A FRESH START

September 20, 2017

PARENT NOTES

STUDENT SUPPORT: This blog is presented to provide to Parents and Students with the needed information to succeed. Your consistent weekly "Blog tune-in" supports what you as Parents can do to enhance the success of your child.

VOLUNTEERING WITH MATT: Please let Yogita know if you are interested in helping with MATT activities- a detailed list of important but easy help items will be available soon.

HEADS UP!

ROSE / ROSEBUD ORCHESTRA CONCERTS : In order for Parents and students to realize the possibilities for our music students into the future, we offer very reduced price tickets for all Rose Orchestra concerts. Some of them also feature the Rosebud Youth Orchestra (some of whom are former MATT students) 

In order to receive a MATT Certificate at year end, every students is required to attend at least one of these concerts.

The first one is OCTOBER 28th , with Rosebuds!   ORDER by October 17th 

                                1 Adult $20 up to 4 children : total $10.00!!

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS

* REMINDER*: CAREFULLY UNPACK INSTRUMENT- ON THE FLOOR

 Without the bow: 1.Make a BUNNY-middle two fingers, thumb 

                                                                                wiggle bunny's nose  

                                                                                bent thumb "chin"

                                                                              practice ears up /ears down

                                    Practice making a bunny 5 times

     With the bow:  2. take bow out of case, tighten slightly:

                                                                        Hop "bunny" onto frog of bow, 

                                                                       two middle fingers flat on frog 

                                                                        Thumb bent inside frog

                               3. Violin/viola: place pinkie on top, round, close to middle fingers,

                                                      curve pointy finger  around stick of bow

                                   Cello/bass: all fingers are flat on frog, tips do not extend over edge

                                                     thumb is on the side , bent, tip on frog corner

Bow exercises with bow: With correct grip above,hold tip of bow in the air :

1. "Windshield wiper- wrist turns hair of bow to face ceiling, then to floor- repeat 5 times

2. "Monkey crawl" -Keep bow tip pointing to the ceiling:  finger tips crawl in small steps slowly up to the tip and back down to frog -repeat 3 times  

3. "Elevator" - NO bow: Place right hand in front of you with palm facing the floor

                    

                    (a) Place a coin on the top of our hand

Violin/viola:(b) without tilting the flat palm / dropping the coin, bring your hand up to eye                                level, fingers pointing left

Cello/bass: (b) without tilting the flat palm / dropping the coin, place hand in front of                                       "tummy  button", point your fingers forward

                    (c) Using Twinkle words for each movement, -Violin/viola- lower hand                                                                           smoothly to tummy button level, then back to eye level.

                            cello/bass- keep hand pointing forward and move hand out till arm is                                                       straight, then back to center.

                                                          Repeat till song is done!

                     Will look forward to seeing beautiful bow grips next Tuesday!

 TUESDAY INTERMEDIATES

 BRING COMPLETED PRACTICE CHARTS TO CLASS 5 sessions per week

For all selections below, write in note names in pencil if needed!

1. AFStrings book: review #70 to #75 up to end of Bar 4

2. Pizzicato Magic  -up to bar 4

3. Beethoven's Ninth - up to bar 8

                      In your daily practice, take the time to get to know each bar well.

ADVANCED CLASS

 BRING COMPLETED PRACTICE CHARTS TO CLASS 5 sessions per week

1. Scale of D 2 octaves. Each week someone chooses a rhythm for scale- have your rhythm ready! can have 8th notes, quarter notes, half notes- even 16ths!

2. Jingle Bells Hoedown.  For December 5- Rose Orchestra Intermission performance

Be working on your Double stop bars (ie. one note on top of another)-play the note that is NOT an open string 

OR if it is marked "div" play  one note only (outside players play upper note, inside -lower)

3. Andante Cantabile:careful work on timing and accidentals(added sharps) to bar 32-  there are lots of repeated parts.

4. Blue tango: a sassy dance- make sure the rests and dots are noticeable! Up to bar 20. Special attention to bars 7, 13 and 14

                               All great music!!!! Have an excellent week, everyone!