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10/08/2021
If I am honest, most of my students just want to jump into the music each rehearsal and skip our warm up time.
However, I try to explain to them that just like an athlete knows the importance of stretching before a game to prevent injury and prepare mentally for the game - we too as musicians need to stretch and prepare mentally for the music.
Warm up time is not just for loosening up muscles, but is also for transitioning to music making, capturing our sound, listening, tuning, focusing, and learning new skills.
In this article I cover some favorite warm ups and the intention behind each one. See the link in the comments below.
What do you like to do during warm up time?
12/01/2020
This season has pushed many of us to learn new skills. That’s a good thing!
I’ve experimented with home recording and editing a little over the years, but have been forced to really delve into it for the benefit of my students. How do we replicate performances and give our students some sense of creativity, expression, and collaboration?
Nothing will or can replace live interaction and music making. Nonetheless, we can try to do something. Something our students can be proud of.
This is the 3rd virtual orchestra performance I’m putting together. It’s work! I’m learning, but it’s good.
Hopefully the end product is something the kids will be proud of.
We have to be creative and do our best in these times and keep kids involved in music!
I always felt simple pattern work for young string students was really beneficial for developing their ear, intonation, and technique.
It’s not a lot of information so you can hone in on the essentials while you still work on longer etudes and music beyond that.
Fundamental work makes learning music easier and hopefully faster for kids.
The String Teachers Classroom Pack is a collection of scales, finger patterns, and rhythm work, all in unison for string orchestra. Here is a demo of what’s inside.
Link in bio.
The String Teachers Classroom Pack is a collection of resources I created some years ago for my orchestra program.
In this video I’ll share part of the Essential Finger Patterns worksheet, the sequence, and how I use this resource in my orchestra.
Link is in the comments.
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