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Master your instrument!
Earn a belt for every level!
9 Belt Colors
Earn 4 Belts Per Color
Earn 36 Total Belts
Want to test your peers and help them get to the next belt level? Here are the instructions for how to facilitate a Band Karate Belt Test.
Ready to advance to the next Band Karate belt level?! Record a video of yourself (or have a friend record you) performing your belt test, and click the link BELOW to upload your video for review by your band teachers.
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
10) Play Concert Bb Major Scale
11) Perform line #1 from the Sight Reading Exercises (without notes written)
12) Play Concert Bb Chromatic Scale (one octave).
13) Play Concert Bb Blues Scale
14) Play 12 Bar Blues (Licks 1-4)
15) Play 12 Bar Blues (Licks 5-6)
16) Match a pitch with your voice
17) Play Concert Bb Major Scale with articulations (staccato, legato, slurred, accented)
18) Play Concert C Minor Scale
19) Improvise using the C Minor Scale in front of a class/group
20) Perform a selected Sight Reading Exercise 1-9
21) Play Tempest
22) Identify Flat or Sharp tuning with your ear
23) Tune your instrument & play a Concert Bb in tune with another person
24) Play with correct intonation - The Chord Exercise: Band Handbook, page 54
Play with another person or group, all parts
25) Play It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Ain’t Got That Swing (measures 9-16)
26) Play the feature graduation song
27) Play Pomp & Circumstance
28) Play Amazing Grace (in 4-part harmony) with others
29) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues (using Concert Bb Blues Scale)
30) Perform a selected rhythm exercise from chart 13, page 77
31) Play Concert Eb & Concert F Major Scales
32) Play Concert Ab & Concert C Scales
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 in Treble & Bass Clef (20 notes each clef)
2) Play first five notes (Bb up to F)
3) Name all notes on the piano (naturals, flats, & sharps)
4) Play C-Minor Groove (Bass Line)
5) Perform a selected Rhythm Study on page 42 (Essential Elements)
6) Play Hard Rock Blues (Bass Line)
7) Play Concert C-Minor Scale
8) Write in ALL Canon Remix notes
9) Play Canon Remix (Bass Line)
10) Play Concert Bb Major Scale
11) Play 12 Bar Blues (Three-Note Bass Line)
12) Play Concert Bb Blues Scale
13) Play C-Minor Groove (Chords)
14) Improvise using the C Minor Scale in front of a class/group
15) Play 12 Bar Blues (Chords)
16) Play Concert Bb Chromatic Scale & name all naturals, sharps, & flats
17) Perform line #1 from the Sight Reading Exercises (without notes written)
18) Play any of the following chords on command: Major Chords - Bb, C, D, Eb, E, F, G, Ab, A
19) Play any of the following chords on command: Minor Chords - Bb, Cm, Dm, Em, Gm, Am
20) Play Canon Remix (Chords)
21) Perform a selected Sight Reading Exercise 1-9
22) Play Tempest
23) Identify Flat or Sharp tuning with your ear
24) Match a pitch with your voice
25) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues (using Concert Bb Blues Scale, with accompaniment)
26) Play the feature graduation song
27) Play Pomp & Circumstance
28) Play Amazing Grace (two hands)
29) Improvise on 12 Bar Blues in right hand, while playing bass notes in left hand
30) Perform a selected rhythm exercise from chart 13, page 77
31) Play Concert Eb & Concert F Major Scales
32) Play Concert Ab & Concert C Scales
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) 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
1) Master Staff Wars (20 notes)
2) Perform a steady beat (with live music) & hold drum sticks properly
3) Play 8 on a hand
4) Play whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, 8th notes, & 16th notes
5) Perform a selected Rhythm Study on page 42 (Essential Elements)
6) Perform Alfred Drum Method Lesson 1 & Combination Study (Quarter Notes)
7) Call & Response (4 Beats)
8) Perform Alfred Drum Method Lesson 2 & Combination Study (8th Notes)
9) Play Hard Rock Blues (on any drum)
10) Perform & identify the notes for the Bb Major Scale on the piano
11) Play Rock Groove on drum set, both softly & loudly
12) Play Canon Remix (on any drum)
13) Perform the SciTech Band Cadence (on any drum)
14) Perform Alfred Drum Method Lesson 7 & Combination Study (16th Notes)
15) Play Swing Time/12 Bar Blues (on any drum)
16) Play Paradiddle Exercises 1-4
17) Play Tempest (on any drum)
18) Play Paradiddle Exercises 5-8
19) Play a clear multiple bounce roll on snare drum
20) Create your own groove & perform it (on any drum)
21) Play Paradiddle Exercises 9-12
22) Play Canon Remix (on drum set) at slow & fast tempos
23) Play 12 Bar Blues (on drum set) with different dynamic levels (soft & loud)
24) Identify all notes on the piano
25) Play the SciTech opening cadence rhythm (with accents)
26) Play Pomp & Circumstance (on any drum)
27) Perform Alfred Drum Method 5 Stroke Roll Lesson
28) Perform an improvised drum solo over a given groove or chord progression
29) Perform Alfred Drum Method 9 Stroke Roll Lesson
30) Play feature 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) Play a college level audition piece
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