Music Box
Play first line of Jolly Old St. Nicholas Carol
Focus on Ringing Sound
Play last 2 lines of Jolly Old St Nicholas Carol
Focus on: Ringing Intonation
Play first 2 lines of Chanukah, Chanukah
Focus on Bowing in the Same Direction in Synchronicity
Play Jolly Old St Nicholas Carol entirely
Focus on: vibrate each note
Play First 2 Lines of Good King Wenceslas
Focus on: SAME bow distribution
Play Amazing Grace Warm Up mes. 1-17
Q Note= 72 bpm
Focus on: continuous 8 bar phrases, with a beginning, climax, and end
Play Amazing Grace Warm Up mes. 44-60
Dynamic: 2/10 pp
Sound: soft, but ringing and continuous
Santa Plays Viola:
Play measures 1 AND 2 (finish downbeat of 3)
Focus on: Intonation-> Low F
Balance: strong lower string response
Sound: Ringing
Santa Plays Viola:
Mes. 12-16
Focus on: Intonation-
C#, C natural, G natural, Bb, B natural
Santa Plays Viola: mes. 18-21
Focus on:
- soft 1st violin (not too loud)
- intonation
- bring out viola
- synchronize lower strings
Amazing Grace mes. 41-49
steady, continuous beat
Lean in on Jazz Notes!
Amazing Grace:
Play the First Note of Measure 44, and Hold it as a Chorale
Tune your sound really well together
Achieve 1 unity and purity of sound
Mes. 66-67
Focus on: Rhythm
Subdivide and Count
Line Up Beat 3 8th notes mes. 66, beat 3 Q Notes mes. 67
Amazing Grace:
Play the Last note of the piece
Get your Group to Start, Musically play through, and end together
Focus on:
Know when to start last note, when to end it
Communicate when you enter
Breath as 1
Allow note to vibrate and taper away
Amazing Grace:
Mes. 46-49
Dynamic: piano (2/10)
Rhythm: secure entrance
Sound: line up, lean into sound to ring in the same way with each other
Amazing Grace:
Mes. 50-53
Focus on: grAdUaL cresCENDO
(2-2-3, 3-4-5, 5-6-7, 8-9.......10....)
Santa Plays Viola:
Mes. 3-7
pluck synchronous (do NOT rush)
enter on time
support and bring out the violas!!
Santa Plays Viola:
Mes. 22-31 (first 2 beats of 31)
Focus on: Intonation- F nat
Dynamics: crescendo mes. 26
mp (3) - mf (7)
Santa Plays Viola:
mes. pick up 32- 39
Focus on:
Enter on Time
Dynamics: mp (3)-mf (7), decrescendo (7---3) mes. 39
Santa plays Viola:
Mes. pick up 40-45 (including 45)
Focus on:
crescendo
subdivide
Mes 44 Transition in character
Confident Cello-Bass entrance
Pluck in time, AND at same time
Santa Plays Viola:
Mes. 46-54 (including 54)
Focus on:
Bow 8th notes in the SAME way
Mes. 49 upbow; Mes. 51 upbow
Articulate like the violas
Dynamics: violas f throughout; mp 54
orchestra mf throughout; mp 53, decrescendo 54
Amazing Grace:
Mes. 1-25
Apply what the composer suggested yesterday:
soft p beginning
soft blended entrance of 1st violins p.up mes. 9
cello bass decrescendo mes. 9-10
crescendo mes. 16
OPEN sound MES. 17
<TOP OF PHRASE>
decrescendo back mes. 22
back to soft p mes. 23-24
Santa Plays Viola:
Mes. 1-23
Focus on:
Articulate: 8th notes the same way
Intonation: F naturals, Bb (9, 12), C# (12), B nat (13)
Character: Happy and Dynamic
Dynamics:
f (mes. 1)...decresc mp (mes. 3)...mf (mes. 8) /f violas...climax....decresc mp (mes. 15)..mp (16)..cresc to mf (mes. 18)/f violas...decresc to p (mes. 22)
Santa Plays Viola:
Mes. 54-end
Focus on:
Cello-Viola synchronicity (54-58)
Phrasing: Lead us into the end!
Bow Placement: Place bow on string at same time, BREATHE together before downbows
Dynamics: mf...f. crescendo..ff (violas f...accented ff!)
Last Note: Breathe together and make eye contact; ring the note with the 1 energy
Intonation: Bb, F nat, C nat,
Amazing Grace:
Mes. 62-end
Focus: Mr. O'Loughlin's suggestions:
Phrase Shape: CLIMAX...decresc..playful lean in..slow down...back to music box...taper off dreamily
Dynamics: OPEN SOUND...decresc...lean in jazzy...decresc. slightly jazzy..put zzzz to sleep...taper off
Sound: piano, but STILL ringing (like whisper!)
CLIMAX
Timing: Breathe together; slow down/taper at same time
Ending: Hold last note 4 slow beats...watch each other...breathe...lift off bow...continue to vibrate...