CAPS Beginners Practice Chart
Name:_______________________________ Date Due: Oct 3, 2016
Students are required to practice 5 days a week 10-15 min a day
What To practice
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
Sun
Pencil Bow Hold: P ick up and place fingers
in 2 seconds or less. ( Quiz next week make
sure students have a brand new
unsharpened pencil if they lost the one I
gave them.)
Memorize Rules: Thumb bent, Middle
finger across, pinky curled.
Memorize strings backward and forward
pointing to them on the instrument.
Elevator: Go to different floors and call out
string name.
Putting on Shoulder rest steps:
Say: s houlder, chin rest, flip, tuck, flap,
shoulder rest, chin rest, shoulder, rest
position
Playing Position:
(Violin/Viola) 1 .shoulder 2.left foot 3. right
foot
(cello) 1 . adjust endpin, 2. find sternum 3.
circle in
Match New Flash cards with correct
strings.
Minutes Practiced=
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