February 16, 2022 Homework Sinfonia Allegro
Keep up the Great work everyone!
Scales/Arpeggios to review:
G, A, Bb, C, D, F (SA audition scales/arpeggios)
Bring your “Habits of a Successful Middle-Level String Musician” each week!
A Musical Passport
***Practice working on the time changes
Hidden Passages
**Practice the tempo faster
Avengers: Reminders from Last Week!
Practice Measure 21-29
Cellos, practice your harmonics in 22 & 26! I decided to have all cellos play that too harmonic! We will talk about the double stop next time.
Violins, focus on switching between tremolo and non-tremolo notes
Practice measure 29-end (KEY CHANGE!)
Violins & violas, focus on your sixteenth notes (printed as eight notes with double lines).
***Violin 1: practice 9-12 with separately bows. Work up the tempo.
Go back to your slower tempo and add in the slurs. Work section with slurs up to tempo.
Practice 17-21 for the high notes!
Pieces of Eight: Reminders from Last Week!
Practice with a metronome and slowly work up the tempo.
We will be working on dynamics next so notice your music’s markings!
Theory Homework
Sinfonia Allegro A: All for Strings I, pages 20-21
Sinfonia Allegro B: Theory Time, 5th Grade, pages 17-18
Sinfonia Allegro C: Theory Time, 6th Grade, pages 17-18
Sinfonia Allegro D: All for Strings II, pages 20-21