Practice Assignments for Beginning Orchestra - Home Practice Days
PRACTICE LIST
EXERCISES
1st Period - additional exercises
REMEMBER TO DO SET UP EVERY DAY, EVERY TIME YOU PLAY
SOUND INNOVATIONS
EXERCISES
- 10 Thumb Lifts
- Spider Push Ups
- 10 Tip Taps per finger (left hand) - make a pattern
- 25 Circles
- 1-2-3
- Tick Tocks
- Spiders & Crabs - are you at 3 a day yet?
- Silent String Crossings
1st Period - additional exercises
- Pencil dots
- Ghost Slides
REMEMBER TO DO SET UP EVERY DAY, EVERY TIME YOU PLAY
- Set up position (Sitting on the edge of the chair, feet flat on the floor, tall head, balanced spine, Statue of Liberty, rotate, on top of your shoulder, shoulder check, fingers on the purfling - count to 10)
SOUND INNOVATIONS
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1st PERIOD
Page 27 REVIEW & IMPROVE Page 26 #88 French Folk Song #87 Lavender's Blue #84 This Old Man #81 Luz de la Mañana #78 Shepherd's Hey #71 Doubletime #68 Can Can - try to get as fast as possible #32 Twinkle Blue Finger Pattern Songs Bohemian Folk Song Star Wars At Pierrot's Door Bile Them Cabbage Down Little Brown Jug Ode to Joy New songs this week. |
2nd PERIOD
Page 20 REVIEW & IMPROVE Star Wars Page 19 #62 Playing the D Scale #61 Walking up the D scale #55 Mary Had a Little Lamb #41 Cripple Creek #40 Anna's Dance #36 Dayenu #34 Jingle Bells #32 Twinkle Other songs you like to play |
3rd PERIOD
Page 22 REVIEW & IMPROVE Star Wars Page 21 #68 Can Can #67 Li'l Liza Jane #66 Rachel's Repeat #65 Zander's Reel #64 Hot Cross Buns #61 Walking up the D scale #55 Mary Had a Little Lamb #32 Twinkle Other songs you like to play |