Band Karate

1) Master Staff Wars (20 Notes)

2) Play First Note

3) Play First 5 Notes

4) Play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star #31

5) Play Hard Rock Blues #58, with appropriate articulation technique

6) Perform a selected Rhythm Study on page 42 (Essential Elements)

7) Write in Canon Remix notes

8) Play first 8 Notes of Canon Remix

9) Play Canon Remix (individually or with a group)

10)  Play Concert Bb Major Scale and identify note names and key signature for your instrument

11)  Play Essential Elements song #42 without any note names written on your page

12)  Play Concert Bb Chromatic Scale (one octave) and identify note names for your instrument 

13)  Play Concert Bb Blues Scale and identify note names on your instrument

14) Play 12 Bar Blues (Licks 1-4)

15) Play 12 Bar Blues (Licks 5-6)

16) Match a pitch with your voice & identify whether a given pitch is higher or lower than another

17) Play Concert C Minor Scale and identify note names and key signature for your instrument 

18) Perform an improvised solo in C Minor Groove, using the C Minor Scale 

19) Play Concert Bb Major Scale with articulations (staccato, legato, slurred, accented)

20) Perform a selected Sight Reading Exercise

21) Play all of Tempest (individually or with a group) 

22) Play Pomp & Circumstance and the featured graduation song 

Identify Flat or Sharp tuning with your ear

23) Play The Chord Exercise (pg. 54) in a group (all parts), with proper tone and intonation

24) Play Amazing Grace (in 4-part harmony) with others 

25) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues (using Concert Bb Blues Scale)

26) Tune your instrument & play a Concert Bb in tune with another person

27) Play the following major scales, identifying the note names and key signatures: Eb, F, Ab, C

28) Play It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Ain’t Got That Swing (measures 9-16)

29) Perform a selected rhythm exercise from chart 13, page 77

30) Play all major scales

31) Prepare and play a selected study from the Jazz Ensemble Method book

32) Accurately sight read and play a selected piece from the Real Book

 33) Compose & perform your own song OR perform an approved song in front of a class or group

34) Play Fundamental Rhythms 1-132 on page 64 of the band handbook

35) Play all major scales, minor scales, and the chromatic scale (two octaves)

36) Play a college level audition piece

1) Master Staff Wars in Treble & Bass Clef (20 notes for each clef)

2) Play and identify note names for the first five notes (Bb up to F)

3) Name all the white keys on the piano (plus Bb and Eb)

4) Play Concert Bb Major Scale and identify note names and key signature

5) Play C-Minor Groove Bass Line, identifying the note names as you play

6) Perform a selected Rhythm Study on page 42 (Essential Elements)

7) Write in ALL Canon Remix notes (bass notes + the chord stacks)

8) Play Canon Remix Bass Line, identifying the note names as you play

 9) Play the Canon Remix Chords, identifying the chord names as you play

10) Play Concert C-Minor Scale and identify the note names and key signature

11) Play C-Minor Groove Chords, identifying the chord names as you play

12) Play Essential Elements song #42 without any note names written on your page

13) Play Concert Bb Chromatic Scale (one octave) & identify all note names while you play

14) Play Concert Bb Blues Scale, identifying the note names as you play

15) Play 12 Bar Blues Chords, identifying the chord names as you play

16) Match a pitch with your voice & identify whether a given pitch is higher or lower than another

 17) Perform an improvised solo in C Minor Groove, using the C Minor Scale

18) Play a selected Sight Reading Exercise

19) Play any of the following Major chords on command: Bb, C, D, Eb, E, F, G, Ab, A

20) Play the Concert Bb Major Scale (2 hands) with proper finger-crossing technique

 21) Play all of Tempest (individually or with a group)

22) Play any of the following Minor chords on command: Bbm, Cm, Dm, Ebm, Em, Fm, Gm, Abm, Am

23) Play Pomp and Circumstance and the featured graduation song

24) Identify Flat or Sharp tuning with your ear

25) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues in the right hand, while playing the bass notes in the left hand

26) Play the following major scales with proper finger-crossing techniques: Eb, F, Ab C

27) Play It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Ain’t Got That Swing (measures 9-16)

28) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues in right hand, while playing walking bass line in the left hand

29) Perform a selected rhythm exercise from chart 13, page 77

30) Learn and play a selected piece (or a portion of a selected piece) from written notation

31) Play all major scales with proper finger-crossing technique

32) Accurately sight-read and play a selected piece

33) Compose & perform your own song OR perform an approved song in front of a class or group

34) Play Fundamental Rhythms 1-132 on page 64 of the band handbook

35) Play all major scales

36) Play a college-level audition piece

1) Master Staff Wars (20 notes)

2) Hold drum sticks properly while performing a steady beat (with live music)

3) Play 8 on a hand, with proper wrist technique

4) Play whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, 8th notes, & 16th notes

5) Call & Response (4 Beats)

