Overland Elementary School

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Thursdays (2:40PM - 5:00PM)
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Practice the following songs for our Spring Concert

Mr. Vince's Classes

Pianos 2:40

https://shorturl.at/kpw02

Beginning Winds 3:00

https://shorturl.at/frsT8

Pianos 3:30

https://shorturl.at/ktFS9

Ms. Amira's Classes

Violins 2:40

Pianos 3:20

Yellow Submarine:

Hokey Pokey:

Eleanor Rigby:

Watchin the Waves:

Three Little Birds:

Ain’t too proud to beg:

This Land is Your Land

Helpful Videos:

Previous Weeks:

What we practiced this week- November 30th

Mr. Vince’s Classes

 

Pianos 2:40

https://shorturl.at/kpw02

  1. Practice #20 Exercise 2 inside the book
    • Low note is C, high note is G
    • Remember Dos > D to find the D and C notes (C is lower than D)
    • Use the Right Hand, and correct fingers based on the finger numbers I put next to the notes
  • We cannot play music if you don’t let me give you instructions, so make sure when I’m speaking, we do not make any sounds on the keyboard
  • Bring your books every week to class
  • DO NOT touch or use any of the things in the classroom which do not belong to you

Antonio & Luisa:

  • Practice #37. Cha Cha Cha in the book
    • Make sure you use the correct fingers, it will help make things easy
    • Write down the note names for all the notes you have a hard time remembering if it helps you
 

Beginning Winds 3:00

  • https://shorturl.at/frsT8

    Yasmine & Katherine:

    • Practice the B minor scale (B C# D E F# G A B C#)
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Practice playing them smooth and soft and gentle, instead of a loud honk
    • Go to the link above and print out the sheet music for the saxophone part for Careless Whisper

    Jasper:

    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Go to the link above and print out the sheet music for the clarinet part
    • Practice Careless Whisper (clarinet part)

    Zachary:

    • Practice the A, Bb, C, and D notes
    • Try and remember how they are supposed to sound, and make sure the note doesn’t shake
    • Go to the link above and print out the sheet music for the trombone part for Careless Whisper

    Neel, Flint & Amy:

    • Practice the D, E, F, and G notes
    • Remember, really slow air for a long time, no quick bursts. Make sure you can play really long notes
    • Go to the link above and print out the sheet music for the flute part for Careless Whisper

    Adi:

    • Practice the D and Eb notes in the higher octaves of the flute
    • Practice Hedwig’s Theme continuation using sheet music on the Google drive
    • Make sure you can recognise all the notes in the chromatic scale and how to play them (first two octaves of the flute)
    • Go to the link above and print out the sheet music for your specific flute part for Careless Whisper
 

Pianos 3:30

  • https://shorturl.at/ktFS9

    • Review #23 The Cabbage Song on page 13
      • practice LH by itself, then put together
      • Follow all the fingerings 
      • Try put both hands together if separately is good
    • Learn #24 The Lettuce Song on just RH

    Elyana: 

    • Practice first two systems of Swan Lake
      • First system hands together, second system hands separate
      • Follow all the recommended fingering 

Ms. Lauren’s Classes

 

Violins 2:40

  • – reviewed Jingle Bells
    – Learned first part of Old McDonald Had a Farm
             – practice the first line, and go on if you feel confident!
    – balloon bow holds
 

Pianos 3:20

  • – We reviewed twinkle twinkle little star with the left hand
    – started Jingle Bells! – melody in right hand and learned how to do 3 note left hand chords
              – practice the melody and left hand if you feel confident!
    – 4 beats game
 

What we practiced this week- November 16th

Mr. Vince’s Classes

 

Pianos 2:40

  1. Practice #13 Hot Cross Buns on page 8 inside the book
    • Low note is C, high note is G
    • Remember Dos > D to find the D and C notes (C is lower than D)
    • Use the Right Hand, and correct fingers based on the finger numbers I put next to the notes
  • Antonio & Luisa:
  • Practice #37. Cha Cha Cha in the book
    • Make sure you use the correct fingers, it will help make things easy
    • Write down the note names for all the notes you have a hard time remembering if it helps you
 
 

