WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING

Everyone: The Symphony of Toys is on Sunday, Nov. 28th. It's a free family-friendly symphony concert with a toy donation. Print out tickets here: http://www.newconservatory.org/sot/index.asp

C GROUP:

• Twinkle Variation A at different tempi - it should never feel fast to you. If it feels fast, you are not controlling your playing and you need to slow it down.
• Introduction of Variation B: the rests between the notes can be sung as "shh". So, the note pattern is as follows:

A A ssh A E E ssh E F F ssh F E E ssh
E D D ssh D C C ssh C B B ssh B A A ssh
A E E ssh E D D ssh D C C ssh C B B ssh
A E E ssh E D D ssh D C C ssh C B B ssh
B A A ssh A E E ssh E F F ssh F E E ssh
E D D ssh D C C ssh C B B ssh B A A ssh A!
Practice singing the notes (and the ssh) along with the CD. If you can sing it, you'll be able to play it.

• Down Wiggle, Up Wiggle variation: practice moving your bow straight up and down in the air while singing "down wiggle, up wiggle".
• Caterpillar Caterpillar variation: This one was pretty easy for you all today. Well done!

D GROUP:
Twinkle Variations:

1. taka taka stop stop
2. Doctor (ssh) Suzuki (ssh) said never (ssh) be lazy (ssh) just practice (ssh) and practice (ssh) till mama (ssh) goes crazy! (ssh)
3. DOWN wiggle, UP wiggle
4. pineapple pineapple
5. caterpillar caterpillar
6. Theme (regular Twinkle)

Cuckoo (track 38 on your CD)

E GROUP:

1. Twinkle Variations: make sure your bow is doing what you want it to do (always start a new note with a down-bow, for example).
2. Cuckoo: track 38 on your CD
3. Lightly Row: track 40 on your CD
4. Preparation for Song of the Wind: track 44 on your CD.