FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

QUOTE:

“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.”

AUTHOR:  Gian Carlo Menotti

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A smart person knows he/she does not know everything …. 

  That there is always more to learn.”

COMPOSER

HILDEGARD

Ordo Virtutum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGPZWUNwLG0

ORDO VIRTUTUM:   (Latin for Order of the Virtues) is an allegorical morality play, or liturgical drama, by Hildegard of Bingen, composed c. 1151. It is the earliest morality play by more than a century, and the only Medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both the text and the music.

GENERAL MUSIC

01.  KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS 

02.  MUSICAL THEATRE
.......a.  COMPLETE WORK SHEET ON LEARNING ABOUT WHAT MUSICAL THEATRE IS
.......b.  SUMMARIZED THE STORY OF THE MUSICAL "OLIVER" BASED ON THE NOVEL "OLIVER                           TWIST" BY CHARLES DICKENS

ADV.  STRINGS

01.  CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUT ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE)
........a.  LISTENED TO THE RECORDING AS TEACHER TRACKED THE MUSIC and MUSICAL ROAD SIGNS
........b.  PRACTICED A FEW PASSAGES WITHOUT THE BACKGROUND
........c.  ADDED THE BACKGROUND and CLASS SIGHT READ AT PERFORMANCE SPEED
........d.  LISTENED TO THE CELLO HARMONY PART and THEN ENTIRE GROUP READ THROUGH THE                    MUSIC AGAIN
02.   GESU BAMBINO

BEG. STRINGS

01. BOW WARM-UP  CYCLE OF STRINGS FOR BOW SPEED (UPPER HALF)

......a. BOW TO RHYTHM OF "MY SIS-TER MARC-Y" 2X EACH STRING

......b. PRACTICE WITH A BOW LEADER

02. PARTNER HOUSETOP (OPEN STRINGS/USING BOW)

.......a.  LEARNED ABOUT "LIFTED" BOWS (DOUBLED DOWN BOWS)

03.  DO-RE-MI (PATTERN 0 1 2) ON EACH STRING IN GUITAR POSITION RIGHT HAND PIZZICATO

.......a.  PRACTICED PUTTING FINGERS DOWN and LEAVING THE FIRST FINGER DOWN WHEN FINDING              THE  SECOND FINGER

.......b.  FIRST FINGER IS THE SOUND OF "RE" and AFTER FINDING THE PROPER SPOT WHERE THE                      SOUND IS HEARD THE LEFT THUMB IS PLACED OPPOSITE THE FIRST FINGER ON THE                                OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FINGERBOARD

.......c.  PRACTICED DO-RE-MI PATTERN AT FIRST WATCHING THE FINGERS THEN WITHOUT SO THAT             THE  EARS and SENSE OF TOUCH LEARN WHERE and HOW HARD TO PLACE THE FINGERS                         DOWN

.......d.  USING CYCLE OF STRINGS PRACTICED DO-RE-MI/MI-RE-DO ON EACH STRING IN GUITAR                        POSITION RIGHT HAND PIZZICATO

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

QUOTE:
“Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.”

AUTHOR: Robert Schumann

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Art starts out in the artists soul inwardly. The art can not be expressed

  outwardly without the willingness of the artist to work hard."

COMPOSER

HILDEGARD

VISION: O Euchari In Leta Via

O Euchari In Leta Vita:  This religious piece was written in honor of St. Eucharius, the missionary to the Gauls, the first bishop of the city, and the man who laid the cornerstone to Trier Cathedral, the oldest cathedral north of the Alps. Hildegard probably wrote the music and poetry for the monks of the monastery in Trier devoted to his worship. This Sequence would have been sung during Mass on Eucharius' feast day, December 8. 

