You are doing better at listening when other people are sharing during our break. This is a very important skill, and not an easy one. This will help you the rest of your lives. Good listening tells others that you respect them, and they in turn respect you back. All that mutual respect comes out in our music too! We can be a team that gets things accomplished because we care what we sound like.
A few of you have purchased our team T-shirts that have music written in 7 languages on them. They are $8 for short sleeve and $10 for long sleeve. We will try to wear them every Wednesday, to advertise our group and show our spirit. I will take more orders next week.
If we get our scales and the three songs we are working on now more complete at next rehearsal, we can start on a new piece called "Rosin Eating Zombies From Outer Space", it is scarry!
So PLEASE practice your scales C and G, memorize America the Beautiful, play all of Minuet and I've Got Rhythm. Beginners, if you have to put numbers above the notes, do so until you know where to put your fingers by heart.
Friday, October 2, 2009
High School Orchestra
You are playing really well. We just need to put in a little extra practice with harmonization of parts. The wooden cajone drum really is sounding good with all the music. Even Bach would approve!
Continue your scale and vibrato practice like we worked on this week. We added a modern piece "Continuen" for string quartet. The music was commissioned by friends to honor the career of a music teacher. We will be playing the first movement for now.
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