INTERMEDIATE BAND – Ninth /Tenth Grades
Units of Credit:
.50 per semester – Full year course
Prerequisites:
Skill-Appropriate instrumental proficiency or freshman band
Course Overview:
Students will continue the study of music theory, tone production, rhythmic skills, and rehearsal skills. Appropriate band literature will be presented
with consideration for performance. Pedagogical materials will be presented in order to improve music skills and knowledge. Marching techniques
may also be incorporated with regard to specific performance situations. Students will be assessed through written work, individual playing tests,
and live performance and post performance evaluation.
Topics:
Instrumental pedagogy
Style periods
Presentation
Musical literacy
Cultural awareness
Aesthetic values
Standard #1: Students will sing alone and with others a varied repertoire of music.
Competency 1: Demonstrate ability to sing parts in a group situation as part of strengthening pitch awareness and tonal
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Strategies
vocal warm-ups
rehearsal of literature
vocal/tonal relationships
count singing
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Resources
a. method books
b. instrumental literature
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Assessment
playing tests
written tests
daily rehearsal evaluation
performance participation
peer/self evaluation
Standard #2: Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
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Students will demonstrate proper playing posture and playing position for their instrument.
Students will demonstrate skill-appropriate technical proficiency on their chosen instrument .
Students will perform with skill level-appropriate artistic expression.
Students will perform with skill level-appropriate artistic expression.
Strategies
presentations of advanced
maintenance techniques
teacher modeling and demonstration
student modeling and demonstration
buzzing techniques (brass)
e. focus on facial muscles continued
embouchure development
presentation of stick techniques
recitation of note names while
fingering
teacher reintroduction of fingering
chart
teacher demonstrates alternate
fingerings and stickings
solo days participation
introduction of full chromatic scale
reiteration of practice techniques
m. time management, including
practice location
parent education
listening exercises
live performances/guest artists
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handouts
audio materials
recordings
video materials
visuals
visiting repair technician
flashcards
fingering charts
sticking charts
concert literature
method books
solo books
practice slips
breath control exercises
visiting artists
festivals
school instruments where appropriate
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Assessment
student demonstration
playing tests
peer assessments
performance critiques
written assessments
adjudication at District Festival
video reviews
audio critiques
Standard #3: Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniment.
Competency 1: Students will improvise style and skill-appropriate instrumental literature, including melodic and
harmonic structure and accompaniments.
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Strategies
demonstration
experimentation
jazz band participation
call and response
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Resources
audio/visual materials
guest artists
concert literature
computer technology
Assessment
a. rehearsals
b. performances
c. adjudication techniques
Standard #4: Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
Competency 1: Students will be encouraged to compose and arrange music employing musical notation gained through
skills/theory program.
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Strategies
after-school assistance
computer-assisted instruction
transposition guides
tutorial programs
note writing
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Resources
computer technology
video resources
manuscript paper
local composers
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Assessment
completed composition/arrangement
critiques
written examples
performance critiques
rehearsal critiques
Standard #5: Students will read and notate music.
Competency 1: Students will be able to perform with a steady beat, employing simple and compound meter signatures,
and mixed meter.
Competency 2: Students will identify and perform complex rhythmic figures, including notes and corresponding rests
from sixteenth through whole notes, the use of dotted figures and ties, and apply the concepts of duple
and triple subdivision, augmentation, diminution and syncopation.
Competency 3: Students will identify and utilize the treble and bass clef, absolute pitch names of the grand staff,
enharmonics and the use of sharps, flats and naturals.
Competency 4: Students will also be able to recognize and perform chord sequences and arpeggios, as well as perform
and identify chromatic passages and scales.
Competency 5: Students will identify and demonstrate use of musical terminology in the areas of tempo, articulation,
dynamics, and style.
Competency 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to sight read skill appropriate literature one level below current
concert literature proficiency.
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Strategies
appropriate instrumental literature and
methods
written exercises, including dictation
and composition
rehearsal/performance
conducting
all major & minor scales
review of basic modes
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Resources
method books and skill sheets
computer technology
theory program
concert literature
handouts
worksheets
flashcards
guest artists
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Assessment
rehearsals
performances
solo/ensemble adjudications
peer critiques
written
Standard #6: Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.
Competency 1: Students will aurally identify and recognize stylistic characteristics, employing the elements of music.
Competency 2: Students will develop an appreciation of music through listening to a variety of recordings, live concerts,
and recitals and experience a variety of musical styles such as Classical, Baroque, Romantic, folk, jazz,
rock and contemporary.
Competency 3: Students will recognize form and musical repetition in music using sequence, repeating patterns, and 1 st
and 2nd endings, da capo and del segno markings, AB, ABA, rondo, theme and variations, sonata allegro,
and imitation to improve their ability to understand musical form, learn their performance music, and
better appreciate the music to which they listen.
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Strategies
rehearsal/performance
aural analysis
attendance at other performances
directed listening form
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Resources
other performing groups
guest artists
recordings
computer software
skills/theory program
instrumental literature
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Assessment
rehearsals
performances
peer critiques
written/oral exams
Standard #7: Students will evaluate music and music performances.
Competency 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to identify criteria that constitute a musical and stylistically
appropriate performance.
Competency 2: Through participation in instrumental performance and the evaluation thereof, students will develop selfdiscipline and demonstrate responsibility, respect, and empathy for others.
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rehearsal
performance
directed aural analysis
rehearsal/performance etiquette
response to conductor
response to fellow performers
small ensemble playing
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Resources
instrumental literature
audio/visual material
performance
rehearsal/performance guidelines
student-generated critiques
computer technology
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Assessment
rehearsals
performances
peer evaluations
written evaluation
Standard #8: Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside
the arts.
Competency 1: Students will compare characteristics of two or more arts within a particular historical period or style.
Competency 2: Students will participate in projects outside the arts that identify and inter relate music as a strand of the
total concept of life, including career options in the arts.
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Strategies
interdisciplinary units within the arts
career exploration
music as a life skill
reading/research
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Resources
computer software
guest artist/lecturer
instrumental literature
audio/visual material
field trips
curricular documents
library
professional journals
presentations
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Assessment
rehearsals
performances
written assessments
discussions
peer evaluations
Standard #9: Students will understand music in relationship to history, culture, life and work.
Competency 1: Through instrumental literature and performance in a variety of styles, students will be able to
distinguish characteristics of representative music genres such as Native American, Latin American,
Asian, African, Jazz, European, and other music of the world.
Competency 2: Students will compare functions that music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music
is typically performed in a variety of world cultures.
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Strategies
interdisciplinary units within the arts
world music units
thematic concerts
concert literature
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Resources
computer technology
guest artist/lecturer
world instrumental literature
audio/visual material
field trips
curricular documents
library
professional journals
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Assessment
rehearsal critique
performance critiques
written/oral exams
written assessment
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