Middle School Beginners Practice Chart Form printable pdf download

Middle School Beginners Practice Chart Form

Middle School Beginners Practice Chart

Name:_______________________________ Date Due: Oct 3, 2016

Students are required to practice 5 days a week 1015 min a day

What To practice

Mon Tue

Wed Thur Fri

Sat

Sun

Bow Hold: P ick up bow and place fingers in

2 seconds or less.

● Instrument and Bow hold together :

3 seconds

● Bow or dowel on Instrument:

Leverage at tip and middle

Elevator: with bow and do falling snow

without lifting strings

Left Hand Rules: Memorize them ( quiz this

week)

Cello: thumb across middle finger, straight

wrist, knuckles out

vn/va: straight wrist, boxed fingers, thumb

across pointer

Using left hand rules hammer new notes

E, F#, G. T ry to pluck them once you have

hammered them on the strings.

● Plucking tribal lament and saying

notes

● Plucking Mary had a little lamb and

saying notes

Up bow: L everage lift on all strings start at

balance point and start at tip

Down Bow: s tart at balance point go to tip

and up move right then left.

Practice flash cards and try to play them

on your instrument.

Minutes Practiced=

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Middle School Beginners Practice Chart Form