OCTO BOOOOOO 31

OctoBOO! 31, 2018

PARENT NOTES

1. NEXT WEEK TIME CHANGES  starting Nov 6  and on....

Beginners: arrival 4:15, class: 4:30 to 5 pm

Intermediates: arrival 5pm, class:5 :15 to 6 pm

Advanced  :arrival 6 pm, class: 6:15 to 7:15

2. ONE MORE TIME!! PARENT PHOTOGRAPHERS -CLASS PHOTOS NEEDED 

If you have a phone and can be in class, please take some happy shots of students, as they come in, as they tune up, as they set up, and as they play. ALWAYS ask for smiles!

Then send them to Ms Andrea-andrea@musicatthetowers.ca

  We'll post them on this Blog and use some for the year end power point!

2. CALENDAR EVENTS to note :
a)THEORY SIGN UP for ALL Intermediates and Advanced  -see Yogita.
           Bring in your Theory workbook to Ms. Currie for level estimate.  
           NB: Book 1 test required before Alfred Theory  starts.

b) ENSEMBLES will start February

c) DECEMBER 7 MALL CONCERT: 7pm. arrive 6:15pm- for all students. . Please ensure that your child will be available to perform that evening.Dress:  MATT t-shirt and festive colourful pants/skirt/ accessories- no blue jeans please.

d) ADVANCED ENSEMBLE ROSE THEATRE PERFORMANCE: SAT Dec 1st. :

HAVE you got your shirt/blouse yet? 
Student apparel: Purple dress shirts/blouses with- Boys: black dress pants -Girls: appropriate colour or black skirt/pants, ALL please wear dress shoes. 

Boys: Please see Yogita to obtain boy's dress shirt and bow-tie. 

GIrls- see colour and style sample in class

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS:
four practice days per week

BRING YOUR PRACTICE CHART to CLASS

           

1. Review STRING CYCLE:     

2.                 0-1 STRING CYCLE. 

Play each string 4x with no finger down (OPEN -0) then 4X with 1st finger.

Go through all strings up and down, LISTENING for correct note

3. REVIEW: TWINKLE LINE 1:  "___" means long bow- all other notes, short bow

                                 note names:            D D A A B B A___

                                 finger number          0  0 0  0 1 1  0___

4.NEW :  D STRING NOTES   for scale of D major:

                                       viola & violin: D  E  F#G

                                                    0  1    23  (finger tips 3 an d 3 touch)

                                               cello : D  E  F# G all fingers equally spaced

                                                           0   1   3   4

                                                bass: D  E  F# G

                                                           0   1  4    0

5. NEW :Counting rhythms:    

4/4 time signature:  4 equal "quarter notes"  in each bar.  Count "1-2-3-4"

                              =  8 equal "eighth notes" in each bar. Count "1+2+3+4+"

                                                                        

THURSDAY INTERMEDIATES 

INTERMEDIATES
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. NEW:  Scale of D one octave  Christmas Song 

2. NEW: Scale of G one octave March in the Style of Corelli 

3.. Fandango: -   LINE UP stand to see conductor beat while reading music,

                            to keep beat correctly with conductor:

                    

                            ALL:  Learn bars 75 to end!!

                            Write in note names where needed                                

4. Review: Trumpet Tune  : to be played twice through in performance: 

         Dynamics for 2nd time through : first line, piano, second line ff -                                                                              fortissimo(as loud as possible) -full bows!

5. Review: HTPO- Happy Song- notes and rhythms. Careful counting  

ADVANCED
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: focus only on learning to play well your most difficult bars- CIRCLE them and practice them carefully and slowly 
 ALL- REMEMBER to  MARK in and practice c# or f# on your LOWER strings 
                                            
2. Pachelbel's  CANON : CELLOS NEW: bars 9-14 

                          Follow bowings

                  N.B. CUT: play to bar 20 then skip to bar 40.

b) violas and cellos Write in NOTE NAMES  and fingerings on your lower strings
c) ALL  tune  your sharps (cellos-extensions) on lower strings 

3. Deep River: FOCUS ON CORRECT  BOWINGS  throughout

                                             especially in BARS 35 and 36  

                         REVIEW ALL PARTS                                 

4. Four  new Christmas Carols - read through at home,

PARENT PHOTOGRAPHERS NEEDED IN CLASSES

OCTOBER 24, 2018

PARENT NOTES

1. starting TUESDAY Nov 6. PLEASE NOTE CLASS TIME CHANGES:

Beginners: arrival 4:15, class: 4:30 to 5 pm

Intermediates: arrival 5pm, class:5 :15 to 6 pm

Advanced  :arrival 6 pm, class: 6:15 to 7:15

2. PARENT PHOTOGRAPHERS / CLASS PHOTOS NEEDED !

If you have a phone and can be in class, please take some happy shots of students, as they come in , as they tune up as they set up, and as they play. ALWAYS ask for smiles!

