Tune W drone, check strings 1:55-2

2-2:20
A major - review for playing test --
Pg 18

Tuning canon together

Then canon 1,2,3,4

2 octave scale + arp

slower , then faster,

Add bowings
2, 4, measure

Daily Warmups

2:20-2:40
Sparks - metronome work- Daily Warmups right before this to prep the metronome work
1-4, starting at 115, then 130, 140

59-77 play
Creating line at 59
Quicker eighth note after dotted quarter- be in the right part of the bow
vln/vla 59- cb can play straight eighth notes on E (beginning)
VCB 71 linel
Run the section (59-end)

2:40-3
Americas cup A minor scale on rhythm from piece
Start at 21 again but go on this time

-super accents at 23 in cello bass

-dynamics- music falls off the cliff at 32 (make sure cello F an 23, P at 34)
-Vln 1/vla solo at 34/38, slowed tuned (c naturals)
- 47 rhythm cello bass

Run the section

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Materials:

Habits of a Successful String Musician

Daily Warmups- Michael Allen
Sparks- Chris Bernotas
America’s Cup- Alan Lee Silva

Objectives: Students will be able to:

-Create a blended sound as a string ensemble

-Perform a 2-octave A major Scale using appropriate fingerings and Intonation

-Perform warmups with increasing tempo and accuracy

-Create musical line in lyrical sections of “sparks”

-Increase tempo with precision in sections of “sparks”

-perform a one-octave A natural minor scale to a rhythm from “america’s cup”

-Students will work on refining musical details in “america’s cup”

Standards:

HII.12 The student will demonstrate music literacy.

​ a) Identify, define, and apply standard notation for pitch, rhythm, meter, articulation,
dynamics, and other elements of music.
​ c) Sing similar and contrasting parts from the music being studied.
​ d) Echo, read, count (using a counting system), and perform rhythms and rhythmic
patterns, including sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes, quarter-note triplets, half-note
triplets, and corresponding rests. e) Identify, read, compare, contrast, and perform music
in ,breve or cut time) meters.
​
​ g) Define and apply music terminology found in the music literature being studied.
​ h) Read and interpret standard music notation while performing music of varying styles
and levels of difficulty.
​

HII.13 The student will read, notate, and perform scales.

a) Identify and notate key signatures of scales and literature being performed.

​ c) Orchestral string student—two-octave scales up to three flats and three sharps, up to

2 sharps relative minor, in eighth notes with M.M. quarter note = 100.
Procedure:

1. Tuning
Tune W drone, check strings 1:55-2
2. A Major tuning canon and 2-Octave Scales
2-2:20
A major - review for playing test -- 2 octave scale
Pg 18

Tuning canon together

Then canon divide groups 1,2,3,4

2 octave scale + arp

slower , then faster.

Add bowings 2 to a bow,4,measure

3. Daily Warmups
Daily Warmups right before this to prep the metronome work
1-4, starting at 115, then 130, 140

4. Sparks Rehearsal
2:20-2:40
Sparks - metronome work-
59-77 play
Creating line at 59
Quicker eighth note after dotted quarter- be in the right part of the bow
vln/vla 59- cb can play straight eighth notes on E (beginning)
VCB 71
Run the section (59-end)

5. America’s Cup Rehearsal

2:40-3
Americas cup A minor scale on rhythm from piece
Start at 21 again but go on this time

-super accents at 23 in cello bass

-dynamics- music falls off the cliff at 32 (make sure cello F an 23, P at 34)
-Vln 1/vla solo at 34, slowed tuned (c naturals)
- 47 rhythm cello bass
Run the section