Practice the following music November 6th
Mr. Brandon's Classes
Violins 2:40
- Had the class play the Ant song and the Dad song for the beginning
- Reviewed how to hold the violin and bow in both resting and playing position
- Had students read pages 2 and 3 in class in the brown book
- Homework is pages 2 through 4 in the brown book
Violins 3:20
- Group one beginner:
- Review and played the Ant song and the Dad song
- Review the name of all strings
- Played exercises two through four in the brown book
- Homework will be going through pages 2 through 5 in the brown book.
- Group 2 advance:
- Reviewed what was their last piece in the brown book
- Found that they could play page 27 third finger D on the A string
- Homework will be pages 28 and 29.
Practice the following music November 8th
Mr. Jamie's Classes
Winds 2:40
- First we went over assembly. Any friends who had trouble this past week were helped and for the most part everyone’s good.
- Next we checked on how to hold the instrument correctly. Same as before – individuals who were behind were brought on board. The biggest issue was Clarinet fingers 😉
- Then we reviewed how to blow into our respective instruments by sections, using the first two notes. Everyone still needs to work on their embouchure but is making great progress.
- For the rest of class, we played Funny Pair as a class, then in sections.
- All of them should have books now, but I was short on books for the second class.
- HW is Skateboard Sam
Winds 3:20
- First we went over assembly.
- Next we checked on how to hold the instrument correctly.
- For the rest of class, we played from Skateboard Sam on as a class.
- HW is to go as far as possible in the book and report back for Clarinets and Trumpets. For the Saxophones who did not get books, it’s Hot Cross Buns as follows: B A G / B A G / G G G G / A A A A / B A G. Trombones sound great in 3rd and 4th position so I want them to try to learn a few more notes and report back.
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What we practiced this week- November 6th and 8th
Mr. Brandon’s Classes
Violins 2:40
- Introductory class where we learned how to hold the violin,
- We also learned what a quarter and half notes are,
- Do you remember how to play the Ant song and the Dad song?
Violins 3:20
- Introductory class where we learned how to hold the violin,
- We also learned what a quarter and half notes are,
- Do you remember how to play the Ant song and the Dad song?
Practice the following music November 8th
Mr. Jamie’s Classes
Winds 2:40
- What a fantastic beginning! I hope you had as much fun as I did.
- We learned how to assemble, correctly hold, and disassemble our instruments.
- We learned our first two notes and about the whole note
- We played pg. 1 as a class, they will get their own books next week.
- HW is to correctly assemble, hold, and disassemble instruments.
- It also would be great if they could work on their first two notes, but getting sound out of the instrument is enough for this week.
- Links to videos on assembly: Flute, trombone, sax
ophone, clarinet - Link for trumpets about embouchure and playing first notes: trumpet embouchure
Winds 3:20
- What a fantastic beginning! I hope you had as much fun as I did.
- We learned how to assemble, correctly hold, and disassemble our instruments.
- We learned our first two notes and about the whole note
- We played pg. 1 as a class, they will get their own books next week.
- HW is to correctly assemble, hold, and disassemble instruments.
- It also would be great if they could work on their first two notes, but getting sound out of the instrument is enough for this week.
- Links to videos on assembly: Flute, trombone, sax
ophone, clarinet - Link for trumpets about embouchure and playing first notes: trumpet embouchure