Then send them to Ms Andrea- we'll post them on this Blog and use some for the year end power point!

2. CALENDAR EVENTS to note :
(a) STUDENT T-SHIRT ORDER- DUE Nov 1st 
                                          For Beginners  and any students who need a larger size.
   

(b) DECEMBER 7 MALL CONCERT 7pm. arrive 6:15pm- for all students. This date is now final. Please ensure that your child will be available to perform that evening.Dress:  MATT t-shirt and festive colourful pants/skirt/ accessories- no blue jeans please.

(c) ADVANCED ENSEMBLE ROSE THEATRE PERFORMANCE: SAT Dec 1st. evening is confirmed:
Student apparel: Purple dress shirts/blouses, worn with- Boys: black dress pants -Girls: appropriate colour or black skirt/pants, ALL please try to wear dress shoes. 
Boys: Please see Yogita to obtain boy's dress shirt and bow-tie. 
GIrls- see colour and style sample in class- please find a blouse with long or 3/4sleeves in similar colour. Suggest Suzy Shier at Shoppers World mall- or wherever you find one!

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS:
four practice days per week

BRING YOUR PRACTICE CHART to CLASS

           1. Review: how to sit/stand correctly to play

                             how to adjust your bow grip (bunny hops onto the bow)

               BOW GAMES: Coin/eraser on palm -sing twinkle
                                        Windshield wiper, Monkey crawl, coin on hand
               
               Name your strings- top to bottom, bottom to top

            2.   Review: Playing notes on your strings
               STEPS: 1.with your best bow grip, lift the bow over the strings, 
                             2. touch middle of bow hair to one string,
                             3. let your arm weight "Drop down" onto string, hear a "crunch"
                             4. pull one short stroke down and then up again

TIPS for best sound:
 a) bow sits half way between bridge and fingerboard
 b) bow moves parallel to string,
 c) hair is flat on string -violin: lean wood away from nose, 
                                    - cello and bass lean stick upwards
  d) right elbow and shoulder are relaxed

3. Review STRING CYCLE:     

4. NEW: 0-1 STRING CYCLE. 

Play each string 4x with no finger down (OPEN -0) then 4X with 1st finger.

Go through all strings up and down, LISTENING for correct note

4. REVIEW : Placing the first finger on the string.  "open" D to E Reminders:

                                                           

• All students have a 1st finger tape to help find the correct note, one tone from the open string
• Left hand finger nails must be very short 
• fingers are " little hammers"- they do not open out, but stay rounded over the strings
• finger tip presses firmly onto the tape with "cushy part of finger"
• listen for clear tone (doh-ray)play DDDD EEEE- 0000-1111
• repeat to make a beautiful sound
• for good sound, pull the bow strongly -use half a bow length!

5. REVIEW: TWINKLE LINE 1:  "___" means long bow- all other notes, short bow

                                 note names:            D D A A B B A___

                                 finger number          0  0 0  0 1 1  0___

THURSDAY INTERMEDIATES 





INTERMEDIATES
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. Fandango: - HOLDING THE TEMPO WITH EIGHTH NOTES. 

                     Can you download a metronome on your phone or computer? "Sound corset" is the one I use for android phone. Find a good slow tempo and play in time with it! We need to learn steady tempo to play FANDANGO well!

CELLOS: LEARN to play ALL of your MELODY bars -especially bars 29 to 42! without mistakes. learn one bar at a time, slowly, then speed up! ! 

                        

ALL: NEW WORK CAREFULLY TO LEARN NOTES especially bars 75 to end!!

                   Write in note names where needed
                               

2. Review Scale of D one octave

3. Review: Trumpet Tune NEW : to be repeated in performance: 

           first line, piano, second line ff - fortissimo(as loud as possible-full bows!

