REMEMBER! Beggining orchestra students should practice a MINIMUM of 10 minutes a day (Monday-Friday), a total of 50 minutes a week.
Advanced orchestra students should practice a MINIMUM of 20 minutes a day (Monday-Friday), a total of 100 minutes a week. Bring in your practice logs!!! They are very important!!! IMPORTANT NOTE TO HONOR ORCHESTRA STUDENTS: You need to practice extra!!! Honor Orchestra requires hard work and extra practice!!! |
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| Advanced Strings | March 9, 2009 | Same pieces as Advanced Winds | All have received Honor Orchestra packets. Practice the scales and pieces early and often! Come to the PTR during lunch for help with this! | | Beginning Violin/Cello | March 9, 2009 | Work through page 16 in the book. Perfect "This Land Is Your Land" | Remember to keep your left-hand fingernails short, and press strings with the tip of your fingers--they should get sore! | | Advanced Winds | March 9, 2009 | Pages 11, 12, 13, 14! "I Love School," "We Will Rock You," "Hot Cross Buns," "Mary Had a Little Lamb," AND "Jingle Bells." | Memorize them while you're at it, and memorize the notes as they're written in the music. | | Beginning Flute | March 9, 2009 | Work in the book all the way through Page 12, "Au Clair de la Lune"; also work on "This Land is Your Land." | Work on making good posture a habit: feet on the floor, set straight up but relax your shoulders, don't rest your flute on your shoulder but balance it between your hands! Practice the C note, which is the same as B but let go of the thumb. | | Beginning Brass | March 9, 2009 | Work through page 13-18! | Stretch your embouchure (you know what that means), and focus on good posture! Nice solos at the end of class today; work on another to present next week. | | Advanced Winds | March 9, 2009 | Page12 : #52. Preformance Warm-Ups: Tone Builder, Rhythm Etude and Chorale are key pieces. Also, practice all of pages 14-17 | Remember your dynamics!!! Also, you must practice AMERICA THE BEATIFUL, which was handed out in class on March 30, 2009. It will be preformed during the concert!!! |
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