Lakeland High School Band
1" Class Musicianship Test
‘Student_ Instrument. Grade_ Year.
Date Passed: By:
REQUIREMENTS
1. Play from memory all major scales and arpeggios according to the All-State
instructions, two octaves where possible.
2. Beable to count all rhythms on the 1* class rhythm sheet.
3. Play a chromatic scale covering the practical range of your instrument
according to the All-State instructions.
4, Play from memory the following harmonic minor scales in an pattern,
slurred, quarter =120, one octave, Concert Bb, F, C, G, D, A.
5. Demonstrate ability to prepare a selected musical exercise with attention to
all musical detail.
6, Participate in a solo or ensemble of at least grade UII difficulty for public
and/or District Concert performance by the Senior year.
7, Perform accurately a sightreading selection to the Directors! satisfaction.
8. Pass with a minimum score of 90% on the written test given at the end of the
first semester.
PERCUSSION REQUIREMENTS
Omit #5 above
|. Perform accurately selected exercises from the Podemski Snare Drum
Method.
2. Play a mallet solo, grade II or higher, to the Directors’ satisfaction.
3. Play any snare drum solo, grade IV or above, to the Directors’ satisfaction.
___4. Write a cadence or ensemble of at least 16 measures in length (4 beats to a
measure),