Parkview High School Orchestra

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Practice Record

Name:__________________

List the exact time (ex. 3:00 – 3:30 pm) and make sure you have a total of 30 min. per day or 180 min. per week.

Thurs.   __________________________________________________

Fri.   _____________________________________________________

Sat.   ____________________________________________________

Sun.   ____________________________________________________ 

Mon.   ____________________________________________________

Tues.   ____________________________________________________

Wed.   ____________________________________________________

Bring this to class every Thurs. to receive credit!  Parent/guardian must sign below.

Make sure you have great lighting, a music stand, and try to practice at the same time everyday. Follow this schedule.

1. Tune with tuner.

2. Warm up with a Major Scale/Arpeggio and a melodic minor scale/arpeggio (3 octaves):

     a. whole notes

     b. half notes

     c. quarter notes

     d. slurred eighth notes

Concentrate on TONE QUALITY and PITCH. If you shift and you are out of tune, practice the shift itself over and over. Practice the scale in the position notated in Advanced Technique, unless you have another scale book.

3. Practice vibrato slowly with a metronome and increase the speed slightly everyday.

4. Technique & Lyrical:  a Suzuki Book 3, 4 or 5 piece (listen to it on CD)

5. Music given out in class (3 pieces, with metronome)

Parent Signature____________________________________

Date_____________________________________________

For students: Please down load "Practice Record" in PDF

 

Director: Mrs. Kristine Sampson

998 Cole Drive, Lilburn, GA 30047