- Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal. Make sure all the following items are on your music stand:
- Pencil
- Rosin (apply every day!)
- Music Binder, open to Festival Orchestra Warmups in G Major
- iPad, with BandMate chromatic tuner opened
- Write down the homework in your agenda (see below)
- Beginning violins and violas line up at the front for tuning (Mr. Mijares will tune cellos and basses)
- Warm up on your own
Homework:
- Beginning Strings: #102 (due today), practice festival repertoire
- Advanced Orchestra: practice festival and honor orchestra repertoire
Today's Objective(s): Improve pizzicato tone
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[12:56] First Five (see above)
[1:05] Ensemble Sound Development
- Tune
- Pizzicato warmup
- G Major Festival Orchestra Warmups [100 bpm]
- D Major Intonation
[1:10] Ensemble Rehearsal / Bass Sectionals, focusing on:
- End of each piece: Maintain left hand position, posture, and instrument position until the conductor's hands come down
- Pizzicato tone: Use the fleshy pad of the finger to pluck above the fingerboard, subdivide, be the last person in your trio to play each note, listen to the arco people
- Transitions: Between arco and pizz, between songs
[1:30] Festival Performance Simulation (Recorded)
[1:40] Cleanup
- Push chairs / stands forward a bit
- Instruments in cases
- Pick up any trash - leave it better than you found it!
- All instruments go home - practice!