Nazareth Area Strings

High School Week of October 30th

Orchestra

  1. Working on Sleigh Ride -Leroy Anderson Arrangement to work out intonation and rhythms
  2. German Sleigh Ride – working on cleaning up bowings, dynamics, and articulations
  3. Testing both Tuesday and Thursday on Orchestral Music as listed here:
    Russian Sleigh Ride – Melodic Section of the music
    Mother Ginger – Section at 0 and Q to the end
    Charlie Brown Christmas – playoff of the whole piece for a grade
  4. Working on Orchestral Terminology and Tuning

String Technique

  1. Working on Shifting into 5th and 7th positions for the violin and Viola
  2. Working on shifting into higher positions for cello and working on tenor clef
  3. Working on Orchestral Music and the Moldau for rhythms, intonation, and harmonization of sound
  4. Working on orchestral terminology – meanings and markings

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