The above image is taken from halleonard.com.
Essential Elements Interactive - online practice
We will use Essential Elements Interactive to help manage our practice sessions. This website has a variety or resources and all of the tracks from our book on the website so we can play along with professional musicians and improve our ability to hear correct intonation.
Here are your instructions for accessing the website:
1. Go to: https://www.essentialelementsinteractive.com/
2. Click Student and then the link that says "Enroll in your class"
3. Input your school code: MountPleasorch97
4. Second year students: Your student user name is your first initial, last initial, plus 56strings - example: NT56strings
First year students: Your student user name is your first initial, last name, plus 56 - example: ntaylor56
5. This should get you into the site where you can read student news and see our practice assignments
Here are your instructions for accessing the website:
1. Go to: https://www.essentialelementsinteractive.com/
2. Click Student and then the link that says "Enroll in your class"
3. Input your school code: MountPleasorch97
4. Second year students: Your student user name is your first initial, last initial, plus 56strings - example: NT56strings
First year students: Your student user name is your first initial, last name, plus 56 - example: ntaylor56
5. This should get you into the site where you can read student news and see our practice assignments
Master Performances
To play well, you need to know what a great sound is. Here is a concert from the masters at the Interlochen School for the Arts.
$45 million for a viola! One of the rarest and most beautiful sounding instruments in the world by Stradivari (Stradivarius).
Music theory practice
To play music, you need to know how to read it! These websites will be very helpful for getting the basics down:
http://www.musictheory.net/
oneminutemusiclesson.com
www.tonictutor.com
There are many more websites and ways to learn music theory - explore and let me know what you find!
http://www.musictheory.net/
oneminutemusiclesson.com
www.tonictutor.com
There are many more websites and ways to learn music theory - explore and let me know what you find!
Violin Lessons
There is so much you can learn online! I would highly recommend that all violin and viola players go to youtube and subscribe to the violin lab channel. There are many excellent videos that will greatly enhance your playing and practice!
Here is the first in a series of instructional videos for playing the violin. Many of the tips here also apply to the viola. Check these out to improve your skills!
Second year students will be playing this selection on our December concert. Here is a recording of the violin part. Other parts will be added soon!
Viola
Learn how to determine sound quality and perform with a great bow hold on the viola.
The violin 2 part for Kalimba lullaby is the SAME as the VIOLA part - so check this out for the December concert (2nd year students!)
Vibrato on Violin on Viola
Cello
Here is the first in a series of youtube lessons by Olga Redkina. Watch them all and improve your technique!