- Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal. Make sure all the following items are on your music stand:
- Pencil
- Rosin (apply every day!)
- Music Binder
- Essential Elements
- iPad, with BandMate chromatic tuner opened
- Write down the homework in your agenda (see below)
- Warm up on your own
Homework: Practice Essential Elements page 32-34 and "Remember Me"
Today's Objective(s): Read and play in the key of F Major
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[1:39] First Five (see above)
[1:45] Ensemble Sound Development
- Tune
- I will give you a drone
- Use the upper half of your bow
- Play SOFTLY
- Adjust your fine tuner until your string matches the drone
- If you do not know which way to turn the fine tuner, pick one– if it sounds worse, go the other way!
- D Major Intonation
- Rebuild bow hands
- Rhythm Studies - 3.9, 3.10, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10 (single pitch, chord, scale)
[2:00] Sight Reading
[2:10] Essential Elements
- Page 32
- Page 33
- Page 34 (#139 is due next Wednesday)
[2:20] Ensemble Rehearsal - Festival Orchestra Warmups (F Major)
- Key Signature:
- What kind of Fs?
- Violins / Violas: F natural on the D string (low 2)
- Violins: F natural on the E string (low 1)
- Violas: F Natural on the C string (3)
- Cellos: F Natural on the C string (4)
- Basses: F Natural on the D string (4 in half position or 2 in first position)
- Basses: F Natural on the E string (1 in half position)
- What kind of Cs?
- Violins / Violas: C Natural on the A string (low 2)
- Violins / Violas: C Natural on the G string (3)
- Violas / Cellos: C Natural on the C string (open)
- Basses: C natural on the A string (4)
- What kind of Bs?
- Violins / Violas: B-flat on the A string (low 1)
- Violins / Violas: B-flat on the G string (low 2)
- Cellos: B-flat on the G string (2)
- Basses: B-flat on the A string (1 in half position)
- What kind of Fs?
- Lower Tetrachord Intonation
- Sing "dAH" w/ drone
- Violas/Cellos/Basses drone
- Violins drone
- Festival Orchestra Warmups (F Major): all the way through w/ drone, tune every note
[2:35] Remember Me
[2:45] Fiddles On Fire (180)
[2:50] Announcements / Cleanup
- Exit Ticket: MusicRacer.com - Note Names - Level A and B
- Instruments in cases
- Pick up any trash - leave it better than you found it!
- All instruments go home - Practice!