THANKS TO YOU, PARENTS!

PARENTS NOTES

BEGINNERS' PARENTS
NOW THAT THE INSTRUMENTS ARE HERE AND WE ARE UP AND RUNNING,
please be advised that YOU are now in training also !! (LOL)
TWO THINGS:
1. Please arrive no less than 10 min before class time.
2. Remember you should be observing the class, helping your child, 
taking notes if needed, 
Then you can help your child practice.
Find a time, (10 or 15 min max for now, the same time every day, which works for your family. Then it is built into the schedule, just like bedtime, or dinner time.

THANKS SO MUCH, TO 

Susan dal Dosso, Tammie Thompson and Bradley Georges

for spending their morning helping with this rather large task!

Tuesday morning was a BIG EVENT for MATT!

We unloaded our NEW INSTRUMENTS , labelled them and organized them for delivery to our VERY PATIENT TUESDAY BEGINNERS!

 We are very happy with the quality of our new instruments,

 which were made especially for us!

  A HUGE THANK YOU TO REMENYI HOUSE OF MUSIC,

AND ESPECIALLY TO TD MUSICOUNTS!!

Next week we hope to  have photos of our beginners!

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK
BEGINNERS

 MARK YOUR PRACTICE CHART SESSION EACH DAY WITH CHECK MARKS.

During tuning time before class, show it to your teacher- if you have 4 days practice marked you may choose a sticker for your chart! 

EACH DAY REVIEW THE FOLLOWING:

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

2. Bow hold . 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 fingerboard. Keep it in line (parallel) to the bridge.

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

                  MAKE SURE YOUR ARM LEVEL IS CORRECT FOR EACH STRING.
                                     AND YOUR RIGHT ELBOW IS RELAXED.

NEW: 1. LEFT HAND POSITION.

VIOLIN - VIOLA: . Curve all LEFT HAND FINGERS. Move your hand away from you, palm up, to the end of the string. Your first finger joint from the hand sits beside the end of the fingerboard. Drop hand down from this knuckle, 1st finger joint touches side of neck. Keep elbow under the instrument and forearm straight, place finger tip on string. Sing DOH RE. (remember Doh a deer song?)

CELLO: Align your let knuckle with top of fingerboard, poin tfingertip down on string. This is your 1st finger spot. Keep finger on spot and bring hand down, palm facing you. All finger sit above the string. Always keep thumb opposite second finger tip

NEW: 2. 0-1 string cycle. Place your first finger above the correct spot to play "doh re" -(open string then 1 on each string) as you practice four short strokes on each string. Play 0 0 0 0   1 1  1  1  
                   A A A A  B B B B     etc on each string as in string cycle.

INTERMEDIATE

Those who wish TO AUDITION  for  ADVANCED CLASS 
MAY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO DO SO.
You will be expected to play 3 selections from AFS  Book 1, from the last 10 pages, correctly with correct tuning and rhythms.

BRING DETAILED PRACTICE CHARTS to class
PRACTICE 5 DAYS EACH WEEK

1. THIS WEEK all students are required to: 
Review the hard parts from Ex 71 to 81.
THEN
 READ AND LEARN ALL EXERCISES IN THE BOOK, FROM # 82 to #92

                            

 2.  CONTINUE : MAMBO from the CONGO- bars 1-8. Count carefully.

3. Review: MOUNTAIN WILLIAM- long bows. VIOLINS, PLEASE ADD THE BOTTOM LINE UNDER YOUR LAST LINE OF SHEET MUSIC

REMEMBER:

 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

1. BRING YOUR SCALE SHEET, with  correct fingerings marked in by your teacher, to class. Be ready to play all of these scales well in class, with shifting as required.

2. Mozart Quartet 2 : PRACTICE SPICCATO (BOUNCED BOW) on your D scale
 NEW: BAR 17 to the end. AIM FOR a LIGHT CLEAR SOUND a la MOZART!

3. BROTHER JAMES AIR:   Play Scale of C+
                               PRACTICE separately ALL EIGHTH NOTE BARS counting 1+2+3+

4. LONDONDERRY AIR: Scale of F Major.     Listen on YOUTUBE !!

NEW: Learn  AL!L

       ALL- write in counting under eighth note parts: mark in 1+2+3+4+ every bar. 

5. LA PALOMA: Play scale of G Major Learn to Bar 64!  Continue working on MELODY PARTS. "Woodshed" (DRILL repeatedly) in groups of 4 notes , 16th notes sections, till very clear and perfect.

BILLY TELL:  (G Major) Learn  ALL- practice 16th note passages, in small groups, then eighths, etc to gallop speed! 

HAVE A VERY HAPPY ( IF SPOOKY ) HALLOWE"EN, EVERYONE!