January 26, 2022 Homework Accelerando
Great rehearsal today!!!
Scales to practice:
C Major (1 octave for violins, 2 octaves for cellos)
G Major (2 octaves)
Cellists: Here is a Video Tutorial on the 2-octave G major scale!
Violinists: Here is a Video Tutorial on the 2-octave G major scale!
D Major (1 octave)
Music Pieces
Concert Suite
Pizzicato Party:
learn mm. 49-end, then review full movement (practice with a metronome)
Suite Sweet Slurs:
review mm. 1-9, learn mm. 10-17
Epic:
review mm. 1-26 (pay special attention to counting rests!)
learn mm. 27-35 (take note of different musical character)
*Be sure to listen to the recording of this piece with your part in front of you! Listen for the dramatic silences and character changes*
Dragon Dances
Great work on this one today! We are learning this one very quickly.
– review mm. 1-36 and work on any spots that you’re not comfortable with yet
– learn mm. 37-52
*Be sure to to listen to the recording of this piece with your part in front of you!*
The Full Score has been added to the Student Resources page. It is good you to be able to see what the other sections are doing.
River Shannon
Continue to work on last week’s assignment.
It is very exciting that every section gets a beautiful melody in this piece! Be prepared for your section to perform your assigned measures next week for the rest of the class.
– Violin 1: mm. 2-10
– Violin 2: mm. 19-27
– Cello: mm. 36-43
Theory homework
Accelerando A: Drawing sharps, clefs, and notes
Accelerando B: off week
Accelerando C: off week
Accelerando D: off week
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