Cd’A Summer Strings! ‘Week 1: June 16, 2036 Week 2: June 30, 2016 Week 3: Jul 14,2016 Week 4: July 28, 2016 Week 5: August 11, 2016, Week 6: August 25, 2016, VIOLIN! Table of Contents Rhythm Chart ‘Symbol Glossary. Seale: Major. Warm-ups. Fiddle/Folk Tune: Little Brown Jug Classical Piece: Suzuki's Allegro... Patriotic Song: My Country, ‘Tis of Thee. Disney Song: Let It Go.. ‘Music Staff Paper. Movie Music: Theme from Jurassic World... Pop Song: Dynamite. ‘Theory Lesson... Note Name Charts.Rhythm Chart Notes Wholenowe Dotted note Ha note (usrter note Eghen note sdbents ——-=3 beats = 2bets beat ofa beat i234 1234 1234 12 3 4 2R2R3B4R Dotted quarter Sixteenth note = beat Dotted siteenth note =abeats (4 notes per beat) sofa best U2 @3RS B Lehaze&ase hades wha teh teh o4h a Various common eghth/sbteenth combination hythms = 5 SSS ==! Basa vee ooo fe oo wae T fal Gas Ga4 he tehatehas hatha 1e82ek eh 4e8 Wait, what does a dot after a note DO??? *Adot aftera note adds half he value ofthe original note deo. d. d... 2 2beatss ibeat = 3 beats Yibeat+ Kbeat = x beat d...d4. oe peat + seat =U beats beats + zbeats = sbeatsRests iwlerest hogs —Halfrestssentop Quarter rer Klentnrest= sirteanth ret downs bess =2beat» = 1beet moet beat 2234 22 34 4d 2 3 4 2R2BdeRehst he Triplets ‘Triplets arejust a Ite faster than thel regular relatives, ‘Three triplets (of any length) itn the space that two regular notes ofthe same type fin. Three Eth note “Three Quarter note plot =1 beat teiplets=2beats a 3 3 30 Pea rsaPsaesy I I 1 a2 G93 B94 Be tha 2a Zhe des 1 R22 & @ 6/8 time — compound meter "e1ooksjustke it sounds. socbeats per measure, but now te eighth note ges the best Dottedhatfncte Dotted quarter Quarternote ——_eigth note Siem note beats rote =abene | = 2beats best vote best 123456 123 456 12 3 45 6 123456 182838485868 Various common eightvsxteenth combination ths TT ESE MSE GE WIE MSE TEMMS ES WIRE SE EEAnd some fun...Symbols Dynamics PP =pianissimo very soft P =piano soft ‘MP =rmezz0 piano moderately soft mf = mezzo forte moderately loud Sf =forte loud Sf =fortissimo very loud 33S55 rescendo _gradually becoming louder === === = = decrescendo gradually becoming softer (or diminuendo) PL pown bow Sharp sign Move the bow othe ight [shar ses the teh of» natura note one step fom te og tthe tp) V_upbow Natural sign Move the Bow othe eft ‘natura sign ences Mat or sharp and remains rom the tip tothe og) ineflet forthe ene meesre 9 Bow lift b Flat sign Lftthe bow and turn tots stating pont ‘Aflat owers the pitch ofa tural ote one Yestep Fermata: Hold the note or restlonger than the Indicated time value 5Scale of the week: C Major ‘The key of C Major has no sharps or flats. Low 2” finger on every string but G-string! Weekly warm-ups Why do warm-ups? Just like an athlete, we have to gradually limber up our muscles to be able to play well. They're TINY little muscles on our hands and fingers, but they still need warming up! Scales and exercises are perfect to get your muscles AND your brain warmed up! © This week's warm-ups are in C Major and use the C-string for violas and cellos.Fiddle/Folk Tune: Little Brown Jug Traditional v rn, y Upbeat/Pick-up, The first measure only has ONE note in it. This note is called an upbeat or a pick-up. In Little Brown Jug it comes on the & of beat 2. When counting off this song, count 1 & 2 before coming in on the pick-up note. *Don’t forget to start on an up bow! Slurs This song has two slurs in it. Slurs are a curved line that connect two or more notes. Play these notes in the same bow stroke. In Little Brown Jug, both slurs are on a down bow. Rhythms There are two different sixteenth note rhythms in Little Brown Jug. Sixteenth notes are twice as fast as eighth notes (each gets % beat), and are counted: 1 e & a. When combining two sixteenths into one eighth (this is exactly what you've practiced with fractions in school!!), count two of the sixteenth subdivisions on the eighth. SES le&a Je &a le 8a ita tempo Italian lesson! *Dolce means to play sweetly “Rit. is an abbreviation for ritardando or ritard, and means to gradually slow down a tempo means to return to the original tempo (speed) you started with Symbols This is a note with both a staccato and tenuto mark: Staccato means to play notes shorter, with a space in-between them. Tenuto means to hold a note for its full value. Huh??? Here's what to do: Play these notes with space in-between, but use LOTS of bow on them. © Also.. St ’ om —S— Forte Bow lift Fermata Decrescends (or Diminuendo) play loudly hold note longer gradually get softer 8Patriotic Song: My Country, 'Tis of Thee (America) Italian lesson! *Legato means to with a connected bow stroke. it’s the opposite of staccato - you want your