Deborah Tice

Keep practicing bowing everyone! Bow Cool School song and Mary Had a Little Lamb from the attachment below.

1. Review the high notes we learned this week. High D = 3 fingers on the A string and C#=2 fingers on the A string

2. Pluck #23-27 in your book. If you want you can peek ahead to #28-30

3. Let’s Start learning Ode to Joy. I attached…Read more

Nice sounds today on Michael Row the Boat Ashore.

1. Practice Lesson 8 in the book. Just do the A parts in the duets. Watch those Ebs in #4A. Also, try to learn Graduation Theme. We didn’t get to that this week.

1. Look at lesson 9, #1-3. Watch those low notes!

Keep up the great work!

1. Work on the Trio in Lesson 3. Flutes/Bells part A and clarinets part B

2. Try #3A Irish Lullaby

3. Practice Lesson 8, Mexican Hat Dance. Make the accented notes a little louder

4. Start Lesson 9 #2, Michael Row the Boat Ashore

Write in any notes you need to help you out.

Have fun!

Keep practicing bowing on the G and the A strings.

1. Review the new low notes on the G string. ABC = 123 Pluck #93-98. Write in any numbers or letters you may need to remember the notes. Then try to bow #93-96

2. BOW Cool School Song (attached below)

3. Pluck and then try to Bow “Ode to Joy” (attached below)

Have fun!

Nice work on low notes this week. Now let’s focus on some new songs! Write in any notes you are not sure of.

1. Practice Lesson 11, #4, #5 and #6. If you see a “P” that means to play soft (piano) and if you see an “F” that means to play loud (forte). These are called dynamics. Go slow at first.

2. Review Happy Birthday from last week

Keep practicing bowing! Go very slow on the D string. Make sure the bow stays between the bridge and the fingerboard.

1. Bow Cool School and Beginner band songs

2. Pluck and then bow Ode to Joy.

3. Pluck Happy Birthday, remember the low 2 for the C.

4. Look at #80 in your book (page 22). Grandparent’s Day. Write in any notes you need. Here t…Read more

Keep practicing bowing! Go very slow on the D string. Make sure the bow stays between the bridge and the fingerboard!

1. Bow Cool School and Beginner band songs

2. Pluck and then bow Ode to Joy.

3. Pluck Happy Birthday, remember the low 2 for the C.

4. Look at #80 in your book (page 22). Grandparent’s Day. Write in any notes you need. Here…Read more

Nice work on reading rhythms and lots of different notes today! You are making excellent progress!

1. Review Lesson 7. Watch those dotted quarter and eighth note rhythms! Also, go slow and check your key signatures on the 3 scales at the bottom of the page (F natural or F sharp? Bb?)

2. Start Lesson 8. You did great on the Graduation Theme and…Read more

Keep working on those low notes! Write in any notes you are unsure of with a letter or a number for how many fingers to press down.

1. Review ##98, 99, and 101. Be careful of the rhythms in 101 and use 4 for the D when specified.

2. Let’s work on 3/4 time. Bow #103 on each string of your violin.

3. Practice #104

4. Play #105, your D major…Read more

Keep practicing Happy Birthday (attached below). That worked out well taking turns today on each line.

1. Practice Lesson 2 and 3 in your book.

2. Look ahead to Lesson 5, #6, HLJ Blues. Write in any notes you may need.

3. Practice the Mexican Hat Dance. Lesson 8, #3. Have fun with this! Ole!

Keep having fun with Happy Birthday and Star Wars!

1. Let’s look at some fun new tunes. Look at Lesson 11, #4 and 5. Write in any notes you may need.

2. Lesson 12, #1,2 and 3 reviews the C# for saxophone (no buttons at all!) and the F# for clarinet (it is like a E but without the thumb)

3. Play Let’s Go Band! Sax: G B C C# D…Read more

Nice work on the double bounce stroke today, keep trying to get them faster.

1. Review Lesson D2, faster this time

2. Review Lesson 2, faster this time

3. Start Lesson 3

1. Keep practicing bowing on the D string! Try not to bump the other strings. Keep your eye on the bow to keep it straight. Go slow and use as much bow as possible.

2. Practice the D scale, Plucking only. Do 4 of each note as follows D E F# G A B C# high D
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We started learning high notes today. Try to remember the fingerings for high E ( C+2), D (C+3), and C (C + 3 and pinky). Add your register key with your thumb to make them high, use fast air.

1. Try to at least say the notes and move the fingers on Hot Cross Buns attached below. Then try to play.

2. Practice low notes with Shaker March up to…Read more

1. Keep practicing bowing on Cool School Song! You got this!

2. Review Ode to Joy and Happy Birthday. These were all posted in the last lesson, in case you still need to print them.

3. Let’s start some new notes on the low G string! Remember ABC = 123. Practice #93-96. Say each note as you play them.

4. If you would like, try #97 and #98.…Read more

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

1. Practice the Mexican Hat Dance on Lesson 8. Play the staccato notes short and the accented notes a little louder than usual. Remember to skip the first ending when you repeat it. Ole!

2. Keep practicing My Country Tis of Thee and Happy Birthday. It was fun to break it into parts to put together a song with all of you!…Read more

Keep working on the HLJ Blues. Always work for a good tone. Check that the reed isn’t warped and is lined up correctly.

1. Review Lesson 7. Be careful of all the crazy rhythms in #1-4. Watch the key signatures on the scales at the end of the page.

2. Start Lesson 8.

3. Play Happy Birthday (attached below).

Have fun!

We had fun with Star Wars and Happy Birthday today. I attached the notes to Happy Birthday below.

1. Review Lesson 9 in your book, write in any notes you may need.

2. Review Ode to Beethoven in Lesson 5 and Twinkle Twinkle in Lesson 6. Try to get these faster this week.

Have fun!

Nice work on Happy Birthday everyone! Keep practicing it this week. Remember the Low 2 for a C on the A string.

1. Review all of the new low notes on the G string.

2. Practice 100-102. Spend the most time on 101. Write in any note names or numbers that will help you remember the new notes. Go slow and watch those rhythms!!

Have fun!

1. Continue working on bowing on the Cool School song and the beginner violin songs attached below.

2. Pluck and then bow Ode to Joy. Try using the 4th Finger on the D String for all of the As.

3. Pluck Happy Birthday. Next week we go back to the book for a bit.

Have fun!