Maybe one day I'll remember to record my video's horizontally... Hello!! It's time for another video! We tried to make it shorter....but we failed. Oops. But if you want to know a little bit about what band was like for all of us, click the play button! On a separate note, Western Hills has a short CBN special that was released today. If you have not watched it, please do. It has several important pieces of information, including computer pick up and how to get back into your student accounts. Here is the link to that video: https://youtu.be/mMyxk-6CAFE Check back here every day! This week, each of the directors will be posting an "MTV Cribs" inspired video of their own house and tell you a little bit about their quarantine experience so far! ~Mrs. Hille Still not connected back to your Chromebooks and FWISD sites? Check out this short video on how to reset your passwords from home. Also, if you left your Chromebook at school please check out the picture below for how to retrieve it! Stay tuned for some awesome content this week! Random Question Time! Ever wondered what your band directors would name a pet penguin if they had one? Well, this is the video for you! Get to know your directors better with answers to eight random questions. As we get better at working with these new platforms our videos will get better too! Bear with us as we get to know our new programs and forgive the first 15 seconds of this one...... But hey - I made a cute thumbnail so give me some credit! -Hinds Yay! Our first video! If you have yet to clean your instrument and need information on how to do that, check out this *relatively* short video that I made today! Also, please enjoy this meme that my introverted self found pretty funny. ~Mrs. Hille Hey Band!
Welcome to the new and improved Cougar Band website. This project has been in the works for a while now, but with everything going on, it became top priority. This website will be the easiest way for us to not only communicate with you during this time, but also to give you any information you may need. If we end up going into an online learning format, we will be using this site to post links, activities, videos, etc. so that you can easily access it all. Below are all of the resources in the email Ms. Hinds sent out this afternoon. Please use them and enjoy. We miss you all so much! Please stay safe and healthy. We hope to see you soon! FWISD To-Go Meals Pick-up food between 10:00am and 11:30am at Western Hills Elementary, Springdale Elementary, Clifford Davis Elementary, and Dunbar High School. Pick-up food between 12:00pm and 1:30pm at Manuel Jara Elementary, Hubbard Heights Elementary, De Zavala Elementary, and Eastern Hills High School. Online Learning Check out https://www.fwisd.org/learningathome for resources and activities FWISD has put together for all subjects! (The music one will be attached below) Sousa’s March Mania! Sad sports are cancelled? Join back into a different kind of March Madness and vote on the winner ofthe day. Each video is played by one of the best bands in the world and each piece is fantastic! https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Unit-Home/Sousas-March-Mania/ YouTube Videos Here are some links to performances and/or cool music related videos I like to keep you busy! African Drumming - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZHfmgIb4mc Didgeridoo Dubstep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXBGZoBYaLY Angel’s in the Architecture by Frank Ticheli - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zVW_GQFGQUs Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGU1P6lBW6Q TED Talk – The Transformative Power of Music -https://www.youtube.com/watchv=r9LCwI5iErE Corsican Litany by Vaclav Nelhybel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBeBbuU91Oc&list=PL8916F4493D498202&index=5 Arabesque by Samuel Hazo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hlnMdyyEHw Top 10 movie songs on Piano by Vinheteiro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xqA9tTZEZU FWISD Music Recommendations for the Week! UIL Music Skills Each day, count two lines from your UIL Music. Start with the first two lines of one of your UIL Pieces. On the second day count lines 3 and 4. On the third day count lines 5 and 6 and so on. Each day proceed using the following techniques. o Count each line 10 times. o Finger it 10 times. (If you don’t have your instrument, brass and woodwinds can use an empty paper towel roll.) o Say the letter names 10 times. o Sing and finger the rhythm 10 times. o If you have your instrument, Play it 10 times. o Now repeat the same process on your second line of the UIL music. o Continue through your UIL music committing to two or more lines per day. o Do your best to follow your key signature, time signature, accidentals, dynamic markings, style and crescendo – decrescendo. Counting Skills Go to https://www.johnmcallistermusic.com/sight-reading.html o Scroll down to The “Counting It” Series. o Click on “Volume I”. o You will see the exercise has 23 pages. Scroll down until you see your instrument music. (Example: Flutes are on page 12) o Practice counting the entire page. Count this exercise once a day for 4 consecutive days. On the 5 day count it, then play it 3X. Sight-Reading Bootcamp Go to https://www.johnmcallistermusic.com/sight-reading.html and sightread music for your instrument. This is to help prepare students for sight-reading in Region/Honor Band and UIL sight-reading. o Scroll down to Sight-Reading Bootcamp. o Click on “Set I”. o You will see the exercise has 19 pages. Scroll down until you see your instruments music. (Example: Trumpets are on page 16) o Study letter “A” on day one, “B” on day two, “C” on day three, “D” on day four and on day five read A-B-C and D. o Study each exercise for one minute before sight-reading it. Essential Etudes for Band Go to https://www.johnmcallistermusic.com/sight-reading.html and read 5 Essential Etudes. This will help you with combined rest and rhythms. o Scroll down to Essential Etudes for the Full Band. o Click on “Essential Etudes I”. o You will see the exercise has 25 pages. Scroll down until you see your instruments music. (Example: Advanced Snare/Bass Drums are on page 23) o Each day play one Etude. There is a total of 5 Etudes. Practice one etude per day for a total of 5 minutes. After 5 minutes of practice see if you can play through the etude with no mistakes. |
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