1.     Practice first 5 stick control exercises.  Play along with your favorite songs.  You can play into a pillow so it is quiet.  Write down what songs you played with on your practice sheet.

2.     Practice multiple bounce stroke.  Practice alternating between left and right hand quarter notes

3.     Pg. 9 #23.  Write in counting and play

4.     Pg. 10 #33.  Write in counting and play.  Remember there are only 2 beats per measure

5.     Pg. 11 #36.  Practice the flam.  Remember to have one stick higher than the other

6.     Pg. 11 #37.  Practice the flam.  Opposite hands.

7.     Pg. 13 #44.  Write in the counting.  Practice flam tap.  Write in counting.

9.     Go to Vic Firth.com if you have a computer, or internet connection. 

10. http://www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments/04multiplebounceroll.php

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments/20flam.php

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments/22flamtap.php

How to Organize Your Practice Time

1. Practice any warm-ups:
   a) Brass Instruments: buzzing and lip slurs
   b) Wind Instruments: practice playing long tones just mouthpiece/neck, mouthpiece/head joint, mouthpiece/barrel
   c) ALL: Bb Concert Scale (first whole notes, then 2 half notes, then 4 quarter notes)
   
   
2. Practice Long Tones
   Winds/Brass: holding one note for 4 beats or more without changing the sound. Percussionists: should practice keeping steady eighth notes for different durations (30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, etc)
   
   
3. Practice assigned examples from method book – do not need to do every assigned example each time you practice; choose 1-3 to work on each time.
   
   
4. Practice something for fun! Review an old song and try playing it at different tempos. Try sight-reading something further in the book. Find a pop song and play it. Try composing your own song and playing it!
   
   

How to Practice an Example in the Method Book

1. Read/Say note names (not in rhythm) 5x
   
   
2. Read note names in rhythm 5x
   
   
3. Read note names in rhythm and:
   a. Clarinet/Flute/Sax/Trumpet: finger along 5x 
4. b. Trombone: move slide 5x
5. c. Bells/Snare: Air stick 5x
   
   
6. Play the song 5x perfectly. If not perfect, start counting again
   
   Once you have completed the steps and can play the song perfectly 5x, then go on to the next song. 
   
   

Students should bring a notebook and pencil to band

1.  Students assemble instruments and sit quietly while listening to a piece of Band music that Mr. Glaser selects
2.  Warm-up: Singing in tune.  Playing in tune.  Scales, long tones, scale patterns
3.  Technique/Skill building
4.  Tunes
5. Sight Reading
6. End with something we know