A Visit to the SYMPHONY

MUSIC at the TOWERS is a very good friend of 

                        Brampton's "ROSE ORCHESTRA "

ALL of our teachers play in it, AND they love what WE are doing !

That is why they offer us very good prices for their concerts..

Try to attend as many as you can- you'll hear some fabulous music and see what can happen when you play a VIOLA, CELLO or VIOLIN!!!

 

To attend the concert  next week, Saturday October 5, 8pm please come Tuesday with your payment in cash. $20 for each adult(much lower than regular price), and $10 for all children up to 4, in your family.

 

Here are the ROSE CONCERT dates for the whole year, all Saturdays. Put them on your calendar and try to come to as many as you can. We will need to give payment earlier next time- 2 weeks ahead.

October 5 "From Russia with Love" (pay Sept 31 class)
 

November 2 "YOUNG MASTERS" with the Youth orchestra "the Rosebuds" (Pay by Oct 22)

December 7 "JOY" (pay by  Nov 26)

January 18  "BROADWAY" (pay by Jan 7)

Feb 1.. "VALDY to VIVALDI" (pay  Jan 21)

March 29   "GYPSY VIOLIN" (pay by March 18)

May 3 "SUMMER LUVIN" (pay by Apr 22)

PRIVATE LESSONS NEXT WEEK
Check the final schedule next class

HOMEWORK for this week

LEVEL 1
BOW: ROSIN tightened hair of new bows many, MANY times so that when placed on string it makes a solid sound!
Practice bow hold-start with the bunny and keep all fingers rounded
windshield wiper-with middle two fingers curved firmly around the bow stick, rotate the bow from hair facing the floor over to hair facing the ceiling. Repeat several times
monkey crawl- tip of bow up towards ceiling, use finger tips to crawl to tip of bow and back down several times- left hand does not touch the bow

REVIEW: Instrument position- sit with back straight and both feet flat on the floor CELLO- end-pin extended, pull instrument towards you, pegs level with ear, knees grab cello, right knee touches only back bout, left knee touching both front and back bouts (tilted to the right)

VIOLIN/VIOLA- lift violin or viola, place it firmly on the shoulder. Turn head to the left and  drop weight of head onto the violin chin rest. Gently remove left hand so that the head is holding the violin/viola in place. Repeat many times, so that you are comfortable and can easily hold the instrument.
Review plucking position, with right thumb on corner of the finger board for viola/violin, and for cello half way along the fingerboard. Pull firmly on each string several times.
Review names of strings: from lowest (fattest) to highest (thinnest)
(C) G D A (E) cello and viola have a C string, Violin has E string


LEVEL 2
1.Practice reading notes in All for STRINGS book EVERY DAY so that you are good at finding and playing the notes quickly Pg. 22 # 57 and 58. Learn both A and B of # 58 so you make no mistakes!
Review Scales of D and G
Review Long Long Ago and Twinkles.
NEW SONG: Lightly Row-learn well lines 1 and 2

LIGHTLY ROW in A :NOTES

LINE 1:  E  C# C#__/ D     B  B__ / A B    C#   D / E  E  E __ /

             E0 a2 a2__/ a3 a1 a1__/A0 a1 a2 a3/ E0 E0 E0__/

        
LINE 2:  E  C#  C# C#/ D   B  B  B  / A  C#  E  E/  C# C#  C#___/

             E0 a2 a2 a2/ a3 a1 a1 a1/A0 a2 E0 E0/ a2 a2  a2___

LINE 3: B  B  B  B / B   C#  D__/C# C# C# C# /  C# D  E___/

        a1 a1 a1 a1 / a1 a2 a3__/a2  a2 a2 a2/ a2 a3 E0/

LINE /4: Repeat line 2  :  E  C#  C# C#/ D   B  B  B  / A  C#  E  E/  C# C#  C#___/

                                                E0 a2 a2 a2/ a3 a1 a1 a1/A0 a2  E0 E0   / a2 a2  a2___//


LEVEL 3

technique: SHIFTING EXERCISE WITH COMPLETE HAND FRAME MOVING AS A UNIT. Keep second finger lightly touching the string. wrist leads. two exercises

 

scales: 2 octave G and D scales with shift up to 3rd position

-D scale -violin shifts 1s finger  onto D on A string. stay there up to top and back to same not, then return to first position( c 2nd finger) on A string. viola -no shift, cello -no shift



-G scale- violin no shift, viola shifts to 1 on D on A string, stay there up to top and back, then down to c-second finger on A , cello shifts on A string after d(4 )to 1 on E

 

Pieces: Double Trouble- Quick tempo, careful counting

             Corelli Gavotte- learn notes and rhythms to bar 26 

NEW Handel Queen of Sheba- learn to bar 9 accurately, no stops

2 students to do AFS last page C MAJOR scale and thirds, with  f and c natural- NOT SHARP