GENERAL MUSIC
01.  KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS 
02.  HILDEGARD and MEDIEVAL MUSIC
........a.  MUSIC NOTATION DEVELOPED IN THE CHURCH DURING THE MEDIEVAL TIMES AS A WAY OF
             PRESERVING THE MUSIC WRITTEN FOR
             THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES AS THERE WERE NO RECORDING DEVICES INVENTED YET
.............1)  EARLY NOTES WERE CALLED NEUMES 
.............2)  LINES and SPACES OF THE MUSICAL STAFF WERE PATTERNED AFTER THE FINGERS OF                           THE HAND (FIVE FINGERS and FOUR SPACES IN BETWEEN)
.........b.  HILDEGARD WAS A NUN WHO WROTE MUSIC FOR THE CHURCH and THE MUSIC SURVIVED                     BECAUSE SHE WAS EDUCATED IN MUSIC NOTATION
.........c.  MUCH OF NON-CHURCH (SECULAR) MUSIC DID NOT SURVIVE FROM THE MEDIEVAL TIMES                   BECAUSE THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO CREATED THIS MUSIC HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF                           MUSIC NOTATION
.........d.  TODAY OUR KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC FROM THIS TIME PERIOD IS MOSTLY FROM THE                             CHURCH
03.   DEMONSTRATION OF EARLY INSTRUMENTS
.........a.   VIEWED A REPRODUCTION OF A STRING INSTRUMENT CALLED A VIELLE (AS SEEN IN THE 
                MEDIEVAL FILM YESTERDAY) AND IT'S EARLIER RELATIVE CALLED THE REBEC
.........b.    VIEWED EARLY PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS and HOW THEY WERE MADE
................1)  DISCUSSED INSTRUMENTS MADE FROM GOURDS
................2)  EARLY INSTRUMENTS THAT SHAKE (RATTLES) and SCRAPE
................3)  EARLY DRUMS
................4)  MISCELLANEOUS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS (RAIN STICKS)
..........c.   WIND INSTRUMENTS
................1)  EARLY FLUTE-LIKE INSTRUMENTS (PAN FLUTE, NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE)
................2)  ANIMAL HORNS
04.     HOW TO MAKE SOME INSTRUMENTS FROM BASIC "FOUND" OBJECTS

ADV.  STRINGS

01. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
.......a.   WORK ON A SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED (01230321) or (01234321)
.............1) BOW PLAYED AT MIDDLE
.............2) NO PINKY FINGER ON THE BOW
.............3) ALWAYS START DOWN BOW
.............4) USE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BOW
.............5) FINGERING
........b.  PRACTICE SLOW and GRADUALLY SPEED UP
02.  FROSTY
.........a.  WORK ON SPECIFIC PASSAGES

.........b.  CONCENTRATED ON 8TH NOTES BEING PLAYED EITHER AT THE UH 

              (UPPER HALF) or LH (LOWER HALF) OF THE BOW (BOW PROPORTIONING) 

              FOR CLEANER ARTICULATION

BEG. STRINGS

01. BOW WARM-UP  CYCLE OF STRINGS FOR BOW SPEED (UPPER HALF)

......a. BOW TO RHYTHM OF "HUCK-LE-BER-RY HOUND DOG" 2X EACH STRING

......b. PRACTICE WITH A BOW LEADER

02. PARTNER HOUSETOP (OPEN STRINGS/USING BOW)
.......a.  REVIEW UP and DOWN BOW SIGNS
.......b.  REVIEW METER and COUNTING
.......c.  REVIEW MUSICAL ROAD SIGNS (REPEATS and D.S. SIGNS)
.......d.  SING OPEN STRING NOTE NAMES OUT LOUD WHILE LISTENING TO THE RECORDING
.......e,  REPEAT ABOVE and BOW STRINGS
03. BURGUNDIAN  CAROL (OPEN STRINGS/RIGHT PIZZICATO)

.......a. REVIEW
04.  INTRODUCTION TO OPEN STRINGS NOTES PLACE ON THE MUSICAL KEYBOARDS
.......a.  LOCATING THE "D" STRING NOTE ON THE KEYBOARD (MIDDLE "D" ON THE KEYBOARD)
.......b.  LOCATING BLACK KEYBOARD KEYS IN GROUPS OF TWO WITH THE WHITE KEY IN BETWEEN               BEING "D"
.......c.  USING THE FIVE FINGERS ON THE HAND (CALLED A PERFECT 5TH) TO LOCATE WHERE THE                 OPEN STRING "A" IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD (FIVE FINGERS HIGHER THAN "A" IS                         WHERE THE OPEN STRING "E" SOUND IS LOCATED  ON THE KEYBOARD AND FIVE FINGERS                  BELOW "D" IS WHERE THE OPEN "G" STRING SOUND IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

QUOTE:
“Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.”

AUTHOR: Stephen Sondheim

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“No art is created perfectly the first time.”

