Orchestra KARATE Violin
White Belt o Guitar position (violin, viola) o Shoulder position (violin, viola) o Left hand position o RH position for pizzicato o Cleaning and care Identify and define o Quarter note o Quarter rest o Pizzicato o Name of strings on your instrument Playing Test o Jumping Jacks & Mix Em Up - pizzicato pizz. pizz.
Yellow Belt o Down bow o Up bow o How to hold the bow o How to take care of the bow o Thumb placement o Left hand shape (including wrist) o Straight bow on the highway Identify and define o Staff o Double bar line o Measure o New notes on your instrument Playing Test o Elements Quiz Double Bar Line pizz.
Orange Belt o New notes on your instrument o Staccato bowing Identify and define o Bar line o Double Bar Line o Clef o 4/4 time signature o Arco o Notes on the staff (names of the lines and spaces) Playing Test o #16 Essential Elements Quiz pizz. & arco Draw the missing symbols where they belong before you play:
Green Belt o Legato Bowing o Using the whole bow o Keep all of your fingers down behind the note you are playing. o How to use your rosin Identify and define o Sharp o New notes on your instrument o Legato Bowing o Staccato Bowing Playing Test
Blue Belt o Bowing position Identify and Define o New notes on your instrument o Tempo Markings o Tempo o Allegro o Moderato o Andante Playing Test write in the tempo marking. Why did you choose that tempo? What is the difference between the D s in the last measure of the song?
Purple Belt o Major patterns (LH) o Staccato and legato bowing Identify and define o Major scale o New notes on your instrument Playing Test use legato and staccato bowing
Red Belt o New notes on your instrument o Composition Identify and Define o Dynamics o Piano o Forte o Key Signature o Composition Playing Test o Christopher s Tune Circle the Key Signature
Playing Test o Essential Creativity Play the notes below. Then compose your own music for the last two measures using the notes your have learned with this rhythm: Add dynamics to your composition
Grey Belt o Staccato bowing o How to use your bow to create dynamics Identify and Define o Bow Lift o Up Bow o Down Bow o Repeat Sign Playing Test o A Strand Of D N A o Olympic Challenge
Silver Belt o Counting eighth notes o Dividing the bow Identify and Define o Eighth notes o 2/4 time signature o 1 st and 2 nd Endings play the 1 st ending the 1 st time through. Then, repeat the same section of music, skip the 1 st ending and play the 2 nd ending Playing Test - For Pete s Sake
Gold Belt o Raising and lowering arm for string crossing o Keeping finger down on one string while crossing to another. (LH) o 4 th finger pizzicato Identify and Define o Half Note o Half Rest o Internal repeat signs Repeat the section of music enclosed by the repeat signs. (If 1 st and 2 nd endings are used, they are played as usual but go back to the first repeat sign, not to the beginning.) o 4+
Playing Test o Michael Row the Boat Ashore o Texas Two- String
Brown Belt o play with 4th finger Identify and define o New notes on your instrument o Who is Beethoven? He was one of the world s greatest composers. Born in Germany in 1770, he was completely deaf by 1802. Although he could not hear the music like we do, he could hear it in his mind. The theme of his final Symphony No. 9 is called Ode To Joy, and was written to the text of a poem by Friedrich von Schiller. Ode To Joy was featured in concerts celebrating the reunification of Germany in 1990. Beethoven died in 1827. o Round Two or more instruments playing the same melody but with each instrument beginning at a different time. o Chord Three or more notes played at the same time. o Harmony Two or more notes sounding at the same time.
Playing Test o Ode to Joy o Frere Jacques Round (when group A reaches 2, group B begins at 1)
Black Belt 1 st Degree o Coordinating left and right hand to develop speed o Two- note slurs Identify and define o Slur A curved line that connects two or more different pitches. Play slurred notes together in the same bow stroke. o ¾ Time Signature o D.C. al Fine Play until you see the D.C. al Fine. Then go back to the beginning and play until you see Fine. D.C. is the abbreviation for Da Capo, the Italian term for return to the beginning. Fine is the Italian word for the finish. o Tie A curved line that connects notes of the same pitch. Play a single note for the combined counts of the tied notes. o Dotted half note
Practice ties: Practice slurs:
Playing Test o Sailor s Song o Banana Boat Song o Firoliaralera