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
​2020-2021

set II
2021-2022

SET III
​2022-2023

contra bass
Scales
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
(for audio see bass clarinet, transposition will sound different)

tenor sax
Scales
Set 1
​​(for audio see alto, transposition will sound different)
Set 2
Audio Set 2
Set 3
​(for audio see alto, transposition will sound different)
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