Thursday, August 27, 2009

Week of August 31, 2009

8th Grade Orchestra:
Remember that your practice card is due any time Monday or Tuesday by 9am.
Scales for this week are D and G major - two octaves and d natural minor
Continue to work on:
Sinfonia, 17-43
Variations, 40-58
Grinch - entire
If you have lost your holiday music that I gave you at the end of last year (and that I asked you to keep for this year), you can purchase new music. Tunes you should still have are: Deck the Hall, Grinch, Ding Dong and Hanukkah Holiday.

7th Grade Orchestra:
Remember that your practice card is due any time Monday or Tuesday by 9am.
Scales for this week are D major - two octaves and a and g natural minor.
Continue to work on:
E.E. 33-43.
Creepy Crawl, 1-33
North Country Legend, 32-end
Primitivo, 1-16
Shifting 1


6th Grade Orchestra:
Remember that your practice card is due any time Monday or Tuesday by 9am.
For the week starting on August 31, practice time total is 45 minutes. Be sure to mark your practice time on your card every day.
There will be a parts quiz on Wednesday over instrument and bow parts. You will be expected to spell all the words correctly.
Work on your bow hand on the pencil and the bow.
Open String Tunes - with bow
SeeSaw - with bow
One Up, One Down - pizz.
Hot Cross Buns - pizz.