CANTON SUMMER MUSIC CAMP

DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON THE MAIN STRINGS PAGE.

IT IS SUPER FUN AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT!!

Happy Summer!

You have all worked so hard this year and I am so proud of everything you have accomplished! I am amazed at how much each of you has learned this year and applaud the effort you put into learning your instrument. I will be checking my email during the summer, so if you have any questions, a problem with your instrument, or just need help tuning, please do not hesitate to contact me at kiddn@cantonma.org.

Your "assignment" for the summer is to take your instrument out of its case at least five times and to play music that gives you joy.

Remember to check the "Extras" tab for help videos and the music we played that is not in our books!

June 15‌ ‌-‌ ‌June 19,‌ ‌2020‌ ‌1st‌ ‌Year‌ ‌Strings‌ ‌Practice‌ ‌Activities‌ ‌

Goal:‌ ‌40‌ ‌minutes‌ ‌per‌ ‌week‌ ‌

Suggested practice routine:

1. Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week (Must Do at least 2 warm up items)

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the D String

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the A String

   • Practice Slurs - newer skill (when you play more than one note without

   • the bow direction)

     • You can use “Hot Cross Buns” (F#, E, D) to practice them.

2. Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

   • MUST DO: Practice a piece of music that makes you happy.

     • It can be from the book or one of the extra songs we are learning.

3. Just For Fun:

• • • “Harry Potter - Hedwig’s Theme” for fun

      • Try to figure out the names of the notes in at least four measures.

        • Use your book (pages 14, 16 and 18) to find help!

      • Get the Harry Potter music here: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Harry Potter: Harry Potter Help

• • • “Pokemon” for fun

      • Pokemon music: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Pokemon: Pokemon Help

• • • “Star Wars” for fun

      • Star Wars Music: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Star Wars: Star Wars Help

4. Extra Activity:

   • Choose a piece of music you really enjoy playing and perform it for a family member.

June 8‌ ‌-‌ ‌June 12,‌ ‌2020‌ ‌1st‌ ‌Year‌ ‌Strings‌ ‌Practice‌ ‌Activities‌ ‌

Goal:‌ ‌40‌ ‌minutes‌ ‌per‌ ‌week‌ ‌

Suggested practice routine:

1. Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week (Must Do at least 2 warm up items)

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the D String

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the A String

   • Practice Slurs - newer skill (when you play more than one note without changing the bow direction)

     • You can use “Hot Cross Buns” (F#, E, D) to practice them.

2. Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

• • • MUST DO: Practice a piece of music that makes you happy.

      • It can be from the book or one of the extra songs we are learning.

• • • Choose an exercise from the book that gives you practice with something you want to learn better.

      • Suggestions: Page 16 #59-63 and Page 18 #73-78

      • Page 20 - the top half teaches about slurs and other types of bowing.

• • • Practice “Harry Potter - Hedwig’s Theme” for fun

      • Try to figure out the names of the notes in at least four measures.

        • Use your book (pages 14, 16 and 18) to find help!

      • Get the Harry Potter music here: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Harry Potter: Harry Potter Help

• • • Practice “Pokemon” for fun

      • Pokemon music: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Pokemon: Pokemon Help

• • • Practice “Star Wars” for fun

      • Star Wars Music: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Star Wars: Star Wars Help

3. Extra Activity:

   • Choose a piece of music you really enjoy playing and perform it for a family member.

June 1‌ ‌-‌ ‌June 5,‌ ‌2020‌ ‌1st‌ ‌Year‌ ‌Strings‌ ‌Practice‌ ‌Activities‌ ‌

Goal:‌ ‌40‌ ‌minutes‌ ‌per‌ ‌week‌ ‌

Suggested practice routine:

1. Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week (Must Do at least 2 warm up items)

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the D String

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the A String

   • Practice Slurs - newer skill (when you play more than one note without changing the bow direction)

     • You can use “Hot Cross Buns” (F#, E, D) to practice them.

2. Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

• • • MUST DO: Choose an exercise from the book that gives you practice with something you want to learn better.

      • Suggestions: Page 16 #59-63 and Page 18 #73-78

      • Page 20 - the top half teaches about slurs and other types of bowing.

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  • • Practice “Harry Potter - Hedwig’s Theme”

      • We will go over this in lessons next week.

      • Try to figure out the names of the notes in at least four measures.

        • Use your book (pages 14, 16 and 18) to find help!

      • Get the Harry Potter music here: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Harry Potter: Harry Potter Help

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  • • Practice “Star Wars” for fun

      • Star Wars Music: Violin Viola Cello Bass

3. Extra Activity:

   1. Choose a piece of music you really enjoy playing and perform it for a family member.

May‌ ‌26‌ ‌-‌ ‌May‌ ‌29,‌ ‌2020‌ ‌1st‌ ‌Year‌ ‌Strings‌ ‌Practice‌ ‌Activities‌ ‌

Goal:‌ ‌40‌ ‌minutes‌ ‌per‌ ‌week‌ ‌

Suggested practice routine:

1. Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week (Must Do at least 2 warm up items)

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the D String

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the A String

   • Practice Slurs - newer skill (when you play more than one note without changing the bow direction)

     • You can use “Hot Cross Buns” (F#, E, D) to practice them.

2. Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

   • MUST DO: Choose an exercise from the book that gives you practice with something you want to learn better.

     • Suggestions:

       1. Page 16 #59-63 and Page 18 #73-78

       2. Page 20 - the top half teaches about slurs and other types of bowing.

• • • Practice “Pokemon”

      • We will go over this in lessons next week.

      • Get the Pokemon music here: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Pokemon: Pokemon Help

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  • • Practice “Harry Potter - Hedwig’s Theme”

      • We will go over this in lessons next week.

      • Get the Harry Potter music here: Violin Viola Cello Bass

      • Here is a help video for Harry Potter: Harry Potter Help

3. Extra Activity:

   • Choose a piece of music you really enjoy playing and perform it for a family member.

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May 18- May 22, 2020 1st Year Strings Practice Activities

Goal: 40 minutes per week

Suggested practice routine:

1. Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week (Must Do at least 2 warm up items)

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the D String

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the A String

   • Practice Slurs - newer skill (when you play more than one note without changing the bow direction)

     • You can use “Hot Cross Buns” (F#, E, D) to practice them.

2. Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

   • MUST DO: Choose an exercise from the book that gives you practice with something you want to learn better.

     • Suggestions: Page 16 #59-63 and Page 18 #73-78

     • Page 20 - the top half teaches about slurs and other types of bowing.

• • Practice "Bile Em Cabbage Down" #81 on Page 19.

    • Practice the A part

    • Optional:

      • Practice the B part

      • If you feel you can play both parts well, record one part and then play the other part with your recording to create a duet (two parts at once).

• • Practice Star Wars

    • Challenge: Try slurring the “G,F#, E” notes in each measure.

    • Star Wars Music: Violin Viola Cello Bass

3. Optional Challenges: (We will learn these songs together in lessons this week, but you do not have to practice them ahead of time.)

1. “Pokemon” Get music here: Violin Viola Cello Bass

2. Harry Potter - “Hedwig’s Theme” Get music here: Violin Viola Cello Bass

May 4 - May 8, 2020 1st Year Strings Practice Activities

Goal: 40 minutes per week

Suggested practice routine:

1. Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week (MUST DO at least 2 warm up items)

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the D String

   • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the A String

   • Practice Slurs - new skill (when you play more than one note without changing the bow direction)

     • • You can use “Hot Cross Buns” (F#, E, D) to practice them.

2. Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

   • Practice Star Wars (MUST DO)

     • • We will go over this in lessons this week!

       • Star Wars Music Links: Violin Viola Cello Bass

• • Practice "Bile Em Cabbage Down" #81 on Page 19.

    • Practice the A part

      • We will probably look at this in lessons next week, but this is not a “Must Do”)

    • Optional:

      • • Practice the B part

        • If you feel you can play both parts well, record one part and then play the other part with your recording to create a duet (two parts at once).

• • • Choose an exercise from the book that gives you practice with something you want to learn better.

      • Suggestions: Page 16 #59-63 and Page 18 #73-78

• • • Optional Challenges:

      • • 1. “Frere Jacques”

             • • • It is listed under the “Extra Music For Fun” section at the bottom.

          2. Work on a song from your book or another source that you like.

             • Practice any parts that seem hard to you.

             • Play the entire piece from beginning to end.

First Year Strings Week 4 of Virtual Learning

Goal: 40 minutes per week

Suggested practice routine:

• Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week

  • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the D String

  • Play Pepperoni Pizza on the A String

  • See if you can play it all the way from the low open D to the high D on the A string.

• Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

  • Read the explanation box at the top of page 18 and then practice playing half notes (hold for 2 beats) using exercise #69-71.

  • Choose an exercise from the book that gives you practice with something you want to learn better.

    • Suggestions: Page 16 #59-63 and Page 18 #73-78

  • Work on a song you know from your book that you like (choose a different one from last week).

  • Practice any parts that seem hard to you

  • Play the entire piece from beginning to end

  • If you know this piece really well, play it for a family member and then choose a new piece to try.

• Optional Challenge:

  • Try one of the new pieces posted on google classroom (may also be found on Mrs. Kidd’s website)

  • FIgure out the note names

  • Practice it in small sections then put them together once you feel comfortable.

First Year Strings Week 3 of Virtual Learning

Goal: 40 minutes per week

Suggested practice routine:

• Warm up (5 minutes) 2-5 times per week

  • Play the notes on the D String

  • Play the notes on the A String

  • Try to play the notes on both strings up and down (D scale)

• Practice (10 minutes) 3-5 times per week

  • Choose an exercise from the book that gives you practice with something you want to learn better.

  • Work on a song you know from your book that you like (choose a different one from last week).

  • Practice any parts that seem hard to you

  • Play the entire piece from beginning to end

• Optional Challenge:

  • Try one of the new pieces posted on google classroom

  • FIgure out the note names

  • Practice it in small sections then put them together once you feel comfortable.