7th Grade Band
2023-24 Course Syllabus and Band Booster Information - last page contract due August 24
7th Grade Band Playing Tests, 2023-24
Test Assigned Test/Due Date
September 11 September 18
October 16 October 23
November 13 November 20(recorded)
January 3 January 9
February 5 February 12
March 11 March 18 (recorded)
April 15 April 22
May 13 May 20
Grades will be based on tone quality, notes, rhythm, articulation, dynamics and tempo.
Practice Journal Due Dates, 2023-24
Please see the back of the Practice Journal for specific instructions. Due dates are all Fridays.
September 15
October 20
November 17
January 5
February 9
March 15
April 19
May 17
Practice Journals are due the Friday before a playing test. Due dates also are listed on the far right column of the Practice Journal.
7th Grade Band Terms - Quizlet flashcards
Click on "Flashcards" at the top, under "Study". If you want to reverse the terms and definitions, go to the lower left-hand corner and click on options.
Blues Scale and Solo
The Bb Blues Play Along Track can be used with TOE #73 or the Bb Blues solos passed out in class.
Tradition of Excellence Listening Examples
TOE #2 Academic Festival March (Overture), Johannes Brahms
TOE #4 Arroró Mi Niño, Argentinian Folk Song
TOE #9 Ellacombe, German Hymn
TOE #15 Old Hundredth, Louis Bourgeois
TOE #22 Largo from Symphony No. 9, Antonin Dvorak
TOE #25 Spanish Hymn, Traditional Spanish
TOE #35 The Wabash Cannonball, American Folk Song
TOE #36 Still, Still, Still, Austrian Carol
TOE #39 My Heart's Tonight in Texas, American Folk Song
TOE #40 The Minstrel Boy, Irish Folk Song
TOE #46 Minka, Minka, Ukrainian Folk Song
TOE p.10 Ding Dong Merrily On High, French Carol
TOE #52 Reuben and Rachel, American Folk Song
TOE #53 The Bridge at Avignon, French Folk Song
TOE #54 El Capitan, John Philip Sousa
TOE #56 Minuet, Christian Petzold
TOE #60 Botany Bay, Australian Folk Song
TOE #63 Theme from Symphony No. 5, Ludwig van Beethoven
TOE #66 This Train, American Spiritual
TOE #70 The Thunderer, John Philip Sousa
TOE #71 Battle Pavane, Tielman Susato
TOE #75 Theme from The Barber of Seville (Overture), Gioacchino Rossini
TOE #76 Old Brass Wagon, American Folk Song
TOE #78 Sailor's Song, English Sea Chantey
TOE #79 Tirra Lirra Lou, Canadian Folk Song
TOE #81 The Galway Piper, Irish Reel
TOE #84 Sourwood Mountain, American Folk Song
TOE #85 Big Rock Candy Mountain, American Folk Song
TOE #88 Theme from Renaissance Festival and Dances, Tielman Susato
TOE #90 O Tannenbaum, German Carol
TOE #91 Blow Away the Morning Dew
English Folk Song Suite Information - Performance by the University of Illinois
TOE #93 Procession of the Nobles, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TOE #102 Yankee Doodle, America Folk Song
TOE #103 High School Cadets, John Philip Sousa
TOE #105 Cindy, American Folk Song
TOE #107 Suliram, Indonesian Folk Song
TOE #109 Dance Josey, American Folk Song
TOE #112 Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore, Giuseppe Verdi
TOE #114 Water Come a Me Eye, Jamaican Folk Song
TOE #115 March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Georges Bizet
TOE #117 The Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa
TOE #119 Sea Chantey (Blow the Man Down), American Sailing Song
TOE #120 The Merry Minstrels, Henry Purcell
TOE #122 The Sea, Japanese Folk Song
TOE #124 I'se the B'y that Builds the Boat, Canadian Folk Song
TOE #126 Lisbon Bay, English Folk Song (This recording is a movement from Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger.)
TOE #131 Habanera from Carmen, Georges Bizet
TOE #132 La Cumparsita, Gerardo Matos Radriguez
TOE #134 Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck
TOE #136 La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi
TOE #137 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Patrick Gilmore
TOE #139 Little Donkey, Chinese Folk Song
TOE #141 Stars of the Heavens, Mexican Folk Song
TOE #143 Triumphal March from Aida, Giuseppe Verdi
TOE #145 Haru Ga Kita, Japanese Folk Song
TOE #149 Finale from Symphony No. 9 From the New World, Antonin Dvorak
TOE #150 Theme from Tableau, Bruce Pearson
TOE #153 The British Grenadiers, English Folk Song
TOE #154 March from The Nutcracker, Peter Tchaikovsky
TOE #155 Follow the Drinkin' Gourd, American Spiritual