5th grade Second week in December

Just one more week till Christmas Break and I hope everyone will continue practicing all of December 1/2 hour each day. I am recommending PIZZACATO the songs first and then bowing short bows, gradually increasing to longer bows as you are able. Remember everyone moves at their own speed when learning and you will all be excellent players if you try! You are all precious people and can all be beautiful musicians with persistence.

We started on Song 31 (page 11), down the D scale, and that is where we will start the concert too, on Jan. 31. We did pizzicato first on songs 31, 32, 33, 34, then be bowed them. During the concert we will have individuals or stand partners come up to play their solo tunes with an 8 measure variation ending on a D note (because we are in the Key of D scale). This will happen between the songs and I will figure out an order to this.

Then we played Jingle Bells at the tip of our bows, starting in the middle.
We play it once together then those on my right will sing while others play, and we will end with the left side singing while right side plays. All raise hands and bows at the end.

We learned by memory ALL of Mozart's Melody song 43. The violins will stand while we play this song.

Then we learned Matthew's March and Christopher's Tune, songs 44, 45, pizz first and then bow when you are practicing.

Happy Practicing! Remember to check your tuning with the CD or play D and A and see if it sounds like Twinkle Twinkle.