Good Morning Orchestra Bulldogs! I hope you had some time last weekend to do some thing that you wanted and made you happy. This is a short week of school so your practice chart this week should only have 80 and not the 100 as we didn't have class yesterday. Of course you may make more music than that but 80 is the minimum i am looking for. There are just 4 weeks of school and 2 days left! Do you have a countdown clock? i would have one on my white board.
Warmups this week for all orchestras: Check your posture/technique. Slowing see if you have any bad habits that you can address and break. Look in a mirror as you set up, have someone take your picture or make a video of yourself and watch it. It is hard to look at yourself to fix things, that was always my job or your private teacher. Really check your bow: is it weighted correctly, are your fingers over the stick, violins and violas pinky on top with NO pressure on it, are you able to add weight and dig in with your 1st finger of your bow to get a good sound at the frog, middle and tip. Left hand: Is your thumb in the correct place and is it just barely touching No pressure on the thumb. Fingers should be curved and the bone is what stops the string from vibrating on the tape or correct note making sure your finger nails are cut so this can happen. check your wrist and those of you using vibrato make sure it is loose and wide enough to hear. Hover your fingers closely over the fingerboard. Don't let your hand frame move. Basses especially! Let that bass stay on your body so your hand can make the notes. Everyone: listen to the recordings on this website. learn the piece from the recording. really check notes and rhythms and count your rests. If you have a lot of rests count outloud even in your playing test recording. Playing tests will be due in Seesaw by Sunday night May 31. I will not accept the test out of the Seesaw platform Don't email it to me. Most of them i can't open and they are not on the correct screen when i'm grading so they could be missed and i didn't think you did the test. Have fun and break a bow hair for good luck! Opus 1 Playing test is on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang measure 53-61 (stopping the last note of 60) This song has C natural in it but there are accidentals. Some parts have slurs Philharmonia Playing test is on The Incredibles 36-43. Make a difference between the staccato and tenuto marks. Staccato is separated and tenuto holds for full length. There are also accents, use a little punch in your first finger of your bow stroke. M 38 Violins/Violas have 2 up bows in a row, it is a hook without the hook mark. 1st Violins divide 41. if you are playing the top part start 41 on a up bow after the rest. Everyone really hit that Sforzando and diminuendo(get softer) Sinfonia Playing test is on Kingdom Dance 104 to the end. Violin solo just start at 109 you don't need to count the rests. Remember this is in 6/8 so I would conduct it in a 2 pattern. each beat has 3 -8th notes in it. It should feel dance swinging but not jazz swinging. The most common mistake is counting a dotted half note as 3. it is just 2 (123-456) Play along with the recording a few times. Check your key, there are Bb, F naturals. low 1, low 2. At 120 the speed is up to you. It is poco a poco, little by little, accelerando, accelerating. But don't make the dancer twirl and fly of the stage!!. Don't forget the accents.
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