TIGER by the TAIL!

YUP- All of you have grasped something which is very huge and promising for your whole lives.
You might say you've got a TIGER by the TAIL.

The TIGER is the world of ORCHESTRA MUSIC!
So many, young and old, never learn what this means-

it takes persistence, dedication, self discipline, enormous patience. BUT all of this disappears as you make it just a regular part of your life. Like learning a new language,
it develops little by little step by step.

 

Whatever you do, stick with it!

It will be a powerful influence for good in your life,in SO MANY ways.

 

With that in mind, let's be focused and dedicated with practice . You all have a practice chart to fill in. Bring it to every class- to show the careful thoughtful practice you have been doing. This is the way to success!

PARENTS-please respond to offer of free extra time help- for your benefit, IF it works for you! We need to know!
 

HOMEWORK

Level 1 :practice 4X per week

Repeat all several times each day till they become easy and natural:

BOW: R. H. Exercises: all fingers spread slightly, thumb bent

                               "windmill"

                               "monkey crawl"

                     coin on hand- wrist exercise

            L.H. Exercises- position:

       cello- knees grasp cello, pegs at left ear, cello leans to right

       viola/violin: violin covers shoulder, sits over left knee

 head turns to sit on chin rest, head weight holds violin in place, remove LH

  Left hand first knuckle sits at end of fingerboard, elbow under instrument. 

BOW EXERCISES: -lift right arm above lowest string

                - place bow half way between bridge and black fingerboard

                            - weight of right arm sits on bow hand, raised wrist

-"string cycle": four equal bow strokes on each string from lowest to highest and back again

 



  Level 2: practice 5X per week
 

1. Every day read lots from AFS Book.

Name notes as you go, using:
 Every Good Boy DeservesFudge/FACE

 or  Cello  Great Big Dogs Fight Always/AllCowsEatGrass

Start with Duet #58, continue through

#65, 66, 67- and more! Reading is the key to playing music.

2. Songs- watch bow grip, tilt of bow

Lightly Row -the whole song
CELLO: see notes below- BOLD notes mean extension finger position needed for some sharps:
LINE 1:  E  C# C#__  / D  B  B__   / A B    C#   D / E  E  E __ /

           D1  gX4 gX4__/D0 g3g3__/ g1 gX2 gX4 D0 /d1d1d1__

        
LINE 2:  E  C#  C# C#  / D   B  B  B  / A  C#  E  E/  C# C#  C#___/
            D1gX4 gX4gX4/ D0 g3g3 g3/ g1gX4 d1d1/ gX4gX4gX4__/

            

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

      gX2gX2gX2gX2 /gX2  gX4 D0__/gX4gX4gx4gx4/ gX4 D0 d1__/

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

  D1gX4 gX4gX4/ D0 g3g3 g3/ g1gX4 d1d1/ gX4gX4gX4__//

Review: Twinkles regularly-one rhthym each day
            Long Long Ago

See you Saturday at Intermission! 

Level 3-practice 5 X per week



Review: Scale of D two octaves
NEW Scale of G two octaves-
violin/viola shift on  D on A string(1234) watch C naturals!
                                                 cello shift after D on A string (134)PIECES:
NEW "Sahara Crossing"- use of Eb low 2 on D, Bb low on A
Some big spaces for F# after Eb or C# after Bb
Continue: Queen of Sheba- work on short quarter notes and solid eighths. Learn eighth note passages well. Up to bar 20
                 Gavotte-tune half notes well
                               Study/learn eighth notes passages up to 26
                  Double Trouble- timing