Middle SCHOOL HONOR BANDS

     Schedule & Registration Information on the Main Honor Band Page

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
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Scales

• The following scales will be required every year for all Middle School students auditioning for the Honor Band: C Concert, F Concert, Bb Concert, Eb Concert, Ab Concert and Chromatic.           

Prepared Music

• One prepared piece, download below

​Sight-reading

• Students will sight-read a short 12-16 measure example based in the key of Bb, F, or Eb with at least one accidental.  Rhythms will include quarter, half, whole, eighth, and dotted-quarter rhythms.
• Special note:  Percussion will sight-read on snare drum and keyboard.

*Audio files are midi files provided for rhythmic reference only.  These are not professional recordings.

SCALES

set I
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​2020-2021

set II
​2018-2019
2021-2022

SET III
2019-2020
​2022-2023

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Flute

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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oboe

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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clarinet

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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bass clarinet

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
​Audio Set 2

Set 3

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contra bass

Scales

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

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alto/bari sax

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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tenor sax

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

​Set 3

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BASSOON

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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trumpet

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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French horn

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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trombone
​baritone

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
Audio Set 2

Set 3

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baritone t.c.

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
​Audio Set 2

Set 3

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tuba

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
​Audio Set 2

Set 3

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percussion

Scales

Set 1

Set 2
​Audio Snare Set 2
Audio Timpani Set 2
Audio Bells Set 2

Set 3

Snare Rudiments - Required Every Year
- Buzz roll (soft-loud-soft; minimum of 20 seconds)
- Single Paradiddles
- (Alternating) Flams

*Special note about scales on Melodics*
Perform 2 octaves
​Chromatic scale is C to C 2 octaves