COMPOSER
HILDEGARD

Caritas Abundat In Omnia

GENERAL MUSIC
SUBSTITUTE
CLASS WILL BE WATCHING A FILM ON MEDIEVAL MUSIC and ASKED TO TAKE DOWN IMPORTANT FACTS TO TURN IN
.........REVIEW OF THE FILM and NOTES ARE FOUND HERE:
         http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/04/music-of-medieval-ages-film-notes.html ON MY BLOG

ADV. STRINGS

SUBSTITUTE

CLASS WILL BE WATCHING A FILM ON THE COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN and ASKED TO TAKE DOWN IMPORTANT FACTS TO TURN IN
........CHECK-OUT A STUDENT REPORT DONE ON GERSHWIN:
        http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/george-gershwin-student-report.html ON MY BLOG
........ALSO SOME PICTURES:
         http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/gershwin-pictures.html
         http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-gershwin-pictures.html
         http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/george-gershwin-and-his-brother-ira.html
  
BEG. STRINGS

SUBSTITUTE
CLASS WILL BE WATCHING THE REMAINDER OF THE DOCUMENTARY "SMALL WONDERS" and BE ASKED TO CONTINUE WRITING DOWN IMPORTANT FACTS FROM THE FILM
.........NOTES FROM THE FILM CAN BE FOUND ON MY BLOG HERE:
         http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2009/12/small-wonders-concert.html ON MY BLOG

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

QUOTE:
“Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.”

AUTHOR: Ludwig van Beethoven

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:

“Some artists can never rest until they are allowed to express themselves.”

COMPOSER

CHOPIN

Etude in C Minor 
Revolutionary (Fall of Warsaw)1831

ETUDE:  

This is a short composition for a solo instrument intended as an exercise 

or to demonstrate technical virtuosity; a musical exercise.

GENERAL MUSIC
01. MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHING SHEETS
02. DISCUSSION OF MUSICAL ALPHABET WORD LISTS
03. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
.......a. REVIEW OF NAMES OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS LEARNED IN CLASS
.......b. ORCHESTRATION OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
            (HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHICH INSTRUMENTS TO PLAY AT THE DIFFERENT 

            PASSAGES)
...........1) CONTRAST
...........2) TIMBRE
...........3) PRACTICALITY OF USE (EX: CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS CAN ONLY PLAY 

               CERTAIN PARTS BECAUSE THEY ARE INSTRUMENT IS INCAPABLE OF 

               FAST RESPONSE TIME or THEY VIBRATE TOO LONG, ETC. 

...........4) VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE TO CHOOSE FROM
.......c. CLASS ORCHESTRATES PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS FOR "ALLEY CAT"
.............1) DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS ARE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT COLORS ON 

                 THE CHART
.......d. CLASS PERFORMS ORCHESTRATION (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
.............1) STUDENTS ARE SEPARATED IN GROUPS
.............2) EACH GROUP IS ASSIGNED A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT TO PLAY

                 ACCORDING TO THE COLORS ON THE CHART
.............3) STUDENTS WILL COUNT ALL THE RHYTHMS (AS PREVIOUSLY LEARNED) 

                 BUT PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS ONLY ON THEIR ASSIGNED COLORS

ADV. STRINGS

01. BURGUNDIAN CAROL
.......a. PLAYED THROUGH THE ENTIRE PIECE
.......b. LISTENED TO THE CELLO HARMONY PART TO SEE HOW THE MELODY 

           AND HARMONY WILL FIT TOGETHER REPLAYED THE PIECE AGAIN SO 

           WE COULD BLEND BOTH PARTS TOGETHER
02. NO HOLLY FOR MISS QUINN
........a. INTRODUCTION: TEACHER DEMONSTRATION
........b. NOTE READING REVIEW OF FIRST PHRASE
.............1) DISCUSSION OF FINGERING C# (FINGER SPACINGS and HIGH 3RD FINGER)

