- Quietly & efficiently set up chairs & stands in the concert arc
- Prepare instrument for rehearsal (no backpacks or cases in concert arc)
- Write DLT & HW in your agenda
Daily Learning Target
- Beginning Strings: By the end of class today, I will be able to accurately identify and play 3 A string notes: D, C#, and B) as demonstrated by my performance of #29 "Half Way Down."
- String Orchestra: By the end of class today, I will be able to adjust my intonation as necessary by listening to my neighbors and making my sound "disappear" into theirs as demonstrated by my performance of D Major scale.
Homework
- Beginning Strings: Essential Elements: all songs on pg. 9 (pizzicato); Bow Builder 1 on pg. 7; Bow Builders 2 & 3 on pg. 8, Workouts on pg. 9, pg. 10
- String Orchestra: RH No. 1, LH No. 1, D Major, "Legend of Dark Mountain," "Hotaka Sunset"
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[4] Ensemble Warmup
- "For The Ears" - Bowing Variations
- pizzicato!
- focus: resonance (firm pressure, notes ringing)
[3] Transition
[25] Beginning Strings in Ensemble / String Orchestra in Sectionals
- Review #22
- 23-29
- Bow Builders
[3] Transition
[40] String Orchestra in Ensemble / Beginning Strings in Sectionals
- D Major
- focus: intonation
- "Legend of Dark Mountain"
- focus: intonation
- stop when you hear a note that's out of tune, fix it, then move on
- focus: intonation
- "Hotaka Sunset"
- 3/4
- canon
[9] Closure
- Did we achieve our DLT?
- Performance Test due by the end of the day today via Schoology
- Pack up