Daily Home PRACTICE Guide


​Attention students and parents.

Playing a musical instrument successfully requires real work and daily practice. There is no way that a person of any age will become proficient at playing without consistent  scheduled practice. Music is similar to any discipline that requires the individual to make a commitment to put in the time to make it happen. 


  • Bring instrument, music book, music folder, pencil and needed supplies to ALL lessons and rehearsals. There are no loaner instruments available, so coming to Band or Strings without the equipment is like showing up to Soccer and no one has a ball.
  • Home practice is important. Although we see the students for (2) 30 minute lessons per week, daily practice of 15 or more minutes is the only way progress will be made.
  • Daily practice should include a repetition of what Mr. Maglocci does in class with the students. For beginners, this will include proper holding of the instrument, proper care of getting instrument in and out of case. Proper assembly of instrument, (especially Clarinet and Flute) so the delicate parts of the instrument are not damaged.

PRACTICE for 3rd Grade Strings-
ONGOING 
  • Review pages 2 and 3 of Essential Elements - Instrument and bow part names, correct posture and holding of instrument and bow.
  • Pages 2-3-4 and 5 of Essential Elements Books. Pages 4 and 5 are very important. Without mastery of the skills on pages 4 and 5. It will be impossible to go further. Play each exercise 2 times. Once with Pizzicato and then Arco, (with the bow)
  • Note reading practice for Violin, Viola and Cello 
         D-E-F#-G AND A GO TO www.musictheory.net for FREE drill and lessons.
  • First Position on "D" String, Numbers 10-16 in Essential Strings Book 1
  • First Position on the "A" String, Numbers 23-32. Memorize #31 and#32 D Major scales.
  • Songs to Practice:
  •  "Ode to Joy", "Take a Swing at This", "Rockin' Along", "Linus and Lucy"

PRACTICE for 4th Grade Strings- 
ONGOING 
  • Same as 3rd Grade Strings as a review. If skills above are mastered and can be explained and performed, then move on to Pages 6-10 of "Essential Elements".
  • First Position on "D" String, Numbers 10-16 in Essential Strings Book 1
  • First Position on the "A" String, Numbers 23-32. Memorize #31 and#32 D Major scales.
  • Songs to Practice:

  • ​PRACTICE for 5th Grade Strings- 
  • Songs to Practice:
  •  "Ode to Joy", "Take a Swing at This", "Rockin' Along", "Linus and Lucy"​​
ONGOING 

  • Review of Assignments for Grades 3 and 4 as listed above: PLUS.
  • Pages 11-18 of Essential Elements
  • ​First Position on "D" String, Numbers 10-16 in Essential Strings Book 1
  • First Position on the "A" String, Numbers 23-32. Memorize #31 and#32 D Major scales.
  • www.musictheory.net . Practice note recognition of D Major Scale D-E-F#-G-A-B-C#-D
  • Songs to Practice:


PRACTICE for 4th Grade Band- 
ONGOING 
  • Pages 2 and 3 of Essential Elements for Band
  • Review and identify with proper name parts of instrument
  • Demonstrate proper care and assembly of instrument
  • Demonstrate proper hand position and posture for instrument
  • Pages 46 and 47. (Demonstrate ability to understand the "Fingering Chart" for instrument)
  • ​*Use www.musictheory.net to drill the following note names, add fingering after you can identify note from pages 46-47 of Essential Elements Book.
  • 4TH GRADE PERCUSSION ONLY - REVIEW, STUDY AND MEMORIZE PARTS OF PERCUSSION ON PAGES 2 AND 3 OF ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS BOOK VOLUME 1.
  • 4TH XYLOPHONE - PAGE 5A HAS A DIAGRAM OF ALL THE NOTES ON YOUR INSTRUMENT, START WITH NOTES Bb-C-D-Eb AND F. BE ABLE TO LOCATE THESE NOTES ON THE INSTRUMENT.
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PRACTICE for 5th Grade Band
ONGOING 

  • Same as 4th Grade Band as review for 2nd year players. Same as 4th grade for 5th graders who are NEW to Band or playing a different instrument than last year.
  • 5th graders playing SAME instrument as last year should show Mastery of 4th grade assignments above PLUS practice fingerings and note recognition of Bb Concert Scale*
  • *Use www.musictheory.net to drill the following note names, add fingering after you can identify note from pages 46-47 of Essential Elements Book.
  • FLUTE,  TROMBONE AND PERCUSSION Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb
  • CLARINET AND TRUMPET C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C
  • ALTO SAXOPHONE G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G
PRACTICE for 5th GRADE PERCUSSION 
  • REVIEW, STUDY AND MEMORIZE PARTS OF PERCUSSION ON PAGES 2 AND 3 OF ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS BOOK VOLUME 1.
  • SNARE DRUM- SINGLE STROKE AND SINGLE PARADIDDLE  
  • 5TH XYLOPHONE - PAGE 5A HAS A DIAGRAM OF ALL THE NOTES ON YOUR INSTRUMENT, START WITH NOTES Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb. BE ABLE TO LOCATE THESE NOTES ON THE INSTRUMENT.
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