Hello everyone,

This week:

• Do some sight-reading: pick pieces from pages 36 and 37 and try to play them without working out every note first
  
• Conquest, m.5-12 (violins) and m.21-29 (cellos)
  
• Keep working on Shake the Papaya Down
  

Hello! This week:

• Try the four measures of Shake the Papaya Down we covered in class
  
• Practice Conquest, the parts we learned in class
  

Hello! Homework this week:

• 12-bar blues pattern (see video - it's fun!)
  
• Mysterious Forest p.34 no.169
  
• Emphasis: noticing how the key signature affects your fingering pattern on each string
  

There are 2 short videos for violins and 2 for cellos. Enjoy!

Hello! We covered lots of really important concepts this week. The videos are pretty long because they recap everything - so stick with it! Here are the key ideas to understand:

• Key signatures
  
• "Fish and Chips"!
  
• What it means when there are no sharps in the key signature
  
• How to play F natural and C natural - using 2 or 3 (cellos) and low 2 and high 2 (violins)
  
• Cellos: why F natural is played with a 2 but B natural on the G string is played with a 3
  
• Violins: why F natural is played with a low 2 but B natural on the G string is played with a high 2
  
• Perfect Bouree, then either Snake Charmer or Shalom, Cheverim
  

This week, I asked students to take an in-depth look at the actual notes they play when they place their fingers in certain positions on the fingerboard. We are about to learn some new fingering patterns, enabling us to play a larger number of notes and a wider range of music! Knowing precisely how the music they see relates to what their fingers must do will really help in the future, and also make them more advanced musicians. Homework this week is to complete the chart. I will post an answer key in the comments on Tuesday afternoon so you can double check if you're correct!

Replacement PDFs are attached just in case.