Course:  7/8 Grade Orchestra

Course Schedule: 

A Day Class- Wednesday, B Day Class- Tuesday. 

Office Hours: 

Daily by email, Thursdays 12:00-2:00. 

Essential Questions:  

In-depth review of: notes on all strings, D Major Scale, G Major Scale, basic quarter, eighth and half note rhythms, and general instrumental, and music reading techniques. Starting new: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. 

Standards/PIs:  

Notational Literacy: 

NL1: Rhythmic Notation - Read whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meter signatures.

Performance Literacy:

PL1: Rhythm Performance - Count and perform whole, half, quarter, eighth, triplets, sixteenth, and dotted notes, and rests, in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, and compound meters.

PL2: Note/Pitch Performance - Students accurately perform in the keys of G and D.

Student Assignments:

Students will be assigned:

D Major Scale Recording: 

A Day Due- 9/22

B Day Due- 9/28

Brandenburg Concerto Beg.-17 Recording:

A Day Due- 9/29

B Day Due- 10/5