Selma Larchmont Charter

Wednesdays (1:45PM - 3:05PM)

Practice the following songs for our Spring Concert!

Mr. Chris' Classes

Winds 2:00

  • Twinkle Twinkle
  • Ode to Joy
  • John Williams Medley

Advanced Winds 2:40

  • Go Fight win
  • Blues Dues
  • John Williams Medley

Ms. Hailey's Classes

Strings 2:00

  • Lightly Row,
  • Twinkle,
  • Ode to Joy
  • John Williams Medley

Beginning Strings II 2:40

Helpful Videos

Previous Weeks:

What we practiced this week- December 6th

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Winds 2:00

  • – Reviewed notes on the staff
    – clapping intermediate rhythms
    – Played through pages 13-15
    – Please practice pages 15-16
 

Advanced Winds 2:40

  • – Reviewed sharps and flats
    – Practiced clapping advanced rhythms and learned about 16th notes
    – Played through pages 29-30
    – Please practice pages 29-31
 

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Strings 2:00

  • HW: pgs 16 and 17

 

Beginning Strings II 2:40

  • HW: Canon in D (pg 3)/ A Miracle(pg3) / Vivaldi in A minor (pg28)

What we practiced this week- November 29th

Practice the following songs November 29th

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Winds 1:45

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Practiced clapping intermediate rhythms
  • – Played through pages 11-13
  • – Please practice pages 13-14
 

Advanced Winds 2:20

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed sharps and flats
    – Played through pages 24-26
    – Learned fingerings for new notes and reviewed 1st and 2nd endings
    – Please practice pages 26-27
 

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Strings 1:45

  • HW: pg 16 with LOTS of love – it’s going to be one of their concert pieces (Lightly Row)
     
 

Beginning Strings II 2:25

  • HW: pg 19(Vivaldi Concerto) and pg 1 (D major scale)

What we practiced this week- November 8th

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Winds 1:45

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Practiced counting difficult rhythms
  • – Played through pages 6-10
  • – Please practice pages 9-11
 

Advanced Winds 2:20

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Learned about key signatures
  • – Played through pages 19-21 in blue book
  • – Please practice pages 21-23
 

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Strings 1:45

  • Please work on pg 15 ALL
 

Beginning Strings II 2:25

  • Please work on: pgs 28-29!

What we practiced this week- October 25th

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Winds 1:45

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Practiced pages 4-7 in book
  • – Worked on proper posture and identifying rests
  • – Please practice pages 7-8
 

Advanced Winds 2:20

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Practiced pages 1-2 in book
  • – Discussed longtones and proper air support
  • – Please practice pages 2-3 
 

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Strings 1:45

  • Please work on
    pg 12 – French Fries and Karate Chop
 

Beginning Strings II 2:25

  • HW : pg 28 Vivaldi A minor concerto 

What we practiced this week- October 18th

Winds 1:45

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Discussed posture and how to hold instruments
  • – Started working on basic rhythms and tried clapping or playing them on our instruments 
  • – Please practice making sounds on your instrument and review how to read notes
 

Advanced Winds 2:20

– Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff

– Started discussing more complex rhythms like triplets and how to count them

– Practiced playing triplets and worked on instrument specific exercises

– Please practice longtones and counting triplets in music

Strings 1:45

  • HOMEWORK: We are working on page 2 (all) in their brown books.
 

Beginning Strings II 2:25

  • HOMEWORK: pg 19 ALL to get used to using Low 1 fingers for Eb and Bb

What we practiced this week- October 4th

Beginning Band:
– Learned how to identify notes and read rhythms
– Learned how to assemble instruments
– Learned how to make sound on our instruments
– Please practice making sounds on your instrument 
Absences: None
 
Advanced Band: 
– Reviewed reading notes and rhythms 
– Played through pages 1-3 in book
– Discussed proper breathing, posture, and embourchure
– Please practice pages 2-3 and work on longtones
Absences: None
 
1:45 – this weeks homework is just about holding the instrument and bow and habitualizing practicing. We learned our open strings and bowed them 
 
2:30 – all of pg. 14 in their green book