MR. DICKSON'S METHOD FOR BAND Book Two

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1 Trombone Baritone MR. DICKSON'S METHOD FOR BAND Book Two revised February 18, 2017 "Strategies That Work When Learning New Music" Read before you play Before you play, read through the music and say the letter names of the notes out loud. - Before you play, tizzle the rhythms. Tap your foot while you do it, to keep a steady beat. Set up for a good first note Finger the first note before you start to play the song, before you breathe. - Breathe on the beat before you start. Breathe together to play together. While you are playing Tap your foot gently with the beat while you play, and count your rests. - Look ahead while you play, so you are ready for the next thing you have to play. Use technology to help you learn When practicing at home, use a tuner app like Bandmate Chromatic Tuner (free version) to check if you are playing the right notes. - When practicing at home, use a metronome app like Tempo by Frozen Ape (free version) to make sure you are keeping a steady beat. When you get stuck on a hard part First of all, it's not hard, it's just new. Keep trying, you'll get better. - Find the notes that are difficult for you, and just play them over and over. Break it down to just 2 or 3 notes at a time, and play them as much as you can. Don't try to play the whole song yet if you really just need to work on a few tricky notes in the middle. - Slowwwwwww downnnnnnnn. Play it really, really, really slowly. Speed will come later. - Say the letter names of the notes out loud. Don't just think it, you have to say it out loud or it does not help. - Tizzle the rhythms, or say the rhythms using a "dah" syllable. - It's not about trying hard enough, it's about trying often enough. Don't try it 2 or 3 times and then give up. Your body needs more reps to learn new things. Try it times, then move on to something else and come back to it later. - Ask for help! Your teacher gets paid the big bucks to help you. Use them!

2 10.01 "Back To School Blues" α α α 3 3 α α α Œ α α α Œ Œ New note for clarinets only α α Clarinet pinky power! α α Five note scale α α "Jingle Bells" α α 3 α α

3 10.06 "Four Note Blues" -Dickson α α 3 α α α α Œ Œ "Happy Birthday" α α 3 2 Œ Œ α Τ α "Banana α α 3 Boat Song" Fine α α D.C. al Fine

4 11.01 Dynamics α α 3 3 ο Ο Ε ε Crescendo α α 3 3 ο Ο Ε ε Decrescendo α α 3 3 ε Ε Ο ο Etude α α 3 3 Ο ε Ο Dotted-quarter notes α Etude α 3

5 12.03 "Ode To Joy" by Ludwig Van Beethoven α α 3 α α Fine D.S. al Fine "Deck The Halls" α α "U.S. Marine Corps Hymn" α 3 Œ α α α

6 12.06 "Dotted-Quarter Blues" (swing) - Dickson α 3 α ι α α ι α ι F New note! α C Going up > α Five-note scale > 3 α "Jingle 3 Bells"

7 13.05 "This Old Man" > α α α α α Clarinet high C α α Clarinet high D Clarinet > 3 pinky power α New note! D Going up α 3

8 14.06 "Mary Had α 3 A Little Lamb" One more new note for clarinets α µ A Other pinky α 3 power! Four-note scale α 3 3 A B α C D C B α A Crossing the break α Crossing the break α Take it slowly α 3

9 14.13 You can α 3 do it "Twinkle Twinkle" "London 3 Bridge" > α "Jesus Loves Me" α 3 α α α

10 15.04 "This Old Man" > α "Amazing Grace" > 2 α 3 Œ Œ New note! µ Œ Œ E "Yankee Doodle" "Head Shoulders Knees And Toes" α 3 µ Œ µ Œ α Œ Œ

11 15.09 "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" > 2 α 3 > α > α "America The Beautiful" α 3 Œ ι α ι µ α B α Etude > 3 α > α

12 15.12 "Auld Lang Syne" 3 3 Œ > α "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" melody, W.A. Mozart > 3 α ε ι ι Œ Œ Œ ο Œ Œ "Anchors Aweigh" (U.S. Navy Song) α 3 α µ α = µ =

13 16.01 Etude: Phrasing α α 3 Ο Hold every note out all the way until the next note starts. Tap your foot while you play. Œ α α Etude: Phrasing Slowly α α 3 3 Ο α α Hold every note out all the way until the next note starts. Tap your foot while you play Etude: Phrasing and Articulation > 3 = α > α = ε = = Hold every note out all the way until the next note starts. Tap your foot while you play. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Œ

14 16.04 Etude: Articulation α Etude: Ostinato Count the beats in your mind so you do not lose your place. α 3 3 Œ α Œ