STARTED NEW WORKSHEET PACKET: MUSICAL ALPHABET ON THE LINES AND SPACES OF THE MUSICAL STAFF
EXPLAINED FIRST 3 PAGES DEALING WITH IDENTIFYING LINES AND SPACE NOTES, NAMING THE NOTES BY THE NUMBER OF THE LINE OF SPACE THEY ARE PLACED ON (NUMBERING FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP) AND IDENTIFYING THE DIRECTIONS THE NOTES ARE MOVING ON THE STAFF
MUSIC AND FRACTIONS
MUSIC AND SPEECH
(VOICE INFLECTIONS ARE THE HIGHS AND LOWS IN MUSIC/THE SYLLABLES OF THE WORDS WE SPEAK ARE THE RHYTHMS/PEOPLE BREATH AT COMMAS AND END OF PHRASES AND THE SAME GOES FOR MUSIC)
THE HEART BEAT BECOMES THE MAIN PULSE OF THE MUSIC-USUALLY REPRESENTED BY THE QUARTER NOTE
QUARTER NOTES/QUARTER RESTS EXPLAINED
QUARTER NOTE HAS A BODY (FILLED IN OVAL) WITH A STEM ADDED EITHER UP TO THE RIGHT OR DOWN TO THE LEFT (STEM DIRECTION DETERMINED BY WHAT LINE OR SPACE THE NOTE SITS ON)
QUARTER NOTES-BASIC BEAT LIKE THE HEART IS BASIC BEAT OF THE BODY IT IS A BEAT YOU FEEL AND HEAR
QUARTER REST: A SILENT BEAT YOU FEEL BUT DON'T HEAR
EIGHTH NOTES: CUTTING THE QUARTER NOTE IN HALF BY ADDING A FLAG MAKES IT TWICE AS FAST CALLED AN EIGHTH NOTE
A SUCCESSION OF 8TH NOTES WITH FLAGS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE SO TO MAKE IT EASIER ON THE EYES THE FLAGS ARE HOOKED TOGETHER BY "BEAMS" INTO PATTERNS WHICH ARE EASIER TO SEE.
METER/TIME SIGNATURE EXPLANATION/MEASURES EXPLAINED/BAR LINES EXPLAINED
SHOW HOW MEASURES ARE MATHEMATICALLY DETERMINED BY THE METER/ SHOW HOW TO COUNT MATHEMATICALLY THEN MAKE IT EASIER BY COUNTING WITH TAHS (QUARTERS) TI-TI'S (EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS) AND SAYING "REST" for the QUARTER NOTE REST SYMBOL (SHOW BODY PERCUSSION "PATCH" FOR QUARTER NOTES AND SPLIT IN HALF FOR 8THS.
SONG: ALLEY CAT: COUNT (AND MOVE BODY PERCUSSION) SAYING TI TI'S, TAH'S, AND RESTS AS TEACHER POINTS/THEN REPEAT WITH MUSIC RECORDING/REPEAT AGAIN WITHOUT TEACHING POINTING(DEVELOPING FOCUSING SKILLS) THEN USING DIRECTIONS GIVEN ON CHART: ALL BLACK NOTES BODY PERCUSSION USING RIGHT HAND AND RED NOTES USING LEFT. SAY THE DIRECTIONS AS YOU MOVE WITH THE MUSIC TO KEEP FROM GETTING LOST.
PERIOD 4:
ROCKY TOP
HASTE TO THE WEDDING
SILENT NIGHT
VIOLINS HR SECTIONAL: STARTED FELIZ NAVIDAD (FINGERINGS ALSO WORKED ON)
WORKED ON A SMALL PASSAGE FROM A LA NANITA NANA (2nd HALF) WHERE WE KEEP A FINGER DOWN WHILE PLAYING AN OPEN STRING TO MEASURE THE NEXT FINGERED NOTE
PERIOD 5:
MARKED BOWS FOR EACH STUDENT FINDING THEIR SQUARE (MIDDLE) AND TRAPEZOID (TIP)
REVIEW DOWN AND UP BOW SYMBOLS AND PRACTICE SILENT BOWING IN THE AIR TO GET DIRECTION CONCEPT CORRECT
CYCLE OF STRINGS: OPEN STRING BOWING 4x EACH STRING UH/THEN 8 TIMES
SONG SILENT NIGHT: REVIEWED OPEN STRING NOTE READING
STUDENTS READ NOTES OUT LOUD AS TEACHER POINTED TO NOTES ON CHART
(EXPLAINED DOTTED HALF NOTES EACH WORTH 3 BEATS AND 2 DOTTED HALF NOTES TIED TOGETHER WORTH 6BEATS (A VERY SLOW BOW)
STUDENTS TRY TO PLAY ON VIOLIN WITH BOW UH/STUDENTS SAY THE NOTES WHILE PLAYING/TEACHER HELPS BY POINTING