2nd period 7th grade orchestra

2nd period 7th grade orchestra

Caitlin, Tabitha, Kyle, Julie, Mary, Hannah

Our small groups started this week. Small groups were fun and helped us get better at Hero’s Journey and The Arethusa.

Our songs are very challenging. Some of the challenges are playing in 6/8 in Hero’s Journey, bowings in Reverie, and playing flats in Farandole.

Every day we start with a warm-up. Ms. Buehl has rhythms on the board and someone chooses an articulation and a dynamic from the wheels. We also played fiddle tunes that we learned in past years. We play scales and themes from our pieces. Each person has a chance to come up to the podium and be the tuner.

Ms. Buehl doesn’t tell us the title of the songs we are playing, she gives hints about the songs and we have to figure out what it is.

We have a word wall in our classroom and we have learned legato, reverie, col legno, and ostinato.