Grade 5 Violin/Cello

REGISTRATION: All students must be registered on-line using the link https://secure.hrce.ca/hra/

Please follow the instructions to register by clicking on Begin Halifax Regional Arts WEST Registration 2021-2022. The shaded grey box at the bottom left-hand side of the page.

Information gathered in the registration will be used for communication home.

Violin Course Materials

All students will need:

• • a violin outfit (violin, bow, case, rosin)

  • Method Book: Essential Elements Violin Book 1 ISBN 978-0-634-03817-4

  • two pencils

  • cleaning cloth ( clean odd socks usually make good cleaners)

  • a binder of some sort to collect additional music sheets that can be organized

Cello Course Materials

All students will need:

• • cello outfit (cello, bow, case, rosin, floor-stopper)

  • Method Book: Essential Elements Cello Book 1 ISBN-13: 978-0634038198

  • two pencils

  • cleaning cloth ( clean odd socks usually make good cleaners)

  • a binder of some sort to collect additional music sheets that can be organized

Warm-up

• Get the proper posture. Stand straight with equal weight on both feet and shift the left foot slightly forward. Keep the neck straight and bring the violin to your shoulder to rest and bring your should gently up to allow the chin rest of the violin to meet the jaw with the chin-rest of the violin. Remember that the violin is not held-up by the hand but the shoulder rest and chin rest.

• Open Strings 4-3-2-1 Play each string with a full straight bow 4 times, three times...

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• D Major Scale Start on the D string and play each note of the scale once with a long bow ( whole notes), then 4 shorter bows (quarter notes) and then finish with eight short bows (eigth notes) at the tip of the bow. (fingering for violin: D0 ,D1, D2 D3, A0, A1, A2, A3, A3, A2, A1, A0, D3, D2, D1, D0)

• D Major Scale

• A Major Scale

• Try other scales starting on other strings

Students are encouraged to review their Essential Elements method book that was required for the course. Inside the cover on the first page of the book, there is a student activation code that can be used to access support recordings for each of the numbered exercises in the book. I encourage you to go to the publishers webpage to use the on-line resources they have made available.

If you do not have a book, I encourage you to purchase it and if a purchase is not possible for you, the publisher has made available a free book sample. You need to fill-out an on-line request and it can be mailed directly to you.

Class Information at a glance

Your child has the opportunity to join the Halifax Regional Arts-West (HRA-West) String Program. This Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) program is offered starting in grade 4 and is offered through to graduation in grade 12. This is an elective class in elementary school and if students continue their instrument, can become an arts credit that is counted toward high school graduation.

• Students will need to keep their masks on for the entire class

• String students will leave their class to go to a music room for string instrument instruction

• Students are expected to practice at home and bring their required materials to string class

• Instruments are to be brought to school on the lesson day and brought home again the same day. Students are NOT to leave the instrument in the school on days other than lesson days.

• Students must commit to staying in the string classes for the full school year

• Method books will be offered at no cost

• Instruments will be offered at no cost. For more details, please refer to the HRA-West Loan Department at http://www.hramusicwest.org/instrument-loan-department.html

• ALL STUDENTS MUST BE REGISTERED using this link.

https://secure.hrce.ca/hra/wizard.aspx

• All communications from the string teacher will be created from the registration information.