "I should practice the right hand along so that the counting is corrected in measure 3".) LEVEL 3 Specific revisions are suggested but are not necessarily coordinated with critical comments (e.g. "she should change her fingering:). LEVEL 2 Offers broad, superficial, or nonconstructive musical or technical suggestions (e.g. "play more in tune"). LEVEL 1 No attempt to suggest revisions or how to improve the performance (e. g. "practice"). (20 pts.) 9 This Section Due by Notation Section Grade _______ 65 Section Total Third Lesson 1. On the attached staff paper, write out ALL the scales you will play this quarter for scale exams. Be sure if you play two octaves you write two octaves. If you need paper, ask. Most of the scales are in your books, simply copy them to your staff paper. Neatness and accuracy are very important. - OR - Compose a melody using one of the scales. Play the melody on your instrument to see if it sounds good. Don't just write notes down. Be sure the rhythms are correct and beats per measure are correct. Freshman only need to write 4-8 measures, Sophomores 8-16, Juniors 16-24, and Seniors 24-32+. Neatness and accuracy are very important for either task. You can do both if you wish, and you would receive 65 points for each part and another 50 pts for doing both. This amounts to a possible 115 pts more for just this question! (65 pts.) 30 Module 10 Revision 9899 Page 1 3/14/2011 4:05:14 PM Little Wolf High School Band Module 10 This Section Due by Written Section Grade _______ 65 Section Total Sixth Lesson 2. Describe what gives musical lines direction. In other words what makes the music sound like it is going somewhere,what makes it sound interesting. (5 pts.) 152 3. Specify (to the best of your ability) performance characteristics of the following styles. Baroque, classical, rock & jazz (it ok to use a musical dictionary, or encyclopedia). Baroque- Classical- Jazz- (5 pts.) 156 4. What are the FIVE elements of music. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (5 pts.) 159 Module 10 Revision 9899 Page 2 3/14/2011 4:05:14 PM Little Wolf High School Band Module 10 5. Hypothesize how the form of a piece of music can be an expressive or unifying element. In other words how can the way a song is put together be important in what mood or feeling the composer is trying to express. (10 pts.) 165 6. Speculate what factors, such as environmental, societal or political would influence a composer today. (5 pts.) 174 7. Listen to three band or orchestral works (borrow a tape from Mr. Telfer) and critique them on 5 predetermined aesthetic criteria. (some suggestion for criteria are, intonation, dynamics, tone, emotional impact, compositional structure). Be sure to list the titles of the songs. (35 pts.) 183 This Section Due by Performance Section Grade _______ 20 Section Total Eighth Lesson 8. Perform the required scales for the current quarter. Play the octave(s) and tempo as specified in the scale guidelines. Scales should be played in eigth notes. Date____________Initials_______ (0 pts.) 65 9. Work with Vivace on improvisation, three different times throughout the quarter. Write the dates you used the Vivace below. (Percussion work with MasterTrax Pro and Band In A Box or Music Time instead -- be creative, listen to the different beat patterns in Band In A Box) Be sure to log in, so you get credit. 1.____________ 2.____________ 3.____________ (15 pts.) 75 10. By using the Watkins-Farnum sight reading test, demonstrate an increased ability to perform complex rhythms. I use it to measure your improvement as well as strengths and weaknesses of the band. (L) Date____________Initials_______ Score _________ (5 pts.) 81 11. Perform the chromatic scale in the full range (more than an octave and a half) of your instrument demonstrating consistent tempo and pitch accuracy at a faster tempo then the previous quarter or module. The tempo should be the quarter note = 120mm, and playing the scale in eighth notes. Write the tempo here _____________ (L) Date____________Initials_______ (0 pts.) 82 12. Play the required or rhythmic studies as specified in your guidelines sheet (attached to your handbook). (L) Date____________Initials_______ (0 pts.) 98 Module 10 Revision 9899 Page 3 3/14/2011 4:05:14 PM Little Wolf High School Band Module 10 This Section Due by SelfEvaluation Section Grade _______ 50 Section Total Eighth Lesson 99. Write how you feel about your progress during this quarter, both the positive and negative experiences. Include answers to all of the following questions. (1) Did you achieve the goals you set at the beginning of the quarter? Why or why not? Be specific? (2) Write some suggestions for improving the negatives, and identify why the positives were positive. (3) Write what grade you feel you deserve and why. (4) What are some things that I did or you did that did not work in helping you achieve your goals? (5) What are some things that did work? Please put some thought into this, this is an excercise to help you evaluate your own performance, attitude, and improvement for the quarter. Grading is also on neatness, grammar and spelling. 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