String Techniques
Course Description This class is designed for students that have had a successful first year experience playing violin, viola, cello, or bass. Skills will be practiced in solo playing, orchestral performance, and small ensemble. The general goal is for students to be able to confidently and accurately perform appropriate grade level music. As a result of their practice and exposure to high quality musical performance and literature, they should also develop an appreciation for the skill and artistry involved in playing a musical instrument. Through study of music theory and history, students should also be able to place famous composers in a historical context and discuss various elements of music used in traditional orchestral repertoire. Course Contents: North Carolina Strings Curriculum Standards aligned with National Standards for the Study of Music:
High school strings objectives expand and build on skills and concepts previously exercised in prior grades. Grade Level Objectives: • The student will learn the technique of shifting as needed to perform two octave scales. • The student will be able to perform two octave major and minor Scales. • The student will be able to tune Instruments by Fifths (violin/viola) and Harmonics (Cello/Bass). • The student will be able to sight read music in standard duple and triple meter. • The student will be able to perform rhythms containing triplets and syncopation. • The student will be able to demonstrate bowing with detached slurs, spiccato, martele, and tremolo. • The student will be able to describe relative majors and minors. • The student will be able to write major and minor scales. • The student will be able to identify written intervals. • The student will be able to define vocabulary in orchestral selections. • The student will be able to perform in wide range of dynamics to include pp to ff. • Auditioning for DPS Honors Orchestra • Students are required to have the following materials daily for class: Instrument, instrument accessories, method book, folder containing current information and pieces of study, notebook, pencil, and rosin. |
Required materials: Orchestra Expressions Book 2
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