                 SHARPS (#) RAISE THE FINGER AHEAD 1/2 STEP
........c. SIGHT READ FIRST PHRASE

BEG. STRINGS

01.  BOW HOLD REVIEWED
02.  CONCEPT DISCUSSION OF PLACEMENT OF VIOLIN BOW IN RELATION TO THE VIOLIN ANGLE AS IT IS HELD AT THE JAW
03.  DISCUSSION OF PROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BOW IN BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND                                    FINGERBOARD
........a.  USING THE CONCEPT OF SQUARES, TRIANGLES and TRAPEZOIDS AND HOW THEY ARE USED IN SETTING THE ANGLE OF THE BOW ON THE STRING
03. PRACTICING USING THE BOW ON THE SHOULDER (INSTEAD OF THE VIOLIN)
........a.   BOW LEVELS (MOVEMENT OF BOW AND ARM AT THE SAME LEVELS TOGETHER USING SEE-                 SAW LIKE ACTIONS
........b.   BOW SPRING (USED TO START THE ARTICULATION OF THE BOW SOUND) PRODUCED BY THE                RIGHT UPPER ARM APPLYING WEIGHT THROUGH THE RIGHT POINTER INDEX FINGER                            MIDDLE JOINT ONTO THE BOW
........c    DISCUSSION and PRACTICE OF:
..............1)  BOW MOVEMENTS FROM MIDDLE OF THE BOW TO TIP (SQUARE TO TRAPEZOID) MOVING                      THE ELBOW
..............2)  BOW MOVEMENTS FROM FROG TO THE MIDDLE OF THE BOW (TRIANGLE TO SQUARE)                             MOVING SHOULDER and ELBOW

THE ABOVE TO BE CONTNUED NEXT WEEK

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

QUOTE:
“To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.”

AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Listening and hearing are not the same. Anyone with healthy ears can hear.
  It takes brains to listen."

COMPOSER

CHOPIN

Etude Op.10 No.5 in G flat Major 
"Black Keys"

Played by Horowitz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBa1_KUvYo  

GENERAL MUSIC

01.  KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS 

02.  RECORDER

........a. WARM-UP/EAR TRAINING

...........1)  NOTES B, A, G (T1, T12, T123)

.................a)  NOTES IN STEP-WISE MOTION

.................b)  NOTES THAT MOVE BY SKIP (INCLUDING CO-ORDINATION OF FINGER MOVEMENTS)

........b.  SONG: "LUCERNE TO WEGGIS"

............1)  CONCEPT OF STEP-WISE MOTION LINE TO NEXT SPACE or SPACE TO NEXT LINE UP or                               DOWN

............2)  USING STEP-WISE MOTION TO DETERMINE FINGERING and/or NOTE READING

............3)  LISTENING FOR HIGH VERSUS LOW EAR-TRAINING

........c.  SONG: "JAMES' LOT"

............1)  CONCEPT OF SKIPPING MOTION

............2)  CONCEPT OF 3/4 METER (3 BEATS PER MEASURE)

.................a)  DOTTED HALF NOTES (3 BEATS)

.................b)  MEASURE OF REST SYMBOL

ADV. STRINGS

01.  SHALOM CHAVERIM

........a. REVIEW CONCEPT OF A "ROUND"

........b. ENTIRE VIOLIN SECTION PLAYS SECOND HALF WHILE LISTENING TO FIRST HALF TO HEAR                 HOW WHEN THE 2 PARTS ARE PUT TOGETHER HOW THEY WORK HARMONICALLY

........c.  VIOLIN GROUP IS SPLIT IN HALF WITH ONE SECTION PLAYING PART 1 OF THE ROUND and                      THE OTHER SECTION PART 2

02.   ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL

.........a.  WORK ON A SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED

...............1)  BOW PLAYED AT MIDDLE

...............2)  NO PINKY FINGER ON THE BOW

...............3)  ALWAYS START DOWN BOW

...............4)  USE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BOW

...............5)  FINGERING

.....................a)  IN THIS SPECIFIC PASSAGE KEEP THE 3RD FINGER REMAINS DOWN WHILE PLAYING                               THE OPEN STRING BECAUSE PICKING UP THAT FINGER MEANS YOU JUST HAVE TO                                   PUT IT DOWN AGAIN and THAT WILL SLOW DOWN THE FINGER ACTION WHEN TRYING                           TO GET SPEED

.....................b)  MAY USE 4TH FINGER INSTEAD OF AN OPEN STRING...GENERALLY WE WOULD  USE                                   THE 4TH FINGER BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A "HOE DOWN" FIDDLE STYLE OF PLAYING                                  THE OPEN STRING USAGE IS VERY ACCEPTABLE

BEG. STRINGS

01. BOW WARM-UP  CYCLE OF STRINGS FOR BOW SPEED (UPPER HALF)

......a. BOW TO RHYTHM OF "HUCK-LE-BER-RY HOUND DOG" 2X EACH STRING

......b. PRACTICE WITH A BOW LEADER

02. STARTED TO PLACE LEFT FINGERS DOWN ON FINGER BOARD IN GUITAR POSITION

.......a.  CONCEPT OF SOLFEGE: DO-RE-MI ON EACH STRING (0-1-2)

.......b.  AMOUNT OF PRESSURE NEEDED TO BE PLACED ON THE STRING BY THE FINGER TO GET A                     GOOD TONE

03. BURGUNDIAN  CAROL (FIRST HOLIDAY SONG) OPEN STRINGS/RIGHT PIZZICATO

......a.  REVIEW

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

QUOTE:
“Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.”

