2nd Position Shifting Exercise
- Don’t forget about your bow: don’t let the pinky stick up. Keep opening and closing from the bow elbow
- rememebr that it’s Up bow on the open string, and Down bow on the note you’re shifting to
3rd position – 4th finger replaced by 1st finger
- shifting motion ont the way up looks great. Think more about lifting and releasing for your descending shifts
Practice 4th finger to 3rd finger (lower 2nd/extended 1st posiiton)
- this shift is only a semi tone shift: very small shift
D major 4 notes per bow
- try t keep the bow smooth. I’m hearing a bit of pulsing or inconsistence of a smooth bow slur when the notes change.
- imagine you’re playing a slur
- left hand should never interfere with right hand. Think about extensions especially
- work towards 8 per bow – increase tempo
Minuet in C
- memorize for next week
- don’t add dots or articulations where they aren’t
- lower 4th finger
- careful with string crossings – think about the elbow. Raise and lower the elbow before you need to get to the next string
- poco rit: gradually slow down a little bit second time
- more bow in general
- increase tempo slightly with metronome work from 70-90bpm
- practice with C and G drone
Skating
- keep practicing the shift
- use more bow when its not a quarter note
- hide the shift during the bow change
Pluck Elephant Waltz
- left arm up for lower strings – make sure to raise it before you need to get there
- plucking first
- work with C drone and metronome