This year in Beginning Orchestra, we will be working to develop foundational technical skills as well as music literacy. Here are some of the highlights:
· Right-Hand Skills:
o Pizzicato (plucking)
o Bow hold and position
o Mechanics of tone production
· Left-Hand (Fingering) Skills:
o Position and fundamentals of fingering
o Intonational accuracy
o Increased speed and facility
· General Musicianship and Expression
o Dynamic contrast
o Basics of style and articulation
o Eighth notes, half notes, whole notes
o Key signatures: D Major and G Major
o Rhythm elements: eighth notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted rhythms
o Meters: basic duple and triple
· General Skills
o Instrument care
o Instrument tuning