Hi everyone!
We had great rehearsals today, and unfortunately DGSN doesn’t have school next Friday so it will be another two weeks before we can meet again. If you would like to see our calendar, you can find it here. I’m so sorry for the inconsistency — I am looking at switching the day of rehearsals next year so that it’s not so chaotic. Please have your students review the material below and practice in the meantime.
We did a lot today! I showed students how to practice with the practice videos, which can be found on our website here or on my YouTube channel here. The videos can be slowed down in the settings if they are too fast right now!
Meanwhile, here is what we got accomplished at today’s rehearsal:
We did a lot today! I showed students how to practice with the practice videos, which can be found on our website here or on my YouTube channel here. The videos can be slowed down in the settings if they are too fast right now!
This week, I introduced how to put fingers down on the D string. I have it all explained in the following videos:
We are just getting used to these for now, but we will be using them in Royal Promenade. Students who were here last semester should be able to start learning their instrument’s pattern that begins around measure 5 and ends at measure 21. For those new to their instruments, I let students know their notes for measures 9 through 13. The cello and bass parts are different though, so I will teach them their parts at our next rehearsals.
We then used the videos to practice the beginning of The Salamander Samba (until letter C) and then we learned from the beginning until measure 45 of On a Swing. If students haven’t already, they should have the note names written in for all of The Salamander Samba and On a Swing (unless they don’t need them, of course!) Try to use the practice videos to help you at home!
We had a great week! Please look below for your orchestra’s rehearsal review.
Note: We will NOT be having rehearsal next week, on February 2nd. We will resume rehearsals on February 9th. If you ever have any questions about our schedule, you can reference our calendar here.
We had a small group today, so we just reviewed Abandoned Funhouse and Royal Promenade. We also went over how to play some of the new notes in Seven Nation Army. Please be sure to practice at home, especially if you weren’t able to attend rehearsal!
This week, we learned about quarter notes, quarter rests, and whole rests in an effort to start learning The Salamander Samba. We also learned about where our open strings are on the staff and wrote in some note names in The Salamander Samba.
We learned about how to hold the bow and practiced using the bow on our open strings. For information about the bow grip, watch the video below:
Have a great week!