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Weekly String Lesson Assignments
Weeks #1 through Week #30
Keep your musical adventure fun and practice consistently!
Practice your weekly assignment 15 minutes a day/5 days a week
Using these materials:
(Keep all your music at home – there will be copies for you to use at school.)
- Essential Elements:2000 method book 1
- Used Week #1 through Week #30 of lessons
- Keep-up with practicing your method book assignments.
- We may not get to it each week because of concert preparations.
- Essential Elements:2000 was given to you in May or June.
- When assigned, please “read to remember” the important musical information in the dark orange boxes.
- Flash Cards
- Divide your flash cards into 8 notes.
- Learn our 8 notes by sight.
- Practice Packet (a hand-out, used for orchestra rehearsals)
- You will receive this packet in the fall.
- With this packet, you will also receive your lesson schedule and other important information regarding lessons, rehearsals and performances.
- Mark all concert dates and performances on your family calendars.
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Week #1: Learning the notes D and A
- Learn/Practice: Essential Elements:2000 lines 2-9
- Using pizzicato = to pluck the strings (no bows)
- Expectations:
- open your instrument case correctly
- learn our 3 instrument positions
- read, play and learn the new notes D and A
- memorize all note names and locations on the music staff
- use your flash cards for reinforcement
- REMEMBER that: You are your own “best teacher!”
Week #2: Learning the notes F# and G
- Learn/Practice: Essential Elements:2000 lines 10-12
- colored tapes (yellow, red and green) will be put on your instrument for correct finger placement
- Review: Essential Elements:2000 lines 2-9
- Expectations:
- demonstrate our 3 instrument positions
- read, play and learn the new notes F# and G
- review the notes D and A
- memorize all note names and locations on the music staff
- use your flashcards for reinforcement
- REMEMBER that: You are your own “best teacher!”
Week #3: Introducing the bow & Learning the note E
- Learn/Practice: Essential Elements:2000 lines 13-16
- Review: Essential Elements:2000 lines 10-12
- Expectations:
- Introduction to the bow = arco
- learn how to hold the bow safely (very important)
- rest position “standing” and
- rest positing “sitting”
- tighten the bow hair when playing and loosen the bow hair when finished
- learn how to hold the bow safely (very important)
- Introduction to the bow = arco
- rosin the bow (north to south)
- use our correct bow hold – ALWAYS!
- read, play and review the notes D, E, F#, G and A
- memorize all note names and locations on the music staff
- use your flashcards for reinforcement
- REMEMBER that: You are your own “best teacher!”
Week #4: Using the bow safely & Learning the notes C# and high D
- Learn/Practice: Essential Elements:2000 lines 23-26
- Review: Essential Elements:2000 lines 10-16
- Expectations:
- hold the bow correctly – ALWAYS check your bow hold
- tighten the bow when in use & loosen the bow when you put it away
- read, play and review all notes learned D, E, F#, G, A, C# and high D
- memorize all note names and locations on the music staff
- use your flashcards for reinforcement
- REMEMBER that: You are your own “best teacher!”
Week #5: Using the bow, Learning the note B & Previewing our concert pieces
- Learn/Practice: Essential Elements:2000 lines 28-32
- Review: Essential Elements:2000 lines 23-26
- Introducing: Happy Dance (located in the Practice Packet)
- Expectations:
- hold the bow safely at our rest positions
- rosin the bow
- hold the bow correctly
- read, play and review the notes D, E, F#, G A, B, C# and high D
- memorize all note names and locations on the music staff
- use your flashcards for reinforcement
- REMEMBER that: You are your own “best teacher!”
Week #6: Using the bow & Learning our concert pieces
- Learn/Practice: Happy Dance (located in the Practice Packet)
- Review: EE:2000 lines 31-32
- Introducing: Ode to Joy (located in the Practice Packet)
- Expectations:
- hold the bow safely at our rest positions
- rosin the bow
- hold the bow correctly
- read, play and review the 8 notes we have learned so far
- memorize all note names and locations on the music staff
- use your flashcards for reinforcement
- REMEMBER that: You are your own “best teacher!”
Week #7:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 47-48
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #8:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 49-53
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #9:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 54-60
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #10:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 61-65
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #11:
- Review: EE:2000 54-65
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #12:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 66-71
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #13:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 72-76
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #14:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 77-81
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #15: (around mid-January)
- Review: EE:2000 54-65
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash card.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #16:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 83-85
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #17:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 87-88
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #18:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 90-91
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #19:
- Review: EE:2000 lines 54-65
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #20:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 93-96
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #21:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 97-99
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #22:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 100-102
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #23:
- Review: EE:2000 lines 54-65
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #24:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 109-112
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #25:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 113-115
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #26:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 review 54-65
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #27:
- Learn/Review: EE:2000 lines 122-124
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #28:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 54-65
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #29:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 126-129
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
Week #30:
- Learn/Practice: EE:2000 lines 130-134
- Practice our concert music.
- Review your flash cards.
- Check your bow hold!
- Essential Elements:2000 method book 1