4. Review: HTPO- Happy Song- notes and rhythms. Careful counting: letter B to  

ADVANCED
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: focus only on learning to play well your most difficult bars- CIRCLE them and practice them carefully and slowly 
a) Continue D scale practice for "RE-TAKE BOWING"  for opening bars.
b) ALL MARK in and practice c# or f# on your LOWER strings 
                                            
2. Pachelbel's  CANON .

viola and bass- repeated two bars-learn to make beautiful ringing notesa) CUT -play to bar 20 then skip to bar 40.

b) Write in NOTE NAMES  and fingerings on your lower strings
c) tune  your sharps (cellos-extensions) on lower strings 

3. Deep River: FOCUS ON BARS 31 TO 40 this week Careful counting.

                         REVIEW ALL PARTS                                 

TUESDAY CLASS TIME CHANGES START NOVEMBER

PARENT NOTES

1. TUESDAY CLASS TIME CHANGES, beginning November 6: 
Due to over-enrollment of 4:30 Thursday BEGINNER class, we need to move some Thursday students to Tuesday beginner class and offer the class at 4:30 instead of 4 pm.
This affects all Tuesday classes.
ALL Tuesday classes will have a time change as follows:
Beginners: arrival 4:15, class: 4:30 to 5 pm
Intermediates: arrival 5pm, class:5 :15 to 6 pm
Advanced  :arrival 6 pm, class: 6:15 to 7:15

2. CALENDAR EVENTS to note :
(a) STUDENT T-SHIRT ORDER-
                                          For Beginners  and any students who need a larger size.
     PARENTS please decide what size t-shirt your child needs and be prepared to pay $10 cash in advance when you place your order . Yogita will take orders for  2 weeks beginning Tuesday OCT 23

(b) DECEMBER 7 MALL CONCERT 7pm./arrive 6:15pm- for all students. This date is now final. Please ensure that your child will be available to perform that evening.Dress:  MATT t-shirt and festive colourful pants/skirt/ accessories- no blue jeans please.

(c) ADVANCED ENSEMBLE ROSE THEATRE PERFORMANCE: SAT Dec 1st. evening is confirmed:
Student apparel: Purple dress shirts/blouses, worn with- Boys: black dress pants -Girls: appropriate colour or black skirt/pants, ALL please try to wear dress shoes. 
Boys: Please see Yogita to obtain boy's dress shirt and bow-tie. 
GIrls- see colour and style sample in class- please find a blouse with long or 3/4sleeves in similar colour. Suggest Suzy Shier at Shoppers World mall- or wherever you find one!

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS:
four practice days per week

BRING YOUR PRACTICE CHART to CLASS

           1. Review: how to sit/stand correctly to play

                             how to adjust your bow grip (bunny hops onto the bow)

               BOW GAMES: Coin/eraser on palm -sing twinkle
                                        Windshield wiper, Monkey crawl, coin on hand
               
               Name your strings- top to bottom, bottom to top

            2.   Review: Playing notes on your strings
               STEPS: 1.with your best bow grip, lift the bow over the strings, 
                             2. touch middle of bow hair to one string,
                             3. let your arm weight "Drop down" onto string, hear a "crunch"
                             4. pull one short stroke down and then up again

TIPS for best sound:
 a) bow sits half way between bridge and fingerboard
 b) bow moves parallel to string,
 c) hair is flat on string -violin: lean wood away from nose, 
                                    - cello and bass lean stick upwards
  d) right elbow and shoulder are relaxed

3. Review STRING CYCLE:     

4. NEW: Placing the first finger on the string.  "open" D to E Reminders:

                                                           

• All students have a 1st finger tape to help find the correct note, one tone from the open string
• Left hand finger nails must be very short 
• fingers are " little hammers"- they do not open out, but stay rounded over the strings
• finger tip presses firmly onto the tape with "cushy part of finger"
• listen for clear tone (doh-ray)play DDDD EEEE- 0000-1111
• repeat to make a beautiful sound
• for good sound, pull the bow strongly -use half a bow length!

5. NEW: TWINKLE LINE 1:  "___" means long bow- all other notes use short bow

                                 note names:            D D A A B B A___

                                 finger number          0  0 0  0 1 1  0___

THURSDAY INTERMEDIATES 





INTERMEDIATES
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. Fandango: - CELLOS LEARN to play ALL of your MELODY : bars 29 to 43 ! Count eighths correctly
                      
    NEW: bars 67 to end 

WORK CAREFULLY TO LEARN NOTES in BARS 75 to 78! 

                   Write in note names where needed
                               

2. Review Scale of D one octave

3. Review: Trumpet Tune NEW : to be repeated in performance: 

           first line, piano, second line ff - fortissimo(as loud as possible-full bows!

