7th Grade Band Curriculum Guide
Quarter 1
Monday (Aug 4)
Week 1
Tuesday
Mrs. Swanson, Grand Mesa Middle School
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Bb Major
Inst. Rental Night
Fall Concert Music out
Fun Friday
Playing Test #13
Determines chair
placement
Fun Friday
Week 2
Practice Card 1 Due
Eb Major
Week 3
Practice Card 2 Due
F Major
Perc check
Week 4
Practice Card 3 Due
Syncopation/Interval
Perc check
Week 5
Practice Card 4 Due
Divici/unison
Practice Card 5 Due
G minor/tempo
Perc check
Perc check
Fun Friday
Week 7
Practice Card 6 Due
D.S. al Fine/ eighth rest
Playing Test #29
Week 8
Practice Card 7 Due
Ab Major/textures
Perc check
CONCERT MUSIC
PLAYING TEST
Perc check
Week 6
Practice Card 8 Due
Mrs. S gone to
Perc check
Enharmonics/Staccato
clinic
FIRST CONCERT
General Daily Warm Up: Long Tones #52, Scales, Excellerators, Rhythm Studies
Week 9
1st Quarter Goals: reestablish and create a characteristic band sound
Band Council Selected
Locker checks
Playing Test #21
Fun Friday
Last day of quarter
Playing Test #39
No school for kids
ROCKATHON
7th Grade Band Curriculum Guide
Quarter 2
Monday (Oct 13th)
Fall Break Fall Break
Practice Card off week
Week 1
Mrs. Swanson, Grand Mesa Middle School
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Fall Break
Mrs. S gone
Fall Break
Mrs. S gone
December Concert
Music out
Perc check
Fall Break
Fall Break
Fun Friday
Locker
Checks/Playing test
#51
No School for kids
Week 2
Practice Card 1 Due
Tempo/C minor/legato
Week 3
Practice Card 2 Due
Texture
Perc check
Week 4
Practice Card 3 Due
Cut time
Perc check
Select Band music
tests
Playing test #62
Week 5
Practice Card 4 Due
Enharmonics/Chord
Perc check
Locker Checks
Fun Friday
Week 6
Practice Card 5 Due
Enharmonics
Perc check
Playing test #72
Select Band
Week 7
Practice Card 6 Due
D.C. al Coda
Week 8
Practice Card 7 Due
3 8 time signature
Week 9
Practice Card 8 Due
C Major/ 6 8 time
Fun Friday
THANKSGIVING BREAK
CONCERT MUSIC
Perc check
PLAYING TEST
CHRISTMAS
CONCERT
Fun Friday
Perc check
Music our for sight
reading for festival
Playing test #76
Perc check
Solo/Ensemble
music out
Last day of quarter
General Daily Warm Up: Long Tones (#44 , Scales, Lip Slurs/Excellerators, Rhythm Studies #26 pg. 44
2nd Quarter Goals: Christmas concert music, Scale building, theory addition, Select Band
7th Grade Band Curriculum Guide
Mrs. Swanson, Grand Mesa Middle School
Quarter 3
Monday (Jan 5th)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Week 1
Work day no kids
Practice Card off
week
Sixteenth notes
Perc checks
Playing test #87
Week 2
Practice Card 1 Due
Perc checks
Fun Friday
Week 3
No School
Week 4
Practice Card 3 Due
Week 5
Practice Card 4 Due
Single sixteenth/dotted
eighth/combination
Week 6
Practice Card 5 Due
Week 7
Practice Card 6 Due
Perc checks
Solo/Ensemble Today
and Tomorrow
Fun Friday
Playing test #115
Week 8
Practice Card 7 Due
Tripolet
Perc checks
Fun Friday
Practice Card 8 Due
Perc checks
No school for kids
Practice Card 2 Due
Sixteenth note
combinations
CONCERT PLAYING
TEST
Thursday
Playing Test #96
Perc checks
Mrs. S. CMEA
Festival Music Final
Decision
Mrs. S CMEA
Perc checks
CHAMBER MUSIC
CONCERT
Perc checks
Mrs. S CMEA
Fun Friday
Playing Test #104
Locker Checks
Last day of quarter
Scale Test?
General Daily Warm Up: Long Tones (#44) , Scales, Lip Slurs/Excellerators, Rhythm Studies #26 pg. 44
3rd Quarter Goals: Chamber music and solo performing, rhythm expansion
Week 9
Friday
7th Grade Band Curriculum Guide
Mrs. Swanson, Grand Mesa Middle School
Quarter 4
Monday (March 9th) Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 1
Practice Card off week
Perc checks
PLAYING TEST
FESTIVAL MUSIC
Fun Friday
C
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Practice Card 2 Due
Practice Card 3 Due
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Practice Card 4 Due
Practice Card 5 Due
Practice Card 6 Due
Practice Card 7 Due
(last one)
S A
SPRING
BREAK
Perc checks
Perc checks
P
Locker Checks
Colorado West
Festival
Perc checks
Perc checks
Perc checks
FINAL CONCERT
Last day of school
General Daily Warm Up: Long Tones (#44) , Scales, Lip Slurs/Excellerators, Rhythm Studies #26 pg. 44
7th Quarter Goals: Festival preparation, All Major Scales
Week 9
Playing Test Scales
Colorado West Festival
Playing Test Final
Fun Friday
Final Written Test
Fun Friday