"Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly,
the coordination between man and time."
AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Music is a way that man has emotionally recorded his history
throughout time.”
GENERAL MUSIC
PERIODS 1 and 2:
01. VIOLIN BOW HOLD
........a. REVIEWED PROCEDURES FOR USING THE BOW
........b. EXPLAINED BOW HOLD and REASONS FOR THE WAY FINGERS ARE PLACED ON THE BOW
........c. EXPLAINED HOW THE BOW IS BALANCED ON TOP OF THE VIOLIN TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY OF THE RIGHT FINGERS FOR FLUIDITY OF SOUND
........d. STUDENTS PRACTICED HOLDING THEIR BOWS WITH TEACHER GUIDANCE
“Music is a way that man has emotionally recorded his history
throughout time.”
COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche Slav
Conductor: Slatkin
GENERAL MUSIC
PERIODS 1 and 2:
01. VIOLIN BOW HOLD
........a. REVIEWED PROCEDURES FOR USING THE BOW
........b. EXPLAINED BOW HOLD and REASONS FOR THE WAY FINGERS ARE PLACED ON THE BOW
........c. EXPLAINED HOW THE BOW IS BALANCED ON TOP OF THE VIOLIN TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY OF THE RIGHT FINGERS FOR FLUIDITY OF SOUND
........d. STUDENTS PRACTICED HOLDING THEIR BOWS WITH TEACHER GUIDANCE
PERIOD 3:
01. HAYDN WORKSHEET
........a. STUDENTS WORKED ON HAYDN WORKSHEET WHILE VIOLINS WERE ASSIGNED TO EACH STUDENT
02. VIOLIN PROCEDURES
........a. OPENING and CLOSING CASES PROPERLY
........b. LEARNING HOW TO PUT ON A SHOULDER REST and HOLD INSTRUMENT AT THE JAW
........c. FOLLOWING A CONDUCTOR
........a. STUDENTS WORKED ON HAYDN WORKSHEET WHILE VIOLINS WERE ASSIGNED TO EACH STUDENT
02. VIOLIN PROCEDURES
........a. OPENING and CLOSING CASES PROPERLY
........b. LEARNING HOW TO PUT ON A SHOULDER REST and HOLD INSTRUMENT AT THE JAW
........c. FOLLOWING A CONDUCTOR
ADV. STRINGS
01. PARADISE
02. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
02. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
BEG. STRINGS
01. WARM-UP
........a. FIRST FINGER SHIFTING DO-RE-MI-FA/FA-MI-RE-DO (0-1-1-1/-1-1-1-0) ON EACH STRING
02. SONG: TWINKLE (BY MEMORY)
........a. PLAYED ON STRINGS D and A (BOW UH) and G and D (BOW LH)BOWING "HUCK-LE-BER- RY HOUND DOG" RHYTHM
..............1) EXPLANATION OF COUNTING 16TH NOTES and 8TH'S
..............2) USED THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOW FOR EACH NOTE NECESSITATING BOW SPEED CHANGES
03. MY HEART WILL GO ON (HARMONY)
04. PARADISE (HARMONY)
01. WARM-UP
........a. FIRST FINGER SHIFTING DO-RE-MI-FA/FA-MI-RE-DO (0-1-1-1/-1-1-1-0) ON EACH STRING
02. SONG: TWINKLE (BY MEMORY)
........a. PLAYED ON STRINGS D and A (BOW UH) and G and D (BOW LH)BOWING "HUCK-LE-BER- RY HOUND DOG" RHYTHM
..............1) EXPLANATION OF COUNTING 16TH NOTES and 8TH'S
..............2) USED THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOW FOR EACH NOTE NECESSITATING BOW SPEED CHANGES
03. MY HEART WILL GO ON (HARMONY)
04. PARADISE (HARMONY)