Advanced Band

<p>Students will:</p>
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<li>Enter with the skill set established in Grade 7 Intermediate Band.</li>
<li>Understand and respond to music notation, including other subdivisions (triplets, duplets, syncopation), expression marks in other languages.</li>
<li>Develop the skill to play a range of one and half octaves or the complete set of rudiments (percussion), demonstrating these skills with sensitivity to blend and balance, as a member of the ensemble.</li>
<li>Identify key signatures and play the corresponding scale in key signatures up to 4 sharps or flats.</li>
<li>Create rhythmic or melodic improvisations, 2-4 measures in length.</li>
<li>Demonstrate learning through performances and presentations of Grade I and II literature, including solo performance as appropriate.</li>
<li>Sight Read two grade levels below concert literature.</li>
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