6) Perform a selected Rhythm Study on page 42 (Essential Elements)

7) Perform Alfred Drum Method Lesson 1 & Combination Study (Quarter Notes)

8) Perform Alfred Drum Method Lesson 2 & Combination Study (8th Notes)

 9) Perform Hard Rock Blues OR a basic backbeat with two different fills (on drum set)

10) Perform & identify the notes for the Bb Major Scale on the piano or mallet percussion

11) Play the Canon Remix Groove on drum set

12) Play a basic backbeat on the drum set at different dynamic levels, without changing tempo

13) Play 12 Bar Blues on the drum set

14) Perform Alfred Drum Method Lesson 7 & Combination Study (16th Notes)

15) Perform the SciTech Band Cadence on the drum set

16) Play Paradiddle Exercises 1-4

17) Play Tempest on the drum set

18) Play Paradiddle Exercises 5-8

19) Create your own drum set groove & perform it

20) Play a clear multiple-bounce roll on snare drum

21) Identify all notes on the piano or mallet percussion

22) Play Paradiddle Exercises 9-12

23) Play Canon Remix mm. 45-53 on mallet percussion (melody, not the bass line)

24) Play 12 Bar Blues Licks 1-6 on mallet percussion

25) Play the SciTech Band Cadence introduction rhythm on the floor tom with accents

26) Play Pomp & Circumstance on the drum set

27) Play Alfred Drum Method 5 Stroke Roll Lesson

28) Perform an improvised solo over a given chord progression – on drum set or mallet percussion

29) Play Alfred Drum Method 9 Stroke Roll Lesson

30) Perform the featured graduation song on drum set

31) Play Alfred Drum Method Solo 11 (First 3 Lines)

32) Compose & perform your own song OR perform an approved song in front of a class or group

33) Play Alfred Drum Method Solo 12 Groove (Line 6 & Repeat)

34) Perform a selected rhythm exercise from chart 13, page 77

35) Play Fundamental Rhythms 1-132 on page 64 of the band handbook

36) Perform a college level audition piece

1) Name the six strings on the guitar and play the first five notes (Bb, C, D, Eb, F) in two different octaves

2) Master Staff Wars in Treble & Bass Clef (20 notes each clef)

3) Play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star #31

4) Name & play all notes on the guitar (naturals, flats, & sharps) 

5) Play C-Minor Groove (Bass Line for Bass Guitar | Open Chords or Bar Chords for Six-String) 

6) Perform a selected Rhythm Study on page 42 (Essential Elements) 

7) Play Hard Rock Blues (Bass Line for Bass Guitar | Open Chords or Bar Chords for Six-String) 

8) Perform line #1 from the Sight Reading Exercises (without notes written) 

9) Play Concert C-Minor Scale (two octaves) 

10) Write in ALL Canon Remix bass notes/chords (using piano sheet music) 

11) Play Canon Remix (Bass Line for Bass Guitar | Open Chords or Bar Chords for Six-String) 

12) Play Concert Bb Major Scale (two octaves) 

13) Play 12 Bar Blues (Three-Note Bass Line for Bass Guitar | Bar Chords for Six-String)

14) Play Concert Bb Blues Scale (two octaves

15) Improvise in C-Minor Groove in front of a class/group

16) Play the 12 Bar Blues Walking Bass Line 

17) Perform a selected Sight Reading Exercise 1-9

18) Play Concert Bb Chromatic Scale (two octaves)

19) Play any of the following chords on command (Arpeggios for Bass Guitar): Major Chords - Bb, C, D, Eb, E, F, G, Ab, A

20) Play any of the following chords on command (Arpeggios for Bass Guitar): Minor Chords - Bbm, Cm, Dm, Em, Gm, Am

 21) Play Tempest (Tuba Part or Left Hand Piano part for Bass Guitar | Chords for Six-String)

22) Identify Flat or Sharp tuning with your ear

23) Match a pitch with your voice

24) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues (using Concert Bb Blues Scale, with accompaniment)

25) Play the feature graduation song (Bass Line for Bass Guitar | Chords for Six-String)

26) Play Pomp & Circumstance (Melody and Bass line for Bass Guitar | Melody and Chords for Six-String)

27) Play Amazing Grace (Melody and Bass Line for Bass Guitar | Melody and Chords for Six-String)

28) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues, using the following advanced soloing techniques: hammering on and off, slides, grace and ghost notes, bending, different scales for different chords, trills, and/or others.

29) Perform a selected rhythm exercise from chart 13, page 77

30) Play Concert Eb & Concert F Major Scales (two octaves)

31) Play Concert Ab & Concert C Scales (two octaves)

32) Compose & perform your own song OR perform an approved song in front of a class or group

33) Play Fundamental Rhythms 1-132 on page 64 of the band handbook

34) Play all major scales

35) Play all natural and harmonic minor scales

36) Play a college level audition piece