MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER AGAIN

Posted September 22/16

PARENT INFORMATION

ALL STUDENTS please sign in with Yogita every class.

BEGINNERS

WELCOME TO MATT !! We are almost finished with the Application /start up process. Still a few instrument assignments and swaps will happen this week. 

Practice charts will be issued for your weekly practice record this Tuesday/Wednesday

Homework: All beginners will be practicing the correct way to remove instruments from the case, sit on the chair with correct posture,place the rock stop/shoulder rest in correct position and hold the instrument while sitting.

ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE PARENTS: homework is below

1. ALL students must return their music from last year THIS TUESDAY, so we can file it and hand out new music 

2. PRIVATE LESSONS SIGN UP is this Tuesday. We want to start early October-

3. PLAY FAIR: Final details. 

Please see last week's Blog for a Thank you note from MATT. You will receive a copy this Tuesday.

T-shirts :If you ordered a Play Fair t-shirt and have not yet paid for it,(most have, thank you) please do so this week, whether or not you were at the event. The Adv performers received theirs free, but parents/friends/ Board agreed to py for them. MATT cannot justify paying for these when they were ordered ahead with this understanding. Thank you.

4. ADVANCED: NEW DRESS SHIRTS?TOPS  :If you have an idea for a dressy look for the Advanced students who have been invited to play at the December Rose Orchestra concert again this year, please let us know- Something which reflects our new look, maybe sparkly, use your imagination.

INTERMEDIATE HOMEWORK

1. Bring a pencil to every class

2. Play the correct scale for each piece before working on  the music.

learn the notes(write names in with pencil if needed)

Double Trouble: Find 1&2&3&4& for every bar: eighth notes each get a syllable

                           Practice correct notes and counting for bars 1 to 8

ADVANCED HOMEWORK:

1.Your two octave scales are required practice for every week. Learn gradually  to play them  all with perfect tuning and at quick tempo. A new scale sheet will be handed out this week

2. Pachelbel Canon:  4/4 time in D major 
Violins- work on one section  at a time- this week up to bar 12 
Violas and cellos: mark in your fingerings with pencil if needed. You have repeated bars, so learn one at a time WELL and then learn the next one. It is NOT as hard as it looks- HONEST!

3.Canadian Ballad: 3/4 time  in G major
Work on your notes counting 3 in each bar  1&2&3& /1&2&3&
Learn notes and rhythms up to bar 8

4.Four Seasons: Harvest Home: 4/4 in G major 1&2&3&4&
Learn first four bars.

               PRACTICE CAREFULLY! YOU'LL SEE THE PROGRESS BY TUESDAY