T SHIRTS for BEGINNERS

October 25, 2017

PARENT NOTES

1. T SHIRT ORDER for all Beginners - MATT t-shirts ($10) are worn to all performances- please place your  order with Yogita. Any student can order, if needed.

2.HALLOWEEN at MATT: 

TUESDAY Beginners, Intermediate Advanced 

It's HALLOWEEN!

                  TUESDAY CLASSES  - Wear a costume to class . TREATS for ALL!

3. THEORY please confirm your THEORY TIME at Yogita's desk. Classes START  Nov. 7.  New Theory students will need to buy the Theory workbooks($7.00) before their first class- these are on order.

UPCOMING MATT PERFORMANCE EVENTS

1. Saturday November 25: INTERMEDIATE STRINGS and CHORAL STUDENTS :

 10:30 arrival at Charolais Blvd Door- 11 am Performance

Wear MATT t-shirts, dress shoes, pants/skirt.

 We Play:

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" to 

 welcome Santa to Shoppers World. AND....
We also play Concert Song, Beethoven 9th, Pizzicato Magic
AND JINGLE BELLS!

2. Saturday Dec 2: 

ADVANCED STRINGS: ROSE ORCHESTRA INTERMISSION CONCERT- arrival tba-depends on concert start time.

Dress shirts from last year- new students must be fitted for this special attire.

3 .Friday December 8: 

ALL MATT STUDENTS

                          ANNUAL SHOPPERS WORLD MALL CONCERT 

                             ARRIVAL TIMES: at CHAROLAIS BLVD DOOR 

                                                 6:45 pm Advanced Strings

                                                  7pm: Intermediate Strings 

                                                  7:15 ALL Choral and Strings Beginners

                                              CONCERT at 7:30 pm.

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS

                     NB: BRING COMPLETED PRACTICE CHARTS TO CLASS -
                                  requirement :4  practice sessions per week.

1. REVIEW DAILY :Repeat 3 to 5 times each :
               a). Review: correct bow grip, sitting position, instrument hold. 

               b). Music alphabet: abcdefg  repeat abcdefg etc

               c). Name your strings

2. NEW Theory: WHAT is a HALF NOTE? How many beats does it get?
Review: What is a quarter note? a bar? What does 4/4 mean?

                                                                                   
3. "STRING CYCLE" :  FIRST: i) check for correct bow grip,ii) check for correct instrument hold position. iii) Lift bow over string ,drop arm weight onto string.
                              Play 4 short bows on each string from low to high
                                                                      then from high to low.                    
                           Remember : Your elbow will change levels for each string.
4. NEW placement of first finger- Review HOW to find your first finger spot correctly
Then NEW PLAY " 0-1 string cycle ":
                               PLAY "OPEN -1 "4 times (4 quarter notes) on EACH STRING.
                                                   Listen for the correct sound .

INTERMEDIATES

                       NB: BRING COMPLETED PRACTICE CHARTS TO CLASS -

                            requirement : 5 practice sessions per week.

  

1. NEW SONG for November 25th "Here Comes  Santa Claus" .
  (a) Practice playing up to bar  8 
  (b) Write in notes names for ALL notes of the song.

 2,AFStrings book: Review ALL of CONCERT SONG - especially bar 17 to the end
 3.AFStrings #79 learn both parts!

                                             

4.. Pizzicato Magic   REVIEW: up to bar 22 to 28. 

5. Beethoven's Ninth - Practice- bar 21 to the end  
                                  Violas and cellos- learn your melody bar 13 &14

                      

ADVANCED CLASS

 ***BRING COMPLETED PRACTICE CHARTS TO CLASS 5 sessions per week

1. Scale of D 2 octaves. Be ready to create a rhythm for the scale- have your rhythm ready!  Use 8th notes, quarter notes, half notes- even 16ths!
2. Scale of G 

3. Eleanor Rigby:: Work on your Special Bars. up to bar 14.
                               Practice Spiccato bowing for short notes

4. Jingle Bells Hoedown- Review Sections : Bar 23 to 31 with CELLO melody
                                                                      Bar 40 to 49-  violin 1 passages
                                            REVIEW ALL to bar 22- especially YOUR melodies

                Mark in notes and finger numbers with pencil where needed.                              

   

5. Andante Cantabile: REVIEW all work on your hard bars each day with .Careful work on counting and accidentals (added sharps) to bar 42-  there are lots of repeated parts. Cellos special "Shifting spot: " 

6. Blue Tango:  Practice the whole piece!

                                    PRACTICE EVERY DAY YOU EAT!

                     It will never be too much, even if it gives you loads of JOY!!