MONTH TWO BEGINS

                                HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

                 beginners: WE"RE ON THE WAY TO A SONG!
Level 1 :practice 4X per week BRING CHART TO CLASS

Repeat all several times each day till they become easy and natural:

BOW: R. H. Exercises: all fingers spread slightly, thumb bent

                    "windmill",  "monkey crawl", coin on hand- wrist exercise

            L.H. Exercises- position:

       cello- knees grasp cello, pegs at left ear, cello leans to right

       viola/violin: violin covers shoulder, sits over left knee

 head turns to sit on chin rest, head weight holds violin, remove LH
 

 NEW: LEFT HAND FIRST FINGER: Left hand first finger sits ON TAPE at end of fingerboard.  PRESS FINGER FIRMLY-
                      Exercise: (a)ON EACH STRING pluck 0 -1 TEN times
                                      (b) Play with bow 0 -1 TEN times
                                      

BOW EXERCISES: -lift right arm above lowest string

 "Bow Highway"- place bow half way between bridge and fingerboard
                     - wrist movement keeps bow straight in line with bridge

                           - weight of right arm sits on bow hand, raised wrist

-"string cycle": four equal bow strokes on each string from lowest to highest and back again

 

                            
 Second year students: WE"RE LEARNING TO READ MUSIC -
                                this will become the ability to read SONGS!



 
 Level 2: practice 5X per week
 

1. Every day read lots from AFS Book. Name notes-watch up and down direction of next note-up add a finger, down take away a finger
                                #66, 67, NEW # 68
 

2. Songs- watch bow grip, tilt of bow

Lightly Row -the whole song
CELLO: see notes below- BOLD=  notes on D string
LINE 1:  E  C#C#__  / D  B  B__   / A B    C#   D / E  E  E __ /

           d1 a3 a3  ___/a4 a1 a1__/  A0 a1 a3 a4   /d1d1d1__

        
LINE 2:  E  C#  C# C#  / D   B  B  B  / A  C#  E  E/  C# C#  C#___/
            d1/ a3 a3 a3/   /a4 a1a1a1   / a1 a3 d1d1/ a3a3a3____

            

LINE 3: B   B   B   B   / B   C#  D__ /C# C# C# C# /  C#  D  E___/

               a1 a1 a1 a1 / a1 a3 a4__  /a3 a3 a3 a3 a3 /a3 a4 d1 __/

LINE /4: Repeat line 2  :  
   E  C#  C# C#/ D   B  B  B  / A  C#  E  E/  C# C#  C#___/

   d1 a3 a3 a3  /  a4 a1a1a1 / A  a3 d1d1/  a3 a3 a3____

           

Review: Twinkles regularly-one rhthym each day
            Long Long Ago

 

Level 3-practice 5 X per week
 



               We're preparing a new CONCERT PROGRAM
Review: Scale of D two octaves
NEW Scale of G two octaves-
violin/viola shift on  D on A string(1234) watch C naturals!
                                                 cello shift after D on A string (134)PIECES:"Sahara Crossing"- use of Eb low 2 on D, Bb low on A
Some big spaces for F# after Eb or C# after Bb
Continue: Queen of Sheba- work on short quarter notes and solid eighths. Learn eighth note passages well. Up to bar 33.
                 VIOLINS: LEARN SOLOS
                 Gavotte-tune half notes well
                               Study/learn eighth notes passages up to bar34
                 Double Trouble- timing