Beginner Orchestra Cello Class, Nov. 6

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Focus on these songs for our December concert: #20, #22, #31, #32, #33, #34, #36, #41 Focus on correctly holding your bow. Relaxed right hand. Your pinky should only touch at the tip of the finger. Some of you had bossy pinkies that were trying to grip. Your pointer or […] Read more »

Advance Intermediate Orchestra, Nov. 6

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We made great progress on a big sound this week. Remember to practice with a big bow and open and shut your right elbow. ARAW: Unit 13 EE2: p. 9, #36 only Christmas Kaleidoscope 1: p. 9 and p. 10 Bonus Question: List 2 reasons that you need to stop […] Read more »

Young Beginner Violin Class 11/6/15

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This week: Practice Essential Elements: Exercises 20, 22, 31, 32, 36, and 41. We are possibly playing these at the Christmas concert, so please work hard on them! For Exercises 31-32: These are a bit different than what we have done before. There are A string notes. For D on […] Read more »

Intermediate Band Percussion

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Practice African Noel, 1812, Coventry Carol, and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. On African Noel, try to play along with this video (ignoring the bizarre percussion parts) so you get a feel for how the tune goes and how to groove with it. In particular, play out during those […] Read more »

Beginner Band Percussion

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Continue practicing Up On The Housetop and Little Drummer Boy. Jingle Bells is pretty solid, so now move on to practicing these other tunes! Additionally, check out Jolly Old St. Nick (I believe it’s exercise 76 in your Essential Elements book). This is going to be a percussion feature, a […] Read more »

category: Theory Singers Choir Theory Year 3

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This week we completed pages 20 and 21 in our Theory Time book. We also harmonized as we sang “Come on, Everybody” from our Sing on Sight Book. The kids did great with our Rhythm Clock game. For an extra ticket this week, bring in a piece of paper with […] Read more »