Scales
Pick one person to play a G scale (one octave)
F#, but no C#
Boom, slay
If I have two sharps in my key signature, what sharps are they?
F# and C#!!
Pick one person to play #4 from book 2 with correct notes and rhythms
Did you get your F and C sharps??
True or False: Robert Schumann, a composer who lived in the early 1800s, ruined his own piano career by using a home-made finger-stretching device
True...and WHAT?!?!?!
All members of the group must show 1st finger in third position on the D string
Is that 1st finger on G??
Pick one person to play a C scale
Hmm...no F# or C#...The MADNESS!!!!!
If I have one sharp in my key signature, what key am I in?
The key of G--move the last sharp up a half step
2 people in the group must play the duet (#42) in book 2 with correct rhythm and notes
Woahhhhhhhhhhh
Everyone in the group must discuss what a perfect bow hold looks like and show Ms. Harsch for approval
Thumb bent like a bear claw, fingers relaxed. Lower strings pinky draped over bow, upper strings pinky curved on top.
Play #2 in the book with correct fingerings and intonation
<3
Pick one person to play an F scale and tell Ms. Harsch what fingers you play it with
Upper Strings: low 2's and low 1's
Cello: 2nd fingers, start 4 fingers on C
Bass: Half Position, 2nd finger for E natural
In I'm in 12/8 time, tell me what that means (top and bottom number), and tell me how the notes might be grouped.
12 beats in every measure, eighth note gets the beat. Notes are typically grouped in 4 groups of 3 eighth notes each.
Pick two people to play #78 as a duet with perfect rhythm and notes
Those sixteenth notes though...
Will a longer string create a high pitch or a lower pitch?
Will a thinner string create a higher or lower pitch?
Why?
Lower pitch
Higher
Longer the string, more time for sound waves to travel, they slow down. Thinner strings vibrate faster--we hear a higher pitch!
One person must play #3 in the book with correct fingerings and good intonation. Then tell me how it's different from #2
Slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
2 people must play a C scale round using a rhythm of Ms. Harsch's choosing
Mwahahaha *evil laugh*
If I have 3 sharps in my key signature, what key am I in?
If I have 4 sharps, what key am I in?
5 sharps?
The key of A!
The key of E!
The key of B!
Wooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Have one person play number #112 from book 2 with perfect rhythm and intonation
Niceeeeee
Put your music away...Ms. Harsch will ask you a question about your piece.
Deborah Monday or Carrie Gruselle
One person will have 30 seconds to play Mary Had a Little Lamb in Third position (assuming I have 2 sharps in the key signature). Must stay in third position the whole time and play with correct fingerings.
Tricky tricky tricky. What happened to Mary's lamb??
2 people must play an F scale together ALTERNATING NOTES. No repeat notes will be accepted
Hahaha bet I got you on this one...
If I have a 2/2 time signature and no sharps or flats, what would that tell me about the key I'm in, and describe the time signature.
2 beats per measure, half note gets the beat (otherwise known as cut time). I'm in the key of C
Sight reading of Ms. Harsch's choosing!!
Yay yay yay
Close your eyes and turn to face the basses...
April 23rd you silly people!!!!!
One person from the group must play #7 from the book with correct fingerings and good intonation
AHHHHH!!!!!!