Practice Sheet #4 BEGINNING Orchestra Due March 18th

Write a check mark in when you accomplish each practice point only on the days you practice.

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Write in Date:

Bunny Rhyme

Face Exercises:  25 Circles

Tip Taps: 10 per finger (bounce your finger)

Thumb Lifts – 15 to 30 times

Violins & Violas: Teeter Totter Cellos & Basses:  Mini Rainbows

Bunny/Bow: 4 times

Pinkie Whacks

Ceiling Circles 10 times each way

Up Like a Rocket

Bow Circles 10 times

Elevators (1, 2, 123) 4 – 10 times

Spiders & Crabs 1 – 3 times

Silent String Crossings 20-30 seconds

Ghost Slides – 10 times on 2nd finger

Review Songs – Twinkle, Jingle Bells, Kangaroo Song Bile ‘em Cabbage Down , Jolly Old St. Nick, Hot Cross Buns, Rigadoon, Little Brown Jug, Ode to Joy, Bile Them Cabbage Down, Dreidel, At Pierrot’s Door, Ruben & Rachel

Lightly Row

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

French Folk Song

Blue Finger Pattern – 5-note exercise

G Major Scale and Arpeggio

Scotland’s Burning

Write in Daily Time:

TOTAL TIME IN MINUTES:_________

You must practice 8 or more different days over two weeks to earn these grades.

Students who practice fewer days will have their grade docked no matter how many minutes they practice.

The amount of practice will go UP each Practice Sheet.

More than 160 minutes = Extra Credit    *140-160 minutes = A    *130-139 minutes = B 

*120-129 minutes = C     *100-109 minutes = D    *Less than 100 minutes = F (An F is better than a ZERO!!!)

Signatures are required for the grade.

Parent Signature___________________________________________________________________

Student Signature__________________________________________________________________