Beginning Winds 3:00

  • Yasmine & Katherine:
    • Practice the B minor scale (B C# D E F# G A B C#)
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Practice playing them smooth and soft and gentle, instead of a loud honk
    • Refer to files on the Google Drive
     
    Jasper:
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • practice the notes starting from low E, F#, G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G
    • Refer to files on the Google Drive
     
    Zachary:
    • Practice the A, Bb, C, and D notes
    • Try and remember how they are supposed to sound, and make sure the note doesn’t shake
    • Refer to files on the Google Drive
     
    Neel, Flint & Amy:
    • Practice the D, Eb, F, and G notes
    • Remember, really slow air for a long time, no quick bursts. Make sure you can play really long notes
    • Refer to files on the Google Drive
     
    Adi:
    • Practice the D and Eb notes in the higher octaves of the flute
    • Practice Hedwig’s Theme continuation using sheet music on the Google drive
    • Make sure you can recognise all the notes in the chromatic scale and how to play them (first two octaves of the flute)
    • Refer to files on the Google Drive
 

Pianos 3:30

    • Review #23 The Cabbage Song on page 13
      • practice LH by itself, then put together
      • Follow all the fingerings 
      • Try put both hands together if separately is good
    • Learn #24 The Lettuce Song on just RH
     
     
    Elyana: 
    • Practice first two systems of Swan Lake
      • First system hands together, second system hands separate
      • Follow all the recommended fingering 

Ms. Lauren’s Classes

 

Violins 2:40

  • What a great class!
  • We practiced Jingle Bells and Mary Had a Little Lamb.
  • We remembered to keep our violins up “flat like a table”,
  • and to keep the bow closer to the bridge, halfway between the bridge and the fingerboard.
  • We practiced relaxing our bowgrip.
  • We played “Mississippi Hot Dog” on all the strings. 
  • Practice with video here. “Tilt” the bow to change strings. 
 

Pianos 3:20

  • We played Twinkle Twinkle little Star as shown on page 47, 
  • adding the left hand fingers for the first 3 measures, E and G,
  • And then changing to F and A.
  • While playing the right hand melody. 
  • We played solos of our students’ choosing – Fun!
 

What we practiced this week- November 9th

Mr. Vince’s Classes

 

Pianos 2:40

  • General Class:
  • https://shorturl.at/kpw02
  • Practice #19 Exercise 1 on page 12 inside the book
  • Low note is C, high note is G
  • Remember Dos > D to find the D and C notes (C is lower than D)
  • Use the Right Hand, and correct fingers based on the finger numbers I put next to the notes
  • Antonio & Luisa:
    • Practice #36. Lefty Two Note in the book
      • Make sure you use the correct fingers, it will help make things easy
      • Write down the note names for all the notes you have a hard time remembering if it helps you
     
 

Beginning Winds 3:00

  • https://shorturl.at/frsT8
  • Yasmine & Katherine:
  • Practice all the notes we learnt so far with long, consistent notes
  • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
  • Play them loud, then without stopping, get softer and softer until you can’t anymore, and stay there for a bit longer
  • Practice the first 2 lines of Careless Whisper (the smooth song): B A E C, B A E C, G F C A, G F C
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  • Jasper:
  • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
  • Keep progressing along the book as you did the last week, and try to pay attention to your posture when you play
  • Think of a few songs you want to learn so we can choose one to focus on starting next class
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  • Zachary:
  • Practice #11 Puppy Dogs
  • Try and remember how they are supposed to sound, and make sure the note doesn’t shake
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  • Neel, Flint & Amy:
  • Keep working on making notes with the flute (this needs to be solid before we can make any progress!)
  • Remember, really slow air for a long time, no quick bursts. 
  • Practice #7 Catch That Note
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  • Adi:
  • Practice the D and Eb notes in the higher octaves of the flute
  • Practice Hedwig’s Theme continuation using sheet music on the Google drive
  • Remember the two notes at a time in We Don’t Talk About Bruno, it’s saying that you can play the lower note instead if the high note is too hard
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Pianos 3:30

  • https://shorturl.at/ktFS9
  • Review #23 The Cabbage Song on the RH in preparation to add LH
  •  
  • Elyana: 
  • Practice first two systems of Swan Lake
  • First system hands together, second system hands separate
  • Follow all the recommended fingering 

Ms. Lauren’s Classes

 