AUTHOR: Edgard Varese

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“We all have a special talent at something but most people don’t
  spend the time exploring it."

COMPOSER 

CHOPIN

Mazurka Op. 68, No. 2

Performed by Michelangeli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umO7QEA3oAQ

Mazurka Op. 68, No. 2

Performed by Rachmaninov

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL6xFZ3-t6U 

GENERAL MUSIC
01. WORKSHEETS GATHERED RETURNED/STUDENTS TO COMPLETE MISSED WORK
02.  WORK ON NEW KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS
03.  KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT

.......a. REVIEW

...........1) LOCATE "D"ON THE KEYBOARD BY FIRST FINDING BLACK KEYS IN GROUPS OF TWO'S;  

                "D" BEING THE WHITE KEY INBETWEEN

...........2) LOCATE THE KEYS "B"/ "A"/ "G" USING THE MUSICAL ALPHABET AND THE "D" KEY AS                        A GUIDE

                a)  PLAY B,A,G  SONGS: "MARY" and "HOT CROSS BUNS"

........b. PLAYING SIMPLE SONGS USING LETTERS TAKEN FROM THE KEYBOARD PACKET                               HANDED OUT IN CLASS

........c. KEYBOARD SONGS BY NUMBER TO TEACH FRAME OF THE HAND

            1)  AMERICA 

ADV. STRINGS

01.  PARTNER  HOUSETOP

........a.  PLAY MUSIC FOR STUDENTS TO HEAR HOW THERE ARE 2 MELODIES THAT ARE 

             PLAYED  SEPARATELY THEN PLAYED TOGETHER; A STYLE CALLED COUNTERPOINT

........b.  PLAYED EACH SECTION SEPARATELY, THEN PLAYED WITH ACCOMPANIMENT

........c.  THE THIRD SECTION OF THE MUSIC WILL SPLIT HALF THE VIOLINS ON THE FIRST                                MELODY and THE HALF ON THE SECOND ONE (TODAY WE ALL PLAYED THE FIRST                              MELODY ON THE THIRD SECTION) 

02.  SHALOM CHAVERIM

BEG. STRINGS

01. BOW WARM-UP  CYCLE OF STRINGS FOR BOW SPEED (UPPER HALF)

.......a. BOW TO RHYTHM OF "MY SIS-TER MARC-Y" or  ANY TWO-SYLLABLE NAME 2X EACH STRING

.......b. PRACTICE WITH A BOW LEADER

02. HANDED OUT MUSIC FOLDERS

03. BURGUNDIAN  CAROL (FIRST HOLIDAY SONG) OPEN STRINGS/RIGHT PIZZICATO

.......a.  REVIEW NOTE NAMES OF OPEN STRINGS

.......b.  REVIEW COUNTING

.......c.  REVIEW MUSICAL "ROAD SIGNS" REPEATS and D.S. (DAL SEGNO)

.......d.  PLAY WITH TEACHER DIRECTED TRACKING

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

QUOTE:
“Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.”

AUTHOR: Frank Zappa

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"The vibrations that emanate from music create a sound from air 

  as an artist creates a sculpture from a rock."

COMPOSER

CHOPIN

Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2

D Flat Major

Played by Dinu Lipatti 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VhKERbhkE&feature=fvst

GENERAL MUSIC

01.  WORKSHEETS GATHERED and COLLECTED TO BE GRADED

........a.  BODY LANGUAGE/SILENCE

........b.  MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHS

........c.  MUSICAL ALPHABET WORD LIST

........d.  PERCUSSION FILM NOTES

........e.  PERCUSSION: NAME THE INSTRUMENTS 

........f.   SIGNED RULE SHEETS (AS NEEDED)

