OCT 14: LESSONS START THIS WEEK FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASSES

PARENT NOTES:

PRIVATE LESSONS THIS WEEK

Please be sure to arrange and attend this week- your first lesson of  2015/16 MATT Year.

These lessons are very important to your child's progress and mandatory for every Intermediate and Advanced student.

Check by text with Akilah- or call her after 4pm weekdays if  unsure of your time.

Missing lessons may lead to charges for them.

SANTA CLAUSE PARADE- SIGN UP BY FRIDAY

Brampton Santa Claus Parade, November 21st, 2015 

This is always a beautiful night time family event . We will NOT be playing, just displaying our banner, and marching in the parade, or possibly sitting on a float. 

IF we have 20 students signed up THIS WEEK, we will register. The deadline is this Friday. If we have the numbers, then Shannon Dickson will head up the details. 

We will ask a $10 fee for each student.. We are a non- profit organization, and are willing to contribute up to $100, as a form of advertising and community goodwill, if necessary. 

Please speak to Shannon about this if you have any questions - Akilah has her number. 

Thanks so much Shannon for taking the initiative on this!

BEGINNERS
TUESDAY CLASS- ARRIVE BY 4PM
We are hoping to have our new instruments for next Tuesday, so please arrive in lots of time to receive and sign out your instrument, and equipment.
Check this blog again Monday for further info re new instruments

Review ALL of the following, 4 days this week:

1. Sitting position- front of chair, back straight, feet flat on floor

2. Bow hold with a pencil, then with your bow .All fingers stay curved. Use your hand-out  photo  to make sure it is correct. PRACTICE the bow hold 5 times before holding your instrument

4. Bow exercises: Windshield wiper, Monkey crawl up and down, Twinkle with coin.

3. Instrument hold. Take the time to practice the correct hold position 5 times, before putting the bow on the string.

4. Placing bow on strings. LIFT arm above your string, drop weight of arm onto string, feel it "settle into" the string. Pull four short strokes-down ,up ,down, up. Keep bow in centre between bridge and fingerbard. Keep it in line (parallel

5. String Cycle: Drop bow onto your lowest (thickest) string. Pull four short strokes, then move to next string and repeat bow strokes. Continue on each string.

INTERMEDIATE

BRING DETAILED PRACTICE CHARTS to class

1. THIS WEEK all students must have a good knowledge of ALL AFS exercises covered so far :

                             numbers: 46, 70,110, 123, 127, 183, 134

                             NEW : MAMBO from the CONGO- bars 1-4
2. Review: MOUNTAIN WILLIAM

 CLASS TIME EXTRA HELP Those who are not yet able to easily read the assigned AFS material, will be receiving special help sessions for part of the class, while others move forward with new material.

ADVANCED

BRING DETAILED PRACTICE CHARTS to class

BE SURE to TAKE your NEW SCALES SHEET to your PRIVATE LESSON. At least One of them will need to have correct fingering inserted for your careful practice.

NEW PIECE: Mozart Quartet 2 in D major -bars 1 to 14.

BROTHER JAMES AIR:   Scale of C+ till bar 33, then D +. Violin 2:  melody b 33 to 43.
                                          PRACTICE ALL 

LONDONDERRY AIR: Scale of F Major. Learn to BAR 27: 
       VIOLIN 1- write in counting for melody: 1+2+3+4+ every bar. Listen on YOUTUBE

LA PALOMA: G Major Learn to Bar 64!  Play YOUR MELODY PARTS with confidence

BILLY TELL:  G Major Learn  ALL- practice 16th note passages to gallop speed!

HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL YOUR GREAT MUSIC!