Week of 2/9

Hi 3rd graders!  

We are preparing for our String Jamboree concert on March 9th - hooray!  Keep up the hard work so you can feel prepared and confident at our performance!

Here's what we did in class this week:

• We practiced a D scale, using LONG, smooth bows.

• Reviewed some Twinkle Variations using ideas from our String players!

• Started our third and final piece for String Jamboree -- Wayland Overture! This special piece was written especially for us and has parts for every grade level.  The 3rd grade part looks hard because it's long, but it's so easy -- just open strings!  No left hand fingers needed at all!  And it's all labeled for you.  Hooray!

• Played through the melody of Ode to Joy.

For next week, please practice the following:

• Ode to Joy - get very confident playing it with your bow! 

• Twinkle Variations - practice playing Twinkle with any variations you like, but make sure you can do the Mississippi Hot Dog version!

• Wayland Overture! You can play the whole thing!  There is a recording of it below... this is how it will sound with ALL parts together, grades 3-12!

SEE BELOW FOR RECORDINGS OF OUR STUFF!