Hello Bulldogs, We have 6 weeks left of the trimester. I will continue with the pattern that we have established of your practice focus being on 1 song for 3 weeks and also a Web Wednesday. Yes of course practice anything else in your binder, play older music for fun or refinement(maybe get those dynamics or bowings too), or continue to work on the pieces we have not refined yet. In your warmups continue to look in a mirror and check your posture and hand frame, work on long bow work where you bow stays parallel to the bridge and your wrist and elbow are very involved. Don't shoulder bow and slide your bow! Alternate days with short bow work, staccato or with accents, staying in the lower half and never above the middle. All classes please go and listen to the recording of you parts on my Online Learning Recordings page on this website. If you need help after you have listened to the recording ask me for a meeting in Teams, or email me the question and we can work out any problems you have.
6th grade Opus 1- focus on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang This is a fast fun piece. Start as slow as you need. Lots of bow lifts to the lower half of the bow near the bow grip. When you have the melody use long bows. When you accompany use shorter bows. Cello/Bass at 43 your have a dotted quarter note. That is 3-8th notes long, use the work Quarter dot or 1 & 2, when you count it. (listen to the recording) There are some accidentals in the piece. 2nd Violin at 62 is a G# (high 3rd finger, everyone else may see some C natural and C#. 7th grade Philharmonia - focus on The Incredibles. There is a lot of the tango rhythm Dotted quarter, Dotted quarter, quarter in this piece. you will also find it in the melody with 3 slurred 8th notes, 2 tied 8ths with another 8th slurred in, and a quarter (sometimes tied over the bar) Count this and listen to the recording on this site that i made for you. Do not get stuck playing at the tip of the bow. 8th grade Sinfonia - In honor of our Disney trip starting this Saturday (sad face) lets focus on Kingdom Dance. Listen and play along with the recording i made for you on the Online Learning recordings page. This is a dance in 3/4 and 6/8. keep it light. Go watch the section from Tangled that it is in (that is what you might have done at the sound recording workshop). When you get to the end of the song there is an accelerando (take the speed up at whatever tempo you see fit for the end) Comments are closed.
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