Grade 7 Band
This week's videos are posted below. Archived videos can be found on RDPC Band's Grade 7&8 Youtube playlist.
Help Videos for Loch Lomond are below!
Help Videos for Loch Lomond are below!
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Star of the County Down - Practice Tracks
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70 BPM
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80 BPM
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100 BPM
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Loch Lomond Practice Track
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65 BPM
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Instrument Exemplars
Flute - Jorge Pardo - Spain (with Chick Corea live in Barcelona)
Clarinet - Clarinet Quartet - Candide Overture
Trumpet - Alison Balsam - Hummel Concerto
Trombone - Trombone Shorty - Second Line
Euphonium - David & Robert Childs - Brilliante (with Gwent Alumni Brass Band)
Percussion & Electric Bass -
- Mark Walker, feat. Berklee percussion faculty - Island Hopping
- Steelpan and Jazz Vibes - Village Vibe
Brass Ensemble - The Canadian Brass - Carnival of Venice
Clarinet - Clarinet Quartet - Candide Overture
Trumpet - Alison Balsam - Hummel Concerto
Trombone - Trombone Shorty - Second Line
Euphonium - David & Robert Childs - Brilliante (with Gwent Alumni Brass Band)
Percussion & Electric Bass -
- Mark Walker, feat. Berklee percussion faculty - Island Hopping
- Steelpan and Jazz Vibes - Village Vibe
Brass Ensemble - The Canadian Brass - Carnival of Venice
Cleaning your Instrument
Flute:
- Wipe the lip plate with an alcohol wipe.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the tuning rod and the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Clarinet:
- Fill a short, narrow glass half-full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down, ensuring the mouthwash does not touch the cork part of your mouthpiece.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Saxophone:
- Fill a short, narrow glass 3/4 full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down in the glass. The entire mouthpiece can be submerged, as sax mouthpieces don't have cork. Soak for a few hours, rinse and dry.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
- Wipe the lip plate with an alcohol wipe.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the tuning rod and the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Clarinet:
- Fill a short, narrow glass half-full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down, ensuring the mouthwash does not touch the cork part of your mouthpiece.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Saxophone:
- Fill a short, narrow glass 3/4 full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down in the glass. The entire mouthpiece can be submerged, as sax mouthpieces don't have cork. Soak for a few hours, rinse and dry.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
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Trumpet, Trombone & Euphonium ONLY: How to give your instrument a BATH
*Make sure you have a cleaning snake, slide grease, and valve oil* - Fill bathtub with warm (not hot) water and squirt of dish soap - Take apart entire instrument (but set valves aside as the felt must not get wet. Also take note of the numbers on the valves) - Soak instrument, slides and mouthpiece for 20 minutes - Use snake to clean inside each piece - Rinse, remove from water, and set all pieces on a towel to dry - Grease all slides and then reassemble (the valves have numbers and must go back in the right order) |
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2020-2021 Dates
All concerts and other events are currently on pause. We look forward sharing our music with the community in alternative ways for now!