HERE WE ARE!!

OUR SESSION ONE PHOTO GALLERY: (Thanks, Jarna!)



     

A beautiful position, NO?

 

PSSSSST: LESSONS THURSDAY- Parent update first 10 min.!

SOME LEVEL TWO and THREE PLAYERS

 

                          A Trio of NOTES:

 

Great beginnings
          with a great smile!

 

                       STAR Starter

YES! We have CELLOS!

                  AND we have
                                  VIOLAS TOO

 

 VIOLA TWO:

The violin sisters:

  MOMS and Young Stringers

 Some Level Two's with
          "Teach" Ms. Currie

PSSSST: Lessons this Thursday!   Bring a parent along- first 10 min.

 

the BASS line

 

 HOMEWORK THIS WEEK:

 

LEVEL 3:

 

Every DAY : 1.Scales D and G TWO Octaves ,shifting on A String,

2.Scale of D slurring two notes in one bow- one octave

 

YOUR CHALLENGE- Be COMFORTABLE with all hard parts in:

             Gavotte- Corelli- ALL : watch bow style, correct up's and down's, beautiful sound, correct finger placement for correct tuning.

             Queen of Sheba: Handel- Eighth notes always UPPER HALF OF BOW, QUARTERS  SHORTENED, check DYNAMICS(F loud and P soft)

             Sahara: TUNING -careful work on Eb F# etc- finger spacings

 

NEW: Carols- work on beautiful sound and perfect tuning

           Baroque Fanfare- new for all but Kalpi and Ryan

 

 



LEVEL 2

 

Every DAY: 1.Twinkle with different rhythms

                     2. Scale of D and G.

 

 

YOUR CHALLENGE: Work daily through the All for Strings Book, to the end, carefully reading all instructions for new learning- get help at lessons. Testing  done in January to check readiness for Level 3

                        - join Level 3 in January if successful

 

AFS Book:  Concert Song- Upper line: learn all bars well work on hard ones till perfect and easy

NEW: read, work on carefully, get comfortable with the lower "ensemble"  line of Concert Song. Next week, DUETS!

 

JOY to the WORLD new line 4

Line 1 : D C# B A__ G F# E D__

        start on a3 (Cello a4) then down the D scale to open D

Don't forget : C# and B are both UP BOW in line 1

 

Line 2: A B_ BC#_C# D____

Line 3: //: D  DC# BA A G  F# ://-this is the D scale from the top down.

      violin a 3 3 2   1  0  0  d3 2  repeat

      cello   a4  4  3  1  0  0  d4 3   repeat

Line 4 : F#/ F#F#F# F#G/A____ GF# /E E E EF#/ G_____

violin     2 /  2  2   2    23  / A0___   3 2 /1 1 1  1 2 / 3

cello:    3 / 3 3   3    34  / A0 ___   4 3/ 1 1 1  1 3/  4

 

Review: Long Long Ago ,Lightly Row

 

LEVEL 1

Homework CHARTS: now filled in for all parts including scale

 

EVERY time you play,: check RH bow grip and Left Hand  finger placement and Correct instrument hold position.

 

Review Open string cycle WITH LONG STRONG BOW SOUNDS 
(a) in whole notes and (b)4 quarter notes  (c) 2 Half notes 

             
 Open-1 string cycle- finger correctly placed on tape

 TWINKLE LINE 1 continue working on:

DD AA B  B   A__

                                         0 0 0 0 a1a1 A0__
 

 PRACTICE: D String: place finger 1,  KEEP FINGER 1 DOWN, then For VIOLIN:add 2 with big space, then 3 with finger tip touching 2. For CELLO, add fingers 3 and 4 with space between all fingers

PLAY EACH NOTE 4 times before you move to the next one:



 

 NEW: D SCALE!

Play each note 2 times:

 

 D E F# G A B C# D





 



       violin/viola:        D0  d1 d2  d3  A0 a1 a2 a3

 

                cello:        D0  d1 d3 d4   D0 d1 d3 d4

                REMEMBER your correct finger spacing!

 

   Careful listening and good strong bowing  make this sound great!

        HAVE FUN - YOU ARE  MAKING GOOD PROGRESS!