“Think more of your own progress than of the opinion of others.”
AUTHOR: Felix Mendelssohn
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“In the end, what only matters is what you think of yourself.”
ADV. STRINGS
“In the end, what only matters is what you think of yourself.”
COMPOSER
DEBUSSY
DEBUSSY
GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR
The Bridesmaid by Millais
GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR
PLAYED BY HEIFETZ
PLAYED BY HEIFETZ
PERIODS 1 and 2:
01. VIOLIN: BOWING ON SHOULDER
........a. SHORT REVIEW OF BOW HOLD
........b. DEMONSTRATION OF BOW LEVELS
........c. DEMONSTRATION OF BOWING ANGLES
.............1) MIDDLE OF BOW: SQUARE (proper) vs PARALLELOGRAM (improper)
.............2) TIP OF BOW: TRAPEZOID
.............3) FROG OF BOW: TRIANGLE
........d. MOVING THE BOW
.............1) MIDDLE TO TIP: USE OF THE ELBOW
.............2) FROG TO MIDDLE: USE OF THE ELBOW and UPPER ARM
........e. BOW IS PLACED IN BETWEEN THE BRIDGE and FINGERBOARD NOT OVER THE FINGERBOARD
........a. SHORT REVIEW OF BOW HOLD
........b. DEMONSTRATION OF BOW LEVELS
........c. DEMONSTRATION OF BOWING ANGLES
.............1) MIDDLE OF BOW: SQUARE (proper) vs PARALLELOGRAM (improper)
.............2) TIP OF BOW: TRAPEZOID
.............3) FROG OF BOW: TRIANGLE
........d. MOVING THE BOW
.............1) MIDDLE TO TIP: USE OF THE ELBOW
.............2) FROG TO MIDDLE: USE OF THE ELBOW and UPPER ARM
........e. BOW IS PLACED IN BETWEEN THE BRIDGE and FINGERBOARD NOT OVER THE FINGERBOARD
PERIOD 3:
01. VIOLIN: LEFT PIZZICATO CYCLE OF STRINGS
........a. REVIEWED WATCHING THE CONDUCTOR DIRECTIONS
........b. LEFT THUMB PLACED AT CURVE OF THE VIOLIN NECK
........c. PAD OF THE LEFT POINTER FINGER DEPRESSES EACH STRING 8X WITH A SPRING ACTION
........d. REPEAT ABOVE DIRECTIONS and PULL THE STRING TO THE RIGHT TO PLUCK THE STRING
.............1) PLUCKED EACH STRING 4X (DEPRESSING THE STRING DOWN BEFORE PLUCKING EACH TIME)
........a. REVIEWED WATCHING THE CONDUCTOR DIRECTIONS
........b. LEFT THUMB PLACED AT CURVE OF THE VIOLIN NECK
........c. PAD OF THE LEFT POINTER FINGER DEPRESSES EACH STRING 8X WITH A SPRING ACTION
........d. REPEAT ABOVE DIRECTIONS and PULL THE STRING TO THE RIGHT TO PLUCK THE STRING
.............1) PLUCKED EACH STRING 4X (DEPRESSING THE STRING DOWN BEFORE PLUCKING EACH TIME)
ADV. STRINGS
01. PIRATES OF CARIBBEAN
........a. WORKED ON A SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED
02. HOUDINI
........a. WORKED ON A SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED
02. HOUDINI
BEG. STRINGS
01. WARM-UP
........a. FIRST FINGER SHIFTING DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL/SOL-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) USED THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOW FOR EACH NOTE NECESSITATING BOW SPEED CHANGES
03. SONG: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (HARMONY)
.........a. REVIEWED COUNTING
.........b. REVIEWED SOME FINGERINGS and NOTE READING
.........c. REVIEWED BOW PROPORTIONING LH (LOWER HALF) and UH (UPPER HALF)
04. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
.........a. PLAYED THE SONG FROM THE BEGINNING
.........b. REVIEWED A SPECIFIC PASSAGE FOR COUNTING and FOR BOWING
01. WARM-UP
........a. FIRST FINGER SHIFTING DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL/SOL-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) USED THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOW FOR EACH NOTE NECESSITATING BOW SPEED CHANGES
03. SONG: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (HARMONY)
.........a. REVIEWED COUNTING
.........b. REVIEWED SOME FINGERINGS and NOTE READING
.........c. REVIEWED BOW PROPORTIONING LH (LOWER HALF) and UH (UPPER HALF)
04. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
.........a. PLAYED THE SONG FROM THE BEGINNING
.........b. REVIEWED A SPECIFIC PASSAGE FOR COUNTING and FOR BOWING