Designed for students who have had limited orchestral experience and are excited to begin growing their orchestral skills. All students should have basic note-reading skills, including the ability to identify pitch names and count/play various rhythms in simple meters using subdivisions up to 16th notes. Students should be comfortable playing in first position in the keys of G and D and showing contrast with basic articulations such as detache, legato, and staccato. This ensemble builds solid, fundamental rhythmic and orchestral skills including improved sight-reading abilities, expanding first position and starting third position.
Two scales will be chosen from the requirements below. Play in quarter notes at 80-100 BPM.
One prepared solo piece of your choice.
Example: A solo piece from Suzuki Book 1 or 2 or Essential Elements Book 1 or 2
Students will sightread a short piece of music.
Students will perform the excerpt linked below.
Scales
G Major (two-octaves)
A Major(two-octaves)
D Major (one octave)
Excerpts will be posted in April.
Scales
C Major (two octaves)
G Major (one octave)
D Major (one octave)
Excerpts will be posted in April.
Scales
C Major (two octaves)
G Major (one octave)
D Major (one octave)
Excerpts will be posted in April.
Scales
G Major (one octave)
D Major (one octave)
Excerpts will be posted in April.