We are continually checking our tuning and bow holding skills. If you are having difficulty with your tone, make sure you pizzacato the tunes first and then bow them. This usually helps because what is hard is reading the notes and bowing at the same time. It also helps to hold the bow farther up the from the frog and do shorter bows. Then as you improve you can move your bow hold back closer to the frog and lengthen your bows for quarter notes.
I can tell already our concert will be fun! The CONCERT WILL BE January 31, a Sunday evening from 5:30-7:30pm. It will be at Community Presbyterian Church, 417 N. William, a church near city hall in Post Falls. I will hand out invitations in January when we come back from Christmas vacation. It will actually start at 6pm but the kids need to get there early to tune and warm-up before playing. The students are working on special duets or solos, that are variations on tunes in the book. The students should dress-up for this concert. Ties for the boys and no jeans.
We will also be playing songs 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 43 (memorized), 44, 45, 46, 70, 71, 76, 81, and 86. Only 31-43 are homework right now.
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