FROM THE EYE OF THE STORMS!

PARENT NOTES

  1. Please remember : Next week Feb 18 to 23 there are no private lessons and no theory .Regular Tuesday and Thursday Orchestra classes continue next week.

  2. Regular Tuesday and Thursday Orchestra classes continue next week.

  3. URGENT: SUZUKI BOOKS TO BE RETURNED IMMEDIATELY .

    MATT provides all books free of charge, with the expectation that they will be returned when no longer needed.

    This year we have found that we have TWO only SUZUKI BOOK 1 for violin, after providing a book for every student every year for 8 years! This means people are not returning our books as required. This may simply be an oversight BUT -PLEASE SEARCH YOUR HOME for our books and return NEXT CLASS all those you are no longer using for lessons.

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS URGENT SITUATION

  4. PHOTO DAY is re-scheduled for Tuesday March 5

  5. Rose Orchestra “Bohemian Rhapsody.” March 23rd, will be an amazing showcase for the violin and a program of exciting famous classic showpieces for orchestra! ORDER Tickets by FEB 28 .

    HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

    BEGINNERS: Practice charts filled in daily FOUR times per week . Bring chart to class!

    Review:

    D scale-long bows and with one of the rhythms below each day

    Twinkles: long bows and with one of the rhythms below each day

    our rhythms : run pony, mississippi hotdog, mississppi mississippi, I stop and you stop

    REVIEW this Week:ALL of LONG, LONG AGO : Line 1 , 2 and 3 and 4 with repeats seen on handout

    READING MUSIC :THEORY ASSIGNMENTS

    • #1 The Staff

    • #2 High and Low

    • #3 The Grand Staff

    • NEW THIS WEEK :#4 MEMORIZE YOUR lines and spaces: always from bottom up:

      cello: BASS - F- clef: 4 spaces ACEG: All Cows Eat Grass ;

      5 Lines GBDFA Great Big Dogs Fight Always

      violin: TREBLE- G- clef 4 spaces FACE- spells FACE

      5 Lines EGBDF Every Good Boy Deserves Fun

    bring to class for marking

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    INTERMEDIATES:

    Practice charts filled in daily FIVE times per week . Bring chart to class!

    Scale of F major- F natural to F natural NO #s, ADD Bb

    PIRATES of the CARIBBEAN bars 1 to 26

    • Scale of D major , then Fandango- careful counting

    • Scale of G major , then March in style of Corelli- careful tuning

    • in same key, G major: Largo bars 1 to `26

    NEW: in same key, G major : MARCH from SCIPIO bars 1 to 10

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    ADVANCED:

    Practice charts filled in daily FIVE times per week . Bring chart to class!

    Review: Session 1 music: Canon, Deep River, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

    New January pieces:

    Danny Boy - ALL- FOLLOW BOWINGS- CELLO SOLOS

    Rondeau - ALL-practice DETACHED bowing , legato (smooth) section b. 40 - 52

    Pirates of the Caribbean - learn to bar 76 WITH BOWINGS

    Au Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy- review to bar 36.

    Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.

    1. —Jamie Paolinetti