Off The Page:

Bringing Creativity Into The Band ROom

Bob Habersat
Oak Lawn Community High School

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Creativity in the band classroom

  • What are some things you do to bring creativity in the classroom?

  • How is it hard in an ensemble setting?

What is off the page playing and why is it important?

  • PLaying music using theory and/or the ear often from memory and from the heart.

  • NAFME Standards: Create, Perform, Respond

  • Independant musicianship

  • Student centered project based

  • Recruitment and retention

Why Pop Music: don’t we already do that?

Drums

  • Get them off their instrument

  • Lets Jam

  • Improvisation

  • Key Drums in band

    • Warm Ups

    • Pep Band

    • Arrangements

Basic Groove

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Bass

Chords

  • Spelling chords relative to the scale | video

  • Arpeggiate over changes

  • Voice Leading | Worksheet | Organizer | Student Chart

    • Keep notes in each voice the same or have them move up or down by one letter

  • Assign voices to different instruments

Texture

  • Types of chordal rhythmic roles

  • Identify them in recordings

  • Identify them in written music

  • Play them together and focus on dynamic and articulation

Melody

Questions

Contact

Bob@shedthemusic.com