Grade 5 Orchestra Online Practice 

 

Assigned Date: 04/07/2020

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Our Goal(s): 

• Continue to focus on working through the entire Fiddler's Hoedown through practice.

• Listen to what Fiddler's Hoedown sounds like when all parts play together.

• Try to play along with the videos only AFTER you practiced the piece on your own.

• Attend a virtual orchestra concert hosted by the well known London Symphony.

• Visit the DID YOU KNOW area after practice. Laugh it out! Enjoy!

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What We Need:

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• Fiddler's Hoedown sheet music 

  • • Click here for a VIOLIN PART COPY

    • Click here for a VIOLA PART COPY

    • Click here for a CELLO PART COPY

• Instrument

• Mobile device or laptop to play the practice sound tracks 

• Speakers

• Music stand (optional, as long as you can prop your music up to an angle where you can see while playing)

• Our focused mind with a positive attitude

• Our body

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Practice:

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1. PRACTICE: Focus more on Fiddler’s Hoedown again. Make sure you know your notes and can play at a steady pace before you try to play along with any of the play-along videos below.

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• Watch what Fiddler’s Hoedown will look like when all parts play together: https://youtu.be/e0bcN_VanHo

• Play Fiddler’s Hoedown along with Mr. Macbenn on Viola: https://youtu.be/4Oq-dYdKW_Q

• Play Fiddler’s Hoedown along with Mr. Velsey on Violin: https://youtu.be/27ju60zIOgE

• Play Fiddler’s Hoedown along with Mr. Velsey on Cello: https://youtu.be/KeC3yzPEitk​

 

    2. ATTEND:

Attend: Go to  a virtual orchestra concert by choosing a concert that you haven’t attended before from the 5 Virtual Orchestra Concerts Menu provided by London Symphony Orchestra. Be ready to share your thoughts on the concert from the point of an observer. You may choose to observe from a section of the orchestra that has the instruments you play. **The concert cannot be the same piece as last week.

 

• Click on the link below to choose your concert:

 

      https://play.lso.co.uk/?_ga=2.86862552.1142843360.1586275570-653859621.1586275570

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TUNING AREA

     

If your instrument is out of tune or has been out of tune, please 1) get a pack of extra strings for your instrument (just in case if the 

strings pop), 2) watch the tuning video for your instrument with your parents, and 3) ask your parents help you tune your instruments by following the guidelines in the video. ***Please do not tune your instrument by yourself and before you watch the video with your parents.

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• Cello tuning video: https://youtu.be/1H4mgy_izi0

• Viola tuning video: https://youtu.be/aMU3-tt3n6Y

• Violin tuning video: https://youtu.be/4_LPOIlTXas

 

REPAIR AREA

• **Caution: 

  • Unless a string on your instrument has popped, please don’t try to replace your strings.

  • These videos are meant to be viewed with your parents and the procedures are meant to be carried out by your parents only.

  • DO NOT take off all 4 strings at once. Please change the broken string only and one string at a time.

  • Bridge position (from the player’s view): TALL side on the LEFT (on the G-string for violin, on the C-string for viola, on the C-string for cello), SHORTER side on the RIGHT (on the E-string for violin, on the A-string for viola, on the A-string for cello)

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• Important notice on replacing a string on violin or viola: https://youtu.be/4GcQw7CvNVk

• How to replace  a string on violin or viola: https://youtu.be/BhsVdccVkF8

• How to replace a string on cello: https://youtu.be/G66H6yTtWpo

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DID YOU KNOW...

 

Did you know you can be an orchestra and comedian at the same time? Check out an episode from a Poland-based string quartet!

 

Comedy Notes:

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They are playing a very well-known piece written by the Italian composer, Antonio Vivaldi. However, to make it comical, they interrupted the beautiful and elegant Baroque orchestra piece with many short clips of well-known music. You may hear some movie theme soundtracks, opera numbers, pop songs and more.

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