4. Review: HTPO- Happy Song- notes and rhythms. Careful counting: letter B to  

ADVANCED
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: focus only on learning to play well your most difficult bars- CIRCLE them and practice them carefully and slowly 
a)Continue D scale practice for "RE-TAKE BOWING"  for opening bars.
b) ALL MARK in and practice c# or f# on your LOWER strings 
                                            
2. Pachelbel's  CANON .

viola and bass- repeated two bars-learn to make beautiful ringing notesa) CUT -play to bar 20 then skip to bar 40.

b) Write in NOTE NAMES  and fingerings on your lower strings
c) tune  your sharps (cellos-extensions) on lower strings 

3. Deep River: FOCUS ON BARS 35 TO 42 this week  

                         REVIEW ALL PARTS                                  

ORCHESTRA - JOINING YOUR PLAYING WITH OTHERS

                       make YOUR PLAYING a  GIFT  to support others in your section.

WE'VE GOT RHYTHMS !!

PARENT NOTES

             1. Music at theTowers-OUR VISION AND EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS

Our goal at MATT is to guide your child into successful music training and the resulting sense of pride and achievement. We ask the lowest possible fees for this education, which provides not only musical education but also many proven side benefits for a successful future:

co-operation skills, self discipline, increased focus, respect for others. 

 Here are some important Parent tips for success in the program:

1) Check the weekly BLOG by Thursday evening to keep informed about MATT's activities and to review this week's homework. (Google Music at the Towers-go to BLOGspot)

2) Set up a practice routine of at least five (start with four for Beginners) parent-supervised sessions of 20 to 30 min 

   3) Record homework on the practice chart provided and bring the chart to every class.

4) Ensure that you attend all Tuesday classes and give advance notice for absence. Leave message for Yogita- 905 497 2220

4.) Drop in on the Private lesson occasionally, to see how the teacher approaches the learning.

5) Be sure to follow the Absence Guideline for missed Private lessons.

PRACTICE CHARTS will be checked in all classes next week, 
to help you organize your home review

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS:
four practice days per week

           1. Review: how to sit/stand correctly to play

                             how to adjust your bow grip (bunny hops onto the bow)

               BOW GAMES: Coin/eraser on palm _sing twinkle
                                        Windshield wiper, Monkey crawl, coin on hand
               
               Name your strings- top to bottom, bottom to top

               Review: Playing notes on your strings
               STEPS: 1.with your best bow grip, lift the bow over the strings, 
                             2. touch middle of bow hair to one string,
                             3. let your arm weight "Drop down" onto string, hear a "crunch"
                             4. pull one short stroke down and then up again

TIPS for best sound:
 a) bow sits half way between bridge and fingerboard
 b) bow moves parallel to string,
 c) hair is flat on string -violin: lean wood away from nose, 
                                    - cello and bass lean stick upwards
  d) right elbow and shoulder are relaxed

NEW: STRING CYCLE: 

• Start on your lowest string   (thickest) .
•  Follow steps above for good sound. Pull 4 strokes close to the frog  
•  Then change your elbow level to move to the next highest string. Pull 4 strokes  
•  Repeat on next 2 strings-to arrive at the highest 
•  Return and repeat moving back to lowest string           

THURSDAY INTERMEDIATES 





INTERMEDIATES
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. Fandango: - CELLOS LEARN to play your MELODY : bars 29 to 43 !
                      ALL Review counting and rhythms for the Beginning 8 bars  (intro)
    NEW bars 29 to 43 Write in note names where needed
                                3/4 time- 1,2,3 -say "REST"  to help with correct timing. 

2. Review Scale of D one octave

3. Review: Trumpet Tune 
4. Review: HTPO- Happy Song- notes and rhythms. Careful counting: letter B to D 

ADVANCED
five practice days per week
PRACTICE CHARTS NOW REQUIRED EVERY CLASS 

1. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: 
a)Continue D scale practice for "RE-TAKE BOWING"  for opening bars.
b) ALL MARK in and practice c# or f# on your LOWER strings 
c)CELLO BASS/VIOLA : Careful practice of bars 29, 37 and 38 Watch for altered notes eg # to natural, natural to flat etc. and 
d) VIOLINS: SLOW and careful practice on BAR 51- use only 4th finger for A and A#. 
                                            All notes are on D string. REPEAT 10 times a day!

f) Review: "spiccato bowing"- how to bounce the bow- use  for repeated eighth note sections
NEW: Special attention to legato smooth section from 11 to 17

2. Pachelbel's  CANON .
a) Learn well from bar 1 to 14.
b) Write in NOTE NAMES  and fingerings on your lower strings
c) tune  your sharps (cellos-extensions) on lower strings 

3. Deep River: FIND YOUR MELODY- STUDY IT! learn the notes, rhythms, bowings to play the tune smoothly, beautifully and with feeling (dynamics help) 

                                  
ORCHESTRA PLAYING is sharing your music with others.
                                     MAKE your sharing A  GIFT by learning your own part well!