Week of October 19th, 2009

Good morning students and families of Davis Academy.

This week, we will be covering the following material during this "short" week of school!

Guitar One:

1. Introduction to Tablature notation
2. Continued Chord Studies
3. C Scale

Guitar Two:

1. Work on Hall Of The Mountain King for December Concert. Now, that everybody has learned it, we are putting it all together, assigning different parts and working on playing as an ensemble.
2. We will resume working on Blues scales today as well.

Advanced Percussion:

1. We are working on learning notes on the marimba. Last Friday, we took a break from our music, and began reading the melodic staff! Everybody has been given practice sheets to work on for this quarter. They will be tested on their skills throughout the quarter.
2. We will continue to work on our percussion ensemble music. We have recently started working on a new piece.
3. In addition, everybody has been given copies of their concert music to work on at home. They are responsible for practicing at home. I am only asking that they spend about 10 minutes/day reviewing it.

Fusion:

1. We have started a new piece last week. We are now working on "Baba O'Riley" by The Who. In addition, we recently started working on "Brown Eyed Girl." Last Friday, we had the opportunity to have a student vocalist work with us! We are making strides everyday, and can't wait for our concert!