G minor Harmonic
- extension 1st finger: try not to manipulate left arm
- increase tempo
G minor melodic
- watch bow angle: practice in front of a mirror
- on the D and A string think of pushing the right hand away from you, pushing the frog away from
- ascending shift: whole tone. thumb in saddle, 1st finger above the thumb (4th position)
- descending shift: semi tone. Aim to place the D a semi tone below the Eflat
- don’t keep your 1st finger down while you’re shifting
Start with pieces next time :)
C song
- increase tempo
- watch bow for bow angle
- practice shift for speed
Somersaults and cartwheels
- pizz first then add the bow
- careful with sharps
- tall fingers always – especially rounded 4th finger
- practice maintaining extended position, sometimes you will need to switch back and forth within extended position
- DC al fine: de capo al fine – go back to the beginning and play until it says “fine”
Lee Study 2
- rounded 4th finger
- bow angle: start further out in bow
- anticpate the string crossing “jumps” to the higher and lower strings
- increase tempo
Lee Study 1
- practice with metronome at 50-60
- bow angle moving to A string: push frog away from body
- quarter note long
- play quarter note with a faster bow speed so you make it back to the frog for the next down bow
- dont accent the quarter note when adding a faster bow speed
- practice bow slow motion: as soon as you go for the string crossing
- quarter note should ring until last possible second