Students Perform for Alabama Teachers

Recently, seven HTMS percussionists were chosen to perform in a clinic at the 2010 Alabama Music Educators Association Conference at the University of Alabama. The students are instructed by Brad Palmer and Sean Womack of DoubleStop Percussion (www.doublestoppercussion.com). The students performed various exercises that they use in class to develop percussion technique. Over 250 band directors from all over Alabama were in attendance at the clinic to learn these techniques. Thanks for representing HTMS!

District Honor Band

Congratulations to our students who performed with the District Honor Band on Saturday! Great job!

YouTube Clip of the Week

Check out trombonist Harry Watters of the US Army Brass Quintet and his rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee." What do you think?

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following HTMS students who made the 2010 District IV Honor Band!

Lauren S. - Oboe

Nikki N. - Flute

Rebecca P. - Flute

John A. - Trumpet

Emma S. - French Horn

Jacob R. - Tuba

Sagar M. - Tuba

Jonathan A. - Percussion

Music Training Online

Need help reading music? Understanding key signatures? Learning how to build major scales? Try visiting www.musictheory.net. Under the "Lessons" drop-down menu, you will find topics such as "The Staff", "Note Duration", "Major Scales", "Key Signatures" and many more. These online lessons will help you understand more about music. There are also games you can play to help with your music knowledge under the "Trainers" drop-down menu. Check it out and leave a comment.

Scales Are Easy As (1) ONE, (2) TWO, (3) THREE!

A scale is a collection of 8 notes ascending and descending, in a particular order. Scales are spelled in alphabetical order using letters from the musical alphabet (A B C D E F G). Try this method for learning scales, and it should be much easier for you to remember all 12!

THINK "1"

G Scale has 1 sharp (F#) = G A B C D E F# G

G-flat Scale has 1 natural (F nat) = Gb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F Gb

F Scale has 1 flat (Bb) = F G A Bb C D E F

THINK "2"

B-flat Scale has 2 flats (Bb and Eb) = Bb C D Eb F G A Bb

B Scale has 2 naturals (B and E) = B C# D# E F# G# A# B

D-flat Scale has 2 naturals (F and C) = Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db

D Scale has 2 sharps (F and C) = D E F# G A B C# D

THINK "3"

E-flat Scale has 3 flats (Bb, Eb, Ab) = Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb

E Scale has 3 naturals (B E and A) = E F# G# A B C# D# E

A-flat Scale has 3 naturals (F C and G) = Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab

A Scale has 3 sharps (F C and G) = A B C# D E F# G# A

Then the last scale to learn is the C Scale which is all natural =

C D E F G A B C

-from Teaching Music Through Performance in Beginning Band