02.  KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS

........a.  HOW TO DRAW A KEYBOARD

03.   WHAT IS  MUSICAL DISCUSSION and WORKSHEET

........a.  REVIEWED FIRST 7 QUESTIONS

........b.  TO COMPLETE NEXT WEEK

ADV. STRINGS

01.  NO HOLLY FOR MISS QUINN

........a.  REVIEWED FINGERINGS

........b.  PLAYED WITHOUT TEACHER TRACKING HELP

........c.  BASS PART ADDED IN

02.  GESU BAMBINO

........a.  REVIEWED FINGERINGS

........b.  PRACTICED CONTINUITY

NEXT WEEK TO CLEAN-UP DETAILS IN CERTAIN SECTIONS

BEG. STRINGS

01.  MARKING BOWS WITH TAPE FOR EACH STUDENT AT THE MIDDLE (SQUARE) and TIP (TRAPEZOID)

        COMPLETED

........a.  BOW STICK PLACED ON VIOLIN WITH FULL HAIR ON THE STRING and STICK AWAY FROM                      THE NOSE

.............1)  ARROWS MARKED ON EACH PLAYERS  MIDDLE BOW TAPE TO SHOW THE DIRECTION THE  

                   BOW NEEDS TO BE PLACED

02.  BOW ON VIOLIN (REVIEWED)

........a.  BOW PLACED AT MIDDLE (SQUARE) IN BETWEEN BRIDGE and FINGERBOARD 

             (FULL HAIR; STICK AWAY FROM THE NOSE)

.........b.  BOW LEVELS

..............1)  AT EACH LEVEL (STARTING ON "G" STRING) SILENTLY "SPRING" THE BOW 4X

..............2)  BOW ROCKING ON EACH STRING (SEE-SAW MOVEMENT)

....................a.  KEEP BOW DEPRESSED ONTO THE STRING TO KEEP BOW FROM WIGGLING

..........c.  DOWN and UP BOW FULL MOVEMENTS AT THE UPPER HALF (UH) OF THE BOW 4X TO 8X                          EACH STRING

...............1)  MOVE THE BOW FROM MIDDLE TO TIP IN ONE CONTINUOUS MOTION

...............2)  START EACH SOUND (DOWN and UP) WITH A SPRING-ARTICULATION SOUND

...............3)  BOW and ARM MOVE TO EACH BOW LEVEL THEN THE ARM FREEZES AND ELBOW MOVES 

                     THE UP and DOWN (ELBOW MUSCLE IS PRIMARILY USED WHEN MOVING THE UH OF THE

                     BOW)

..........d.  BOW LEADING (CONCERT MASTER or CONCERT MISTRESS)

................1)  BOW MOVEMENTS FOR ALL PLAYERS IN EACH STRING SECTION ALWAYS MUST MOVE                          IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND ALSO  USING THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOW 

.......................a)  THE BOW MUST BE PLAYED AT THE SAME PLACE AS WELL

................2)   EACH STRING SECTION HAS A LEADER FOR ALL THE OTHERS TO FOLLOW

................3)   STUDENT IN CLASS IS CHOSEN TO BE THE BOW LEADER and THE PREVIOUS EXERCISE IS 

                       REVIEWED AGAIN WITH STUDENTS MAKING SURE TO WATCH THE LEADER'S BOW

..........e  BOW ARTICULATION  (CLICK-TYPE SOUND) DISCUSSED and DEMONSTRATED

................1)  ARTICULATION SOUND IS PRODUCED BY THE BOW INITIALLY BEING PUSHED DOWN                                ONTO   THE STRING TO SET-IT INTO VIBRATION 

................2)  "CLICK SOUND" IS LIKE A MINUTE SCRATCH  or POP ONTO THE STRING

......................a)  THE AMOUNT and LENGTH OF PRESSURE APPLIED IS DETERMINED BY THE SOUND   

                            WISHED  TO BE PRODUCED (DIFFERENT ACOUSTICAL VENUES WILL HELP                                                     DETERMINE THIS)

................3)   LISTENING FOR THE ARTICULATION

.......................a)  STUDENTS TO LISTEN TO 4 BOWED OPEN STRING SOUNDS; THREE SOUNDS WITH                                       GOOD ARTICULATION AND ONE WITHOUT and DETERMINE WHICH SOUND WAS NOT                                 CORRECT 

..........f.   PRACTICING BOWING and ARTICULATION AT UH (UPPER HALF) OF BOW FOR RHYTHMIC 

                FLOW USING OPEN STRINGS IN ORDER: GG, DD, AA EE (REPEATING OVER AND OVER) TO                         THE  SONG "PUMPED UP KICKS" AS A BACKGROUND