Violins 2:40

  • – we played rainbow Jingle Bells! Practice jingle bells in little bite size pieces, not the whole thing
  • – we played “who played it” to check for understanding and to practice playing in front of the class
  • – practice jingle bells for next week. Let’s try to make it faster next week!
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Pianos 3:20

  • – we practiced rainbow twinkle twinkle little star! We added some left hand chords to the song which we will practice more next week
  • – we learned part of the intro for Mario! 
  • – we played “who played it”
  • – practice twinkle for next week

What we practiced this week- November 2nd

Mr. Vince’s Classes

 

Pianos 2:40

    1. Practice Good King Applesauce from inside the book
      • Remember Dos > D to find the D and C notes (C is lower than D)
      • Use the Right Hand, and correct fingers based on the finger numbers I put next to the notes
    Antonio & Luisa:
    • Practice #36. Lefty Two Note in the book
      • Make sure you use the correct fingers, it will help make things easy
      • Write down the note names for all the notes you have a hard time remembering if it helps you
 

Beginning Winds 3:00

  • Yasmine & Katherine:
    • Practice all the notes we learnt so far with long, consistent notes
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Play them loud, then without stopping, get softer and softer until you can’t anymore, and stay there for a bit longer
    • Practice the first line of Careless Whisper (the smooth song): B A E C, B A E C
     
    Jasper:
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Keep progressing along the book as you did the last week, and try to pay attention to your posture when you play
    • Think of a few songs you want to learn so we can choose one to focus on starting next class
     
    Zachary:
    • Keep working on Bb and A with long tones, consistent in pitch, and add C
      • Practice going from Bb to C and making sure that position 6 for C is in tune
    • Try and remember how they are supposed to sound, and make sure the note doesn’t shake
     
     
    Neel, Flint & Amy:
    • Keep working on making notes with the flute (this needs to be solid before we can make any progress!)
    • Remember and practice the first 2 notes of the book, D and Eb
    • Practice pages 2-3 in the book
    • Remember, really slow air for a long time, no quick bursts. 
     
    Adi:
    • Practice the D and Eb notes in the higher octaves of the flute
    • Practice Hedwig’s Theme continuation using sheet music on the Google drive
    • Remember the two notes at a time in We Don’t Talk About Bruno, it’s saying that you can play the lower note instead if the high note is too hard
     
 

Pianos 3:30

Ms. Lauren’s Classes

 

Violins 2:40

  • – monster eyes for first finger
    – started jingle bells! F# is 2 on D, E is 1 on D, G is 3 on D.
    – we broke it down into sections to practice. 
     
 

Pianos 3:20

  •  monster eye fingers= curved fingers 
    – started twinkle twinkle little star
    – the 5th finger reaches for A
    – played name that note
 

What we practiced this week- October 26th

Mr. Vince’s Classes

 

Pianos 2:40

    1. Practice Mary Had A Little Lamb on the white keys which you can find in the Google drive link above
      • Remember Dos > D to find the D and C notes (C is lower than D)
      • Use the Right Hand, and correct fingers based on the finger numbers I put next to the notes 
    Antonio & Luisa:
    • Practice #36. Lefty Two Note in the book
      • Make sure you use the correct fingers, it will help make things easy
      • Write down the note names for all the notes you have a hard time remembering if it helps you
     
 

Beginning Winds 3:00

  • Yasmine & Katherine:
    • Practice G, A, and B with long tones, consistent in pitch
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Play them loud, then without stopping, get softer and softer until you can’t anymore, and stay there for a bit longer
    • Practice Mary Had A Little Lamb, sheet music in the Google drive
     
    Jasper:
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Keep progressing along the book as you did the last week, and try to pay attention to your posture when you play
     
    Zachary:
    • Keep working on Bb and A with long tones, consistent in pitch
    • Try and remember how they are supposed to sound, and make sure the note doesn’t shake
    • Practice page 1 in the book
     
    Neel, Flint & Amy:
    • Keep working on making notes with the flute (this needs to be solid before we can make any progress!)
    • Remember and practice the first 2 notes of the book, D and Eb
    • Practice pages 2-3 in the book
    • Remember, really slow air for a long time, no quick bursts. 
     
