This year in Advanced Orchestra, we will be working on a variety of new techniques as well as expanding on established skills. Here are some of the highlights:
· Right Hand (Bowing) Skills:
o Improve and expand slurring
o Hooked bows
o Mixing pizzicato and arco
o Articulation styles
§ Legato
§ Staccato
§ Marcato
§ Spiccato (bouncing bows)
· Left Hand (Fingering) Skills:
o Improve intonation accuracy
o Increase speed and facility
o C Major fingering patterns
o Accidentals! (C-natural, f-natural, b-flat, etc)
o Basic and intermediate double-stopping
o Introduction to shifting
o Introduction to vibrato
· Musicianship and Expression
o Dynamic contrasts
o Tempo and meter changes
o Style and expression
o Accents
o G-string note review and introduction of C-string and E-string notes
o Introduction to compound meters
o Rhythmic Elements: dotted rhythms, sixteenth notes
· General Skills
o Instrument tuning
o Instrument care