PARENT NOTES
HOMEWORK IS FOUND BELOW: PRACTICE CHARTS SHOULD REFLECT THE ASSIGNED WORK AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO CLASS EVERY WEEK
HOMEWORK IS FOUND BELOW: PRACTICE CHARTS SHOULD REFLECT THE ASSIGNED WORK AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO CLASS EVERY WEEK
All students in Advanced and Intermediate classes should now be placed in a private lesson. Please note that these lessons take place alternate weeks beginning this Tuesday. October 18th. Ms Yoshi's students are in groups: #Group1, beginning the 18th, and Group 2 beginning the 25th .Please make sure you are clear about which group you are in.
A calendar which includes dates, teachers' contact numbers will be available for pick up at Yogita's table next week.
THEORY will begin November 1st for Advanced and Intermediates
We are arranging to have two volunteers (former MATT students) to work on Theory with students . Students will join in to a group of up to six students, before or after their private lesson in the MATT office. All students will need a Theory workbook and a pencil. Intermediates will receive the All for Strings Theory Workbook at a cost of $5.00 Advanced students who need a new Theory book ,please order it from Yogita. You will be able to sign up for your Theory class next week at Yogita's table.
ATTENDANCE REMINDER:
All students should check in for attendance with Yogita when they arrive
INVENTORY CHECK:
Advanced and Intermediates please give Yogita your instrument # and SR RS # this week when you check in for attendance.
ROSE/ROSEBUD CONCERT ORDERS
"MEET THE ROSES" CONCERT Saturday November 3 at 8pm at the Rose Theatre .
Order your tickets this week Tuesday Oct 18/19th or Oct 25th/26th. You must pay for your tickets in advance: Adult $20 children up to 4 for $10.00
Series price for ALLTHREE ROSE/ROSEBUD CONCERTS is $70: Nov 3,Feb 11, Apr. 29
The DEADLINE for all tickets is Tues Oct 25 or Wed Oct 26. NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED
HOMEWORK THIS WEEK
BEGINNERS:
Each day , write the date at far left, review and check off each of the first four columns- this will remind you of the work done in class and help you to progress forward.
GO THROUGH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING EVERY DAY:
REVIEW from last week:
RH- BOW HOLD- use bunny start position and picture to repeat 5 times the correct right hand position
LH - correct left hand position curved gently over the strings but not touching them
Bow exercises: 1."elevator"- for flexible wrist :Place Coin/eraser- flat top of hand . Violin/viola: Slowly move hand up to eyes and back to tummy singing Twinkle without dropping coin. Cello/bass- coin n top of hand Keep fingers facing forward and hand flat while moving hand to right and left.
2. "Windshield wiper" Correct bow hold tip up - holding correct position, turn tip to right -hair up, then across to left with hair facing floor
3 "Monkey crawl". Bow Tip up -using tips of fingers crawl up to top of bow , then use "inch worm" style mov't to return to frog
NEW: STRING CYCLE PIZZICATO
Step 1. Violin/viola: Place thumb at the corner of the fingerboard, Cello, Bass, place right thumb in center of fingerboard,
Step 2. Pull with strong curved index finger 4 times on each string from high to low and back again
NEW: MEMORIZE YOUR STRINGS:
Bass: start with lowest (thickest) -:E -count up 4 A, D, G
Cello/viola: start with your lowest (thickest) C count up 5 - G D A
Violin: Start with lowest thickest: G count up 5(including G) D A E
BE PREPARED to NAME YOUR STRINGS FOR THE CLASS!
INTERMEDIATES
CHARTS TO BE BROUGHT TO CLASS- PRACTICE 5 DAYS- AT LEAST 30 MIN PER DAY! If you consistently don't have a chart, you will not play in the class!
Practice at least FIVE days a week.
Practice scales : G and scale of D
1. AFS book # 124 and in #126 Learn YOUR assigned part A B or C
2. NEW: # 167 violins - E string
3. Continue with Double Trouble bar 1 to 8. NEW Learn bars 9 to 16- sounds cool!!!
4. FOR YOUR FIRST LESSON; YOU WILL NEED TO PREPARE: 1.YOUR SCALES,2. A SUZUKI SONG 3. FIND and ask for help with: ONE tough spot in ONE CLASS PIECE
ADVANCED
CHARTS TO BE BROUGHT TO CLASS- PRACTICE 5 DAYS AT LEAST 40 MIN PER DAY! If you consistently don't have a chart you will not play in the class!