notes “touching” each other so that there’s no space between them, Dynamics mezzo piano mezzo forte forte crescendo medium soft medium loud loud gradually get louder Dotted rhythms *A dot after a note adds half the value of the original note. ‘**(see page 2 for more details/help)**Disney Song: LETIT GO from Frozen Robert Laper SeKey of C Major One of the first things a musician MUST do when starting a new piece of music is to look at the time signature (how many beats per measure) and the key signature. This song is in C Major — NO sharps and NO flats ~ all notes are naturals. Why does this matter? You have to know what key you're in so that your fingers will be in the correct spots. Otherwise you'll play notes out-of-tune, which doesn’t sound very nice... Finger pattern: G-string: high 2 finger (normal) D-string: low 2" finger for F-natural A-string: low 2” finger for C-natural E-string: low 1” finger for F-natural, low 2 finger for G-natural Ties A tie isa curved line connecting two or more notes of the SAME pitch. You will hold the note as long as the value of the combined notes. You can have tied notes within a slur, so don’t let the two curved lines throw you. @ =~ Syncopations ‘Syncopated notes fall on weak beats instead of strong beats. An example of this is notes that are on the &’s of the beats, instead of the numbers. Here are some examples: Bay fn =a SSS SSS) 38 2 83 S4 81 82 88 Bt BI BP A384 & 182 83 Qt £1 £283 Be H ‘Syncopated rhythms are EXTREMELY common in popular music. Pop music is fun to play, but complicated to read, rhythmically. Lots of tie nMovie Music: WELCOME TO JURASSIC WORLD from Jurassic World Joho Wiliams 2S =Key of G Major The Theme from Jurassic World is in G Major. That means you have to be careful about your 2™ finger on all of your strings. Don’t give up and put it in-between F and Fit, or ALL, of your 2" finger notes will be out of tunel! Finger pattern: D-string: high 2™ finger for Fit ‘Asstring: low 2" finger for C-natural E-string: low 2™ finger for G-natural Dynamics ™p mf ff mezzo piano mezzoforte forte —crescendo medium soft meslumloud —=—‘toud-—_—gradually get louder Dotted rhythms. *A dot after a note adds half the value of the original note. (see page 2 for more detalls/help)** S 192838 4 & 192238 48 122 & 324 & o 2 =— decrescendo gradually get softer de. ed. oenss Aten = abeasPop Song: DYNAMITE recorded by Taio Cruz ‘McKee, Cruz, Gottwald, Martin & Levin Vv v vSyncopations ‘Syncopated notes fall on weak beats instead of strong beats. An example of this is notes that are on the &s of the beats, instead of the numbers. An example is measure 9: 1e 283848 There are also a lot of measures in this song that start OFF of the beat, Measure 1) Measures 3, 5, 7, 14, 18: ma 33k 1ETET EGE Thankfully, most pop songs are fairly repetetive, so even if you do get a tricky rhythm, it’s likely to be repeated often through the song. Take the rhythm at measure 22 & 23: 3e& d%e G3 4 & teh se M3e 4 & Every measure from here to the end of the song has the SAME rhythm!! The note names change, but the rhythm is the same. C# on the G-string When in the key of D Major, we have F#’s and C#’s in our key signature. This means that ALL F’s and C’s on our instrument are automatically sharp...including the Con the G- string in measures 24 & 28: *This is played with high 3” finger on the G-string (closer to the bridge} t- *Although C# is in our key of D Major, the sharp sign appears as a reminder to raise your 3° finger. It is called a cautionary accidental because it’s reminding you of a pitch already within your key signature. 1sSUMMER THEORY #2 VIOLIN Name: |L._ What isan upbeat ora pickup? 2. The order of sharps ina key signature Is always FCG D4 EB, ‘Amnemonic phrase commonly used to remember the erder's, “Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds.” Now, make up your ‘OWN mnemonic phrase (and don’t copy your neighbor). © 3. Write in the fingerings underneath these notes 4: Creativity tmel! @ Write out four measures with nates from the A, ond strings ut. be SURE shtyouhavenoupbeasineey mesure Dontogetyeusymbns Gy 5. Write in the beats underneath these notes. Be sure to use 4$24344+in EVERY measure! 16A What dees it do? 6. Name this symb 7. Describe the difference between whole and hal steps on your instrument: What is the distance between G and FA? What is the distance between G and F? 9. fillin the notes you know on this diagram for the G-, D-, and A-stings: A D G fow 1 a lLow 2 2 3 fren 3] 4a 410. Write in the beats underneath these notes, Be sure to use: 1+ 2.43 + 4+ in EVERY measuret ‘Heads up*** The fist note is NOT on beat 1... vName: Violin Fingerboard Chart G |D| A Low 1| 4 Low 2 4 ' i High 3} tt |Name: G| High 3|