    Adi:
    • Practice the D and Eb notes in the higher octaves of the flute
    • Practice Hedwig’s Theme continuation using sheet music on the Google drive
 

Pianos 3:30

Ms. Lauren’s Classes

 

Violins 2:40

 

Pianos 3:20

 

What we practiced this week- October 19th

Pianos 2:40

    1. Practice our new song which you can find in the Google drive link above
      • Remember Dos > D to find the D and C notes (C is lower than D)
      • Use the correct fingers based on the finger numbers I put next to the notes
      • You can watch this video where I show you how to play it: https://youtu.be/O-gGHrGlGv 
    Antonio & Luisa:
    • Practice #27. Musette in the book
      • Remember those connected notes are even shorter than the short notes, so they have to be played fast
      • Write down the note names for all the notes you have a hard time remembering if it helps you
     
 

Beginning Winds 3:00

  • Yasmine & Katherine:
    • Practice G, A, and B with long tones, consistent in pitch
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Play them loud, then without stopping, get softer and softer until you can’t anymore, and stay there for a bit longer
    • Make sure to bring your fix the issues you have with your instruments this week or you won’t be able to practice! (Buy new mouthpiece, get Saxophone neck checked)
     
    Jasper:
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Keep progressing along the book as you did the last week, and try to pay attention to your posture when you play
     
    Zachary:
    • Keep working on Bb and A with long tones, consistent in pitch
    • Try and remember how they are supposed to sound, and make sure the note doesn’t shake
    • Practice page 1 in the book
     
    Neel, Flint & Amy:
    • Keep working on making notes with the flute (this needs to be solid before we can make any progress!)
    • Remember and practice the first 2 notes of the book, D and Eb
    • Practice pages 2-3 in the book
     
    Adi:
    • Practice the D and Eb notes in the higher octaves of the flue
    • Remember to bring me some songs that you’ve played in the past!
    • Practice pages 2-3 in the book (in the high octave)
 

Pianos 3:30

    1. Do the “Name These Notes!” exercise in the Google drive folder
    2. Copy the Left Hand (LH) notes into your books on the page we’ve been working on
      • You may write the note names below the notes to help you
    3. Practice #1, 2, and 3 only, paying particular attention to #3

Violins 2:40

 

Pianos 3:20

 

What we practiced this week- October 12th

Pianos 2:40

  • Remember Dos > D to find the D and C notes (C is lower than D)
  • Practice “Bumper Cars” in your piano book
  • Remember to keep your keyboards OFF when Mr Vince is talking or giving instructions!
 

Beginning Winds 3:00

  • Yasmine & Katherine:
    • Practice G, A, and B with long tones, consistent in pitch
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Play them loud, then without stopping, get softer and softer until you can’t anymore, and stay there for a bit longer
     
    Jasper:
    • Practice C, D, and E with long tones, consistent in pitch
    • Make sure you check you’re not pressing any side keys
    • Play them loud, then without stopping, get softer and softer until you can’t anymore, and stay there for a bit longer
     
    Zachary:
    • Keep working on Bb and A with long tones, consistent in pitch
    • Try and remember how they are supposed to sound, and make sure the note doesn’t shake
    • Practice page 1 in the book
  • Flint & Amy:
    • Keep working on making notes with the flute
    • Remember and practice the first 2 notes of the book, D and Eb
    • Practice pages 2-3 in the book
     
    Adi:
    • Practice the D and Eb notes in the higher octaves of the flue
    • Remember to bring me some songs that you’ve played in the past!
    • Practice pages 2-3 in the book (in the high octave)
 

Pianos 3:30

  • Practice #19 and #20 in the book, starting off hands separate
  • Take your time figuring out the notes in the Left Hand (LH) part
  • Then try putting both hands together

Violins 2:40

  • – Bow holds with bracelets – try at home!
  • Don’t let the bow hit the sides of the bracelet. *remember the fingers go over the bow, the thumb is touching the hump of the frog and is bent, pinky sits on top!
  • – Reviewed Ants song
  • – Learned how to put first finger on the D string (called E)
  • – pick any song with the first finger to play for us next week!
 

Pianos 3:20

  • – Solos! Awesome job with your solos!
  • – We started learning Star Wars using BOTH right and left hands
  • – Started Spring Theme together. Practice the first line, we will learn the rest next time!

What we practiced this week- October 5th