1. D scale- work to perfect your tuning and shifting
2. Work on G scale
3. Harvest Home: continue to letter R VIOLAS: LEARN the solo part at letter S!
CELLOS -for your first private lesson, ask your teacher to work on the next movement after Harvest Home "FIRESIDE " -it's a fabulous CELLO SOLO!
4. CANON: VIOLAS: Practice pizz notes -press LH hard and pull strongly for a ringing sound NB : for your first lesson ask your teacher to help you play these pizz. notes well!
Cellos: in TUNE notes- smooth and beautiful tuning.
Violins: learn notes up to bar 18
5.Canadian Ballad: Learn up to bar 24.
6.. FOR YOUR FIRST LESSON; YOU WILL NEED TO PREPARE: 1.YOUR SCALES. 2. A SUZUKI SONG 3. FIND and ask for help with: ONE tough spot in ONE CLASS PIECE. See above for suggested passages!
GO THROUGH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING EVERY DAY:
REVIEW from last week:
RH- BOW HOLD- use bunny start position and picture to repeat 5 times the correct right hand position
LH - correct left hand position curved gently over the strings but not touching them
Bow exercises: 1."elevator"- for flexible wrist :Place Coin/eraser- flat top of hand . Violin/viola: Slowly move hand up to eyes and back to tummy singing Twinkle without dropping coin. Cello/bass- coin n top of hand Keep fingers facing forward and hand flat while moving hand to right and left.
2. "Windshield wiper" Correct bow hold tip up - holding correct position, turn tip to right -hair up, then across to left with hair facing floor
3 "Monkey crawl". Bow Tip up -using tips of fingers crawl up to top of bow , then use "inch worm" style mov't to return to frog
NEW: STRING CYCLE PIZZICATO
Step 1. Violin/viola: Place thumb at the corner of the fingerboard, Cello, Bass, place right thumb in center of fingerboard,
Step 2. Pull with strong curved index finger 4 times on each string from high to low and back again
NEW: MEMORIZE YOUR STRINGS:
Bass: start with lowest (thickest) -:E -count up 4 A, D, G
Cello/viola: start with your lowest (thickest) C count up 5 - G D A
Violin: Start with lowest thickest: G count up 5(including G) D A E
BE PREPARED to NAME YOUR STRINGS FOR THE CLASS!
INTERMEDIATES
CHARTS TO BE BROUGHT TO CLASS- PRACTICE 5 DAYS- AT LEAST 30 MIN PER DAY! If you consistently don't have a chart, you will not play in the class!
Practice at least FIVE days a week.
Practice scales : G and scale of D
1. AFS book # 124 and in #126 Learn YOUR assigned part A B or C
2. NEW: # 167 violins - E string
3. Continue with Double Trouble bar 1 to 8. NEW Learn bars 9 to 16- sounds cool!!!
4. FOR YOUR FIRST LESSON; YOU WILL NEED TO PREPARE: 1.YOUR SCALES,2. A SUZUKI SONG 3. FIND and ask for help with: ONE tough spot in ONE CLASS PIECE
ADVANCED
CHARTS TO BE BROUGHT TO CLASS- PRACTICE 5 DAYS AT LEAST 40 MIN PER DAY! If you consistently don't have a chart you will not play in the class!
1. D scale- work to perfect your tuning and shifting
2. Work on G scale
3. Harvest Home: continue to letter R VIOLAS: LEARN the solo part at letter S!
CELLOS -for your first private lesson, ask your teacher to work on the next movement after Harvest Home "FIRESIDE " -it's a fabulous CELLO SOLO!
4. CANON: VIOLAS: Practice pizz notes -press LH hard and pull strongly for a ringing sound NB : for your first lesson ask your teacher to help you play these pizz. notes well!
Cellos: in TUNE notes- smooth and beautiful tuning.
Violins: learn notes up to bar 18
5.Canadian Ballad: Learn up to bar 24.
6.. FOR YOUR FIRST LESSON; YOU WILL NEED TO PREPARE: 1.YOUR SCALES. 2. A SUZUKI SONG 3. FIND and ask for help with: ONE tough spot in ONE CLASS PIECE. See above for suggested passages!
We have TWO performances in December.
PRACTICE and PREPARE WELL!
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