INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: PLANNING NOW

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASSES

INDIVIDUAL  LESSONS:    PL.ANNING  NOW
Here are a few shots of some of our Intermediate Level Students-

SEE HOMEWORK and Other IMPORTANT INFO below!

 

 

Please sign up with Claudia for your bi-monthly private lessons on Tuesday.

These lessons are offered at no additional charge as a privilege to our students.

 

You current fees and rentals must be completely paid before a lesson time can be assigned, since we must pay the teachers in a timely manner as well.

 

IF you sign up for lessons, it is MANDATORY that you attend EVERY ONE and that YOU arrive ten minutes ahead of your lesson time. You will not be given extra time if you are late.IF there are problems with your attendance or with lateness, we may cancel this privilege. Our teachers' timing must be followed accurately by all concerned in order for us to be able to fit in every student.

 

Please report to Claudia any problems with teachers' lateness, or 30 min. lesson time.

 

NEWS ITEM:IF you wish to have a lesson EVERY week, which is a very good idea! please arrange this with your teacher at your expense. MATT does not have the funding to cover this. It will not be scheduled by MATT, and will be based on your teacher's availability.

 

MATT FREE CONCERT: PLEASE NOTE THE CORRECTED CONCERT TIME

Bring a friend if you like.

Tuesday October 14 from 5:30 TO 6 PM

the northern lights quartet

try to stick around after class, or, beginners, arrive early.

Live concerts are part of your music education!

 

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

 

ADVANCED LEVEL:   PRACTICE CHARTS will help you focus your practice and learn your music more quickly. Please fill them in & BRING THEM TO YOUR CLASSES & LESSONS

1. G scale with perfect tuning, full bows, excellent RH and LH positions- 10 min careful listening every day.

2. FIDDLE DANCE : continue carefully learning tricky parts up to10 bars after reh.# 2

practice tip: always work very slowly when learning new sections, then start to speed up little by little

3. MINUET in G: Continue through to end of repeat section 2

practice tip: watch for altered notes- added #, or b, signs they raise or lower the notes one half tone- play them in the bar several times to ensure it will be in tune. These "accidentals" 

stay till the end of the bar unless otherwise marked.

 

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: PRACTICE CHARTS will help you focus your practice and learn your music more quickly. Please fill them in with everything you practice every day

                                     & BRING THEM TO YOUR CLASSES .

1. SCALE of G major- SLOWLY-  for perfect tuning and excellent RH and LH positions

2. AFStrings Book:  review # 103,106

                               NEW # 110 to 114! Be ready to play 114 for the class.

3. Pomp and Circumstance: continue up to, and including bar #9

practice tip: work very slowly on each difficult (or easy) bar, naming notes and adding finger numbers if needed. Repeat it 3 or 5times for good sound and tuning .

BEGINNER LEVEL: PRACTICE CHARTS will help you focus your practice and learn your music more quickly. Please fill them in with everything you practice every day- FOUR times each week
                                     & BRING THEM TO YOUR CLASSES .

1.  Bow grip:practice and repeat  10 times per day: .. Start with the bunny -no bow, then hop onto the bow.
Check for solid holding position-keep fingers around bow firmly, with bent thumb2. Bow Games: (a) Windshield wiper : With solid correct bow grip -turn palm up to ceiling, then over - palm down to the floor Repeat  10 times

(b)monkey crawl- Hold bow with tip up every finger tip helps to crawl up to the tip of the bow and then back down to frog Repeat 3 times.

3. Instrument holding position : practice the correct movement from rest position on knee or on floor.

ALL STUDENTS sit on front of chair

CELLO: Cello should touch the inside of both knees at the knee joint and pegs should be level with your ear Tilt slightly to the right

VIOLA/ VIOLIN: Place violin on top of shoulder, above left knee. Head stays upright and turns to sit on chin rest . Release left hand. Repeat 10 times correctly each day

 

HAPPY PRACTICING!!