HOMEWORK

DAILY HOMEWORK: __** To fulfill the requirements of the course, you are required to practice your instrument at home 100 minutes per week. We suggest that you practice 15 minutes six nights a week. For beginners, short, focused practice is the best plan.
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Students, "woodshed" material covered in rehearsal that day. This means you should target ONE thing you want to improve.

Keep track of the number of minutes you practice each week on the PRACTICE RECORD. Click here for more information about the PRACTICE RECORD.

EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JANUARY 31: Practice records must meet 4 requirements to receive full credit. Below is a chart stating the requirement and a corresponding penalty to be assessed if that requirement is not met: ​1. Use the printed form, found in the PRACTICE RECORD SECTION: Penalty: 5 points 2. Minimum of 100 minutes per week is required. Penalty: 5 points per 5 minutes not practiced or recorded. 3. Parent Signature is required. Penalty: Student loses 5 points per day until a signed record is submitted. 4. Due every Monday (Tue in case of Mon holiday) at beginning of class. Penalty: 5 points daily until submitted.

__**DUE Monday, January 11, 2010**__ [posted 1.7.10] All classes: Review material you copied from the board on Thursday, Jan. 7th. On p. 38 in your book, complete the board assignment: Circle eighth notes. Highlight breath marks & 2/4 time signatures. In your own words, write in the left margin what "2/4 time signature" means to you. Be able to demonstrate good sitting, instrument, hand position and embouchure.

Grade 8: Learn the part you were assigned on Theme and Variations, p. 11.

__**DUE Tuesday, January 19, 2010**__ [posted 1.12.10] All Classes: Go to the THEORY TUTORS page on this Wiki. Click on the following links and follow the online instructions. Each section should take about 5 minutes. You may print any section, if you wish, and keep it in your notebook for reference. 1. Staffs, Clefs, Ledger Lines 2. Note Duration 3. Measures and Time Signatures 4. Rests

**__DUE Wednesday, January 20__** [posted 1.19.10] All Classes: Today (Tuesday, January 19th) we had a pop quiz over the homework due today (assignment posted January 12th; see above). You copied quiz questions from the board and answered them. Now you are to complete the following homework assignment (due tomorrow, Jan. 21st):

Click here to go to the "Theory Tutors" page. Review the materials in the first four links: Staffs, Clefs, Ledger Lines, Note Duration, Measures and Time Signatures and Rests. Check the answers you wrote on today's Pop Quiz against the material in these links.
 * __You may mark out an incorrect answer on your paper, if necessary, and write a correct answer__**.
 * TAKE YOUR POP QUIZ BACK TO CLASS TOMORROW. It will be handed in and graded!**


 * FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ABSENT, THE FOLLOWING IS THE INFORMATION YOUR CLASSMATES COPIED FROM THE BOARD. COPY THIS INFORMATION ON A SHEET OF PAPER AND FILL IN THE BLANKS, USING THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS TO FIND THE ANSWERS: **

1. This is a picture of a [//write answer here//]. 2. A staff has [//write answer here//] lines and [//write answer here//] spaces. 3. Draw the treble staff on your paper. Draw a quarter note on the "G" line or space. 4. Draw a quarter note on the "A" line or space. 5. Draw a quarter note on the "B" line or space. 6. The length of time a note is played is called its [__].__ 7. The [//write answer here//] note has the longest [//write answer here//] in Western music. 8. Notes smaller in duration than a quarter note have [//write answer here//]. Each [//write answer here//] halves the value of the note. 9. Rests are used as periods of [//write answer here//] in a measure. 10.Draw the following two rests on your homework paper. Name the rests:

Draw the following four symbols on your homework paper. Draw a line connecting each note to its companion rest.



All classes: Memorize the following music terms, found on pp. 6-8 in your book. Be prepared to write definitions on a pop quiz the week of Jan. 25th! 1. Folk Song 2. Solo 3. Honky Tonk 4. Rock and Roll 5. Blue Grass 6. Reggae 7. Jazz 8. Lullaby 9. Theme and Variations 10. Duet
 * DUE Monday, January 25, 2010** __[posted 1.12.10]

Due Wed., February 17 __

Grade 8 Only:

The following pieces need to be **__Rehearsal Ready__** by tomorrow:

//Plaisie d'amour Materile: Theme and 3 Variations Michael Row the Boat Ashore//

__Be prepared to sightread__ the following pieces tomorrow:

//My Lord, What a Morning Banuwa (3 part Round)//

Know your B //flat// fingering and your F //natural// fingerings. Be able to distinguish them from B //natural// and F #!