2/28/11 violin notes for each class

C and D CLASSES:
Refer to the image above (click on it to make it larger) to be reminded of what we covered in class today.

1.  TWINKLE VARIATIONS: all of the variations should be EASY for you to play.  Next week, I will ask you simple questions (like, "what is your name" or "do you have a sister?") while you are playing.  If you cannot answer a simple question while you are playing a variation, then it is not yet EASY enough for you and you need to practice it more.  You should practice each not-yet-easy variation at least 5 times a day.


2. CUCKOO:  The notes to Cuckoo are hidden inside Lightly Row (yellow boxes in the image above).


3. LIGHTLY ROW:  Every single day, you should:

• listen to Lightly Row on the CD (track 40)
• sing the notes names to Lightly Row while the CD is playing.  (Can you hear the four sections of the song?  Which ones are the same?  Which one is similar to the others but not the same?  Which one is completely different?)
• without the CD, play the notes to the song one little section at a time.  Go slowly.

E CLASS:  

1. Song of the Wind (track 46)
2. Snow and Wind on the A String (track 49)
3. Go Tell Aunt Rhody: Exercises in Musical Notation (no audio for this one)
4. Go Tell Aunt Rhody (track 51)

DETAILS ABOUT SONG OF THE WIND:
Continue practicing Song of the Wind until it feels truly EASY to play.  If it's not yet EASY, then you need to practice it more.  To give you some perspective, I'll note that Gretchen (age 5) practices Song of the Wind 5 times (with repeats) per day.  

Here is Song of the Wind from your book.  There was some confusion in class about what book I was talking about - this is the book that everyone has been using since September, called Step by Step 1A by Kirsten Wartberg.  If you do not have this book, you need it for this class.  I will not continue to post pages from the book online because it is a violation of copyright. 

DETAILS ABOUT "SNOW AND WIND" ON THE A STRING: 
Use lightning bows for this one - make your violin sound like the one on the CD.

DETAILS ABOUT GO TELL AUNT RHODY: EXERCISES IN MUSICAL NOTATION:
Go Tell Aunt Rhody: Exercises in Musical Notation:

DETAILS ABOUT GO TELL AUNT RHODY:
Every day, you should do the following:

1. listen to Go Tell Aunt Rhody (track 50 or 51)
2. play along with the CD, but only use open E.  Match the rhythms of the melody.
3. look carefully at the notes in the book for this song, and slowly try to play the song (without the CD)