High School Band - Creative Choice Board

WEEKLY CHALLENGE

Check the BAND App for each week's challenge activity! Submissions can be posted under the Weekly Challenge category on the Google Form.

WEEKLY CHALLENGE

ADAM NEELY YouTube

Adam Neely is a Jazz Bassist, Composer, and YouTuber based out of New York City. Neely got his education in music at both Berklee College of music and Manhattan School of Music.

ADAM NEELY YouTube

Channel Features: Music History, Theory, and Pop Culture

Find one of his music related YouTube videos that interests you and tell me what you learned and what you found interesting!

PRACTICE!

PRACTICE!

Practice for 20 Minutes

Option 1 - send me a brief summary of what you worked on!

Option 11 - Submit a video of you performing a segment of your music (with metronome) and I will provide feedback! (Upload to google drive, then share the link using the Google Form)

PICTURE THIS!

Choose one of our band pieces or another piece that you enjoy. Go outside and take a picture of something you feel captures the essence of that piece of music. Briefly describe why you feel that picture represents that piece!

WHAT DOES SOUND LOOK LIKE?

DRAW a picture! Choose one of our band pieces or another piece that you enjoy. Draw or paint a picture that you feel represents the piece either as a whole, or a specific section of the piece! Let your creativity flow!

ARRANGER LEVEL 1!

Transcribing music means writing down what you hear when you listen to a song or piece.

Pick out your favorite melody of all time. Go on to https://flat.io (FREE Music Notation Software) and see if you can transcribe that melody. When finished, share your melody with me! Links can be submitted via the Google Form.

COMPOSER LEVEL 1!

Go on to https://flat.io (FREE Music Notation Software) and see if you can create your own SINGLE PART melody! Choose one instrument and create a 4-8 measure melody that sounds cool! Remember, most melodies start on Tonic (home note) and end on Tonic for listener stability and finality! (Advanced version - see if you can create a melody that demonstrates a question and answer phrasing style). Links can be submitted via the Google Form.

COMPOSER LEVEL 2!

Go on to https://flat.io (FREE Music Notation Software) and see if you can create your own TWO PART melody! Choose TWO instruments and create a 4-8 measure melody that sounds cool! Remember, most melodies start on Tonic (home note) and end on Tonic for listener stability and finality! Remember our discussion about intervals. Now with two voices, you must take harmony into consideration. Listen to your sound and experiment with which harmonies sound pleasing and which do not sound pleasing to the ear. (Advanced version - see if you can create a melody that uses dissonant and consonant harmonies that demonstrate tension and release in music. ) Links can be submitted via the Google Form.

COMPOSER LEVEL 3!

Go on to https://flat.io (FREE Music Notation Software) and see if you can create your own THREE or FOUR PART melody! Choose TWO instruments and create a 4-8 measure melody that sounds cool! Remember, most melodies start on Tonic (home note) and end on Tonic for listener stability and finality! (Advanced version - see if you can create a melody that demonstrates harmonies that seem to “Make Musical Sense”) Links can be submitted via the Google Form.

Nuts 'n' Bolts

NUTS 'N' BOLTS

Learn how written music functions by clicking on one of the subtopics and exploring the lessons!

Submit a summary or a screen-shot of your work to hand in

TikTok??

Create a TikTok that is somehow related to our band music or band in general. TikTok must be school appropriate and you must be able to share on a platform other than TikTok :)

TikTok??

YouTube Ed

Find a musical topic you are interested in learning more on. Search for a good YouTube video and tell me a short synopsis of what you learned!

YouTube Ed

Check out the surrounding subtopics for different fun videos!

Check This Out!

"Hey Mr. Junker, check out this totally cool band piece!"

Find a new band piece that is either for concert, marching, jazz, or pep band!

Write up a short description on why you think this piece would benefit our program!

Music Challenge!

Check out some of these free online music challenges! How far can you go? Send me a screen shot of your high score!

Music Challenge!

UPWARD and ONWARD!

Being a leader requires many different traits. One important trait is the ability to overcome adversity. Part of that comes from setting individual goals. After reviewing the characteristics of a good leader, fill out the "Goals and Personal Inventory". Goals can be submitted via the Google Form.

UPWARD and ONWARD!

Follow the Google Form to submit all work!

https://forms.gle/YbDWFvQQ4GGLbWC78

Submit your stuff here!!