7th and 8th Grade - Scale Passoffs

As the 7th and 8th grade students already know, we are in the middle of learning all of the All-Region major, minor, and chromatic scales.

All instruments have 14 scales to learn, all of which must be played:

1. From memory;
2. Without any errors, and;
3. At the correct speed.

When a student can play a scale like this, it is considered "passed off."

Learning scales is one of the best ways to improve as a musician--students learn new notes, increase their physical range on their instrument, and also gain music reading skills.

Since all 8th graders will try out for the All-Region Band in December, and scales are 20% of the tryout score, this is a great way to start preparing for the tryout.

As an incentive to encourage students to learn these scales, the first student to pass off all 14 scales from memory will be awarded an iPod music player.

***IF YOU NEED THE SCALE SHEET, PLEASE CLICK HERE. THEN, CLICK ON YOUR INSTRUMENT, AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.***

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