Mrs. Lapointe

1. December Practice Calendars are due. Take a picture or scan and email them to: tlapointe@pemusic.com
2. Scroll down the topics listed in Mrs. Lapointe’s classroom for the January Band practice calendar and print a copy for yourself to log your daily practice times.
3. warm up & Review the scales that we have previously played (page 35 Blue…Read more

1.Warm ups: mouth breather 6-7-8-9-10 and pick 3 exercises from the beginner and intermediate Flute warm ups (page 34 green book.)
2.Practice lesson 8 (page 20 blue book) All exercises. Be careful of the accented notes – if you accent too HARD they will crack and sound bad.
3.Check out the play along songs on the website over vacation.

1. December Practice calendars are due. Take a picture or scan and email them to: tlapointe@pemusic.com
2. Scroll down the list of topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s to the January violin Practice Calendar and print a copy for yourself to log your daily practice times.
3. Review Page 37 Exercises 152, 153, & 155. Work toward smooth steady playing.
4.…Read more

1. December practice calendars are due. Take a picture or scan and email them to: tlapointe@pemusic.com
2. Scroll down the list of topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s classroom to the January band practice calendar and print a copy for yourself to log your practice times.
3. Lesson 1 pitch exercises 1-5.
a. Right hand position – Thumb anchored on…Read more

1. December practice calendars are due. Take a picture or scan and email them to: tlapointe@pemusic.com
2. Scroll down the list of topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s classroom to the January band practice calendar and print a copy for yourself to log your practice times.
3. Warm ups: 5, 6, 7. The eighth notes will now become 9 stroke rolls (4 eighth…Read more

1. December practice calendars are due. Take a picture or scan it and email it to: tlapointe@pemusic.com
2. Scroll down the list of topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s Classroom for January’s Band Practice Calendar and print yourself a copy to log your daily practice times.
3. Warm ups: Choose any warm up, but not #5 or #6.
4. Keep practicing: Lesson 1…Read more

1. Warm ups: 1,2,3,4 (Page 26 green book)
Mouth Breathers 6-7-8-9-10. This week do 6 and 7, but instead of blowing out air play a note for 6 and then 7 beats.
5. Review Lesson R5 exercises 3 & 4

6. Practice Lesson 1 exercises 5 & 6.

Check out the christmas play along songs on this website. Look for a previously sent email (this…Read more

1. Scroll down past the forums to the topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s Classroom to find and download these worksheets.
Practice Calendars Band December. (Skip this if you’ve already done it.) Fill this out daily as you practice.
Rhythm Counter Worksheet #6 (read and fill out on any day)
This assignment is a way to practice when you may not be able to…Read more

1. Warm ups: Mouth Breathers 6–7-8-9-10
Beginner and Intermediate drum warm ups 1, 2, 3, & 4. Buzz all beat 4’s in each exercise. Play each exercise 2 times, once starting with the right hand and a second time starting with the left hand.

2. Review Lesson 7 pages 20 & 21 (blue book)

3. Check out the christmas music that you can play…Read more

1. Warming up: Review Lesson 1 Rhythm (music sheet), Page 4 & 5 in your book.
2. Write the counting in the spaces provided for exercise #9 on page 5.
3. for more counting scroll down to the topic Rhythm Counters Worksheet #1 and print it. Once you’ve completed it you can scan it or take a picture and mail it to me at: tlapointe@pemusic.com so…Read more

1.Practice warm ups: Mouth Breather 6-7-8-9-10] and Warm up 1, 2, 3, 4 (page 35 Green book) Buzz all notes on beat 3 of every measure.
2. Practice Lesson D3 (Page 13 Blue book) exercises 3-9. Count out loud while you play. Don’t rush the 16th notes. Remember that measure 2 and measure 4 sound exactly the same even though they look very d…Read more

1. Check out the student activation code on the first page of your essential elements book. There is a free audio download that allows you to play with background music, but more importantly it has a tuning track with reference pitches to help your dad tune your violin.
2. Check out the resources tab on this website for a video about tuning your…Read more

1. Print the attached christmas song for practice.
2. Warm up: Mouth breathers 6-7-8-9-10 (long tones)
3. Page

1. Scroll down past the forums to the topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s Classroom to find and download these worksheets.
Practice Calendar December. (Fill out daily as you practice.) Skip if you have already done this.
Rhythm Counter Worksheet #7 (read and fill out on any day)
This assignment is a way to practice when you may not be able to take out y…Read more

Warm ups: mouth breather 6-7-8-9-10 and pick 3 exercises from the beginner and intermediate Flute warm ups (page 34 green book.)
Practice lesson 8 (page 20 blue book) All exercises. Be careful of the accented notes – if you accent too HARD they will crack and sound bad.

Mouth Breather 6-7-8-9-10]
Warm up 1, 2, 3, 4 (page 35 Green book) Buzz all notes on beat 2 of every measure.
Lesson D3 (Page 13 Blue book) exercises 1-2. Count out loud while you play. Don’t rush the 16th notes. Remember that measure 2 and measure 4 sound exactly the same even though they look very different.

1. Scroll down past the forums to the topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s Classroom to find and download these worksheets.
Practice Calendars Band December. (Skip this if you’ve already done it.) Fill this out daily as you practice.
Rhythm Counter Worksheet #6 (read and fill out on any day)
This assignment is a way to practice when you may not be able to…Read more

in the 2nd section of the violin course the tuning video shows replacing a string not tuning.

I’m a mac person, so if anyone has any leads on good free android apps for tuners or metronomes that I can pass on to my students that would be awesome. I have a short list of free apps from the apple store, but if you have ideas for some they are welcome as well. I created a topic with links in my forum for the students and will just keep adding to it.

1. Scroll down past the forums to the topics in Mrs. Lapointe’s Classroom to find and download these worksheets.
Practice Calendar December (fill out daily when you practice.)
Rhythm Counter Worksheet #6 (read and fill out on any day)
This assignment is a way to practice when you may not be able to take out your instrument. It counts for p…Read more