Week of May 4th| Semana del 4 de mayo

• G street rock ALL with metronome - bpm goal of 116

• El Coqui ALL

• A minor pentatonic SOLO and SLURRED

Week of April 13th| Semana del 13 de abril

• G street rock ALL with metronome - bpm goal of 116

• El Coqui

• Composition worksheet

Week of April 6th| Semana del 6 de abril

• A minor pentatonic solo with RHYTHM and ARTICULATION variations - can practice with backing track

• G street rock ALL 

Week of March 31st| Semana del 23 de marzo

• A minor pentatonic 4 beat solo - can practice with backing track

• G street rock ALL - check notes and rhythms

Week of March 23rd| Semana del 23 de marzo

• Create a solo with the A minor pentatonic scale (on the back of G street Rock) 

• G street rock 

  • REVIEW beginning to 33 

  • label/practice 33-end

Week of March 17th| Semana del 17 de marzo

• G major scale 2 octave

• A minor pentatonic scale (on the back of G street Rock) - practice combining the notes in different patterns

• G street rock - label all notes if needed

Week of March 10th| Semana del 10 de marzo

• G major scale 2 octave

  • Violins attention to low 2s

  • Viola/cello attention to shifts

• A minor pentatonic scale - ACDEGA

• G street rock - note reading

Week of Winter Break| Semana de la vacaciones de invierno

• Jupiter

• Polar Vortex 

• Special attention to low 2s, counting the cut time and not speeding up, and dynamics!

Week of Winter Break| Semana de la vacaciones de invierno

• Jupiter - attention to articulation 

• Polar Vortex - attention to articulation 

• New articulations - accent, staccato, marcato and legato

Week of February 2nd| Semana del 2 de febrero

• Jupiter - check notes and bowings

• Polar Vortex - check notes and bowings

• Complete Movin' On Up permission slip

Weeks of January 20 and 28| Semana del 20 y del 28 de enero

• DRESS REHEARSAL on Monday - bring instrument, folder and music

• Icicles ALL

• Storm ALL please count!

• Cold and Frosty your part

• If time - look at Jupiter and Polar Vortex

Winter Break| Vacaciones de invierno

To Practice:

• Storm - ALL - you can play with the Recording!

• Icicles ALL - don't rush!

• Winter Music Challenge

Week of December 2nd | Semana del 2 de diciembre

To Practice:

• E minor scale (LOWER OCTAVE for cellos and violas) 

  • Bow pattern DU U DUDU (D=down, U=up)

• Storm - if you need notes, write them!

  • Cellos m. 63 - end

  • Violas 33-63

  • Violins 63-end

  • Recording for listening

• Icicles (click for recording)

Week of November 18th AND 25th | Semana del 18 y 25 de noviembre

To Practice:

• E minor scale (LOWER OCTAVE for cellos and violas) slurred by 2, 4 and 8

  • Students who are ready can try a 2 octave scale

  • Pay attention to INTONATION. They can practice with this drone to help be in tune.

• Storm - if you need notes, write them!

  • Cellos m. 33-87

  • Violas beginning-87

  • Violins 65-87

  • Recording for listening

BEGINNER GROUP

• D scale pepperoni pizza

• Page 19 numbers 45, 46

ORCHESTRA CLUB videos

• Cold and Frosty for Violin

• Cold and Frosty for Viola/Cello

Week of November 11 | Semana del 11 de noviembre

To Practice:

• E minor scale (LOWER OCTAVE for cellos and violas) slurred by 2, 4 and 8

  • Students who are ready can try a 2 octave scale

  • Pay attention to INTONATION. They can practice with this drone to help be in tune.

• Storm - if you need notes, write them!

  • m. 33-87

  • Recording for listening

BEGINNER GROUP

• D scale pepperoni pizza

• Page 19 n44, 45, 46

Week of November 5 | Semana del 5 de noviembre

To Practice:

• E minor scale (LOWER OCTAVE for cellos and violas) slurred

• Storm - if you need notes, write them

  • beginning to m. 33

  • Recording for listening

BEGINNER GROUP

• D scale with "strawberry strawberry" rhythm

• Page 19

Week of October 22 | Semana del 22 de oct

To Practice:

• E minor scale slurred

• Storm - if you need notes, write them

  • beginning to m. 33

  • Recording for listening

BEGINNER GROUP

• D scale up and down

• Page 15

Week of October 15 | Semana del 15 de oct

To Practice:

• Any scale slurred by 4

• Page 35 Long Long Ago

• Storm - if you need notes, write them

  • Focus on vln/viola m 17, cellos m 63

BEGINNER GROUP

• Page 14 Mary Lee

• Page 15

Week of October 6 | Semana del 6 de oct

To Practice:

• D scale slurred by 2 and 4

• Pages 34-35

  • Focus on Long Long Ago

• Storm

BEGINNER GROUP

• Monkey Song Arco

• Page 14

Week of October 1 | Semana del 1 de oct

To Practice:

• D minor (test)

• Page 34

• Sequence 1 DOWN

BEGINNER GROUP

• Page 12

• Monkey song

Week of Sept 22 | Semana del 22 de septiembre

To Practice:

• Page 33

• Frere Jacquez 

• Sequence 1

BEGINNER GROUP

• Page 10

• DAD song

Week of Sept 15 | Semana del 15 de septiembre

To Practice:

• Page 33

• Frere Jacquez 

• Sequence 1

BEGINNER GROUP

• Page 8 Pizzicato and Arco

• DAD song Arco

Week of Sept 10 | Semana del 10 septiembre

To Practice:

• Review page 32-33

• Frere Jacquez 

• Sequence 1

BEGINNER GROUP

• Pencil Bow 

• Finger Twisters

• DAD song