Your practice session should always start with scales, then move on to the bowing and thinking exercise, followed by etudes. This is the same approach you should take during the school year with each practice session before working on your orchestra music. Close attention should be paid to all the performance skills: proper posture/stance, correct bow hold, bow arm/bow use, left arm, left hand, intonation, tone quality, rhythm/counting ability, musicality, and note reading.
Racing through these practice materials will not benefit you. You must focus and be very aware of the sound you are producing. Conscious playing is what we are striving for!
Print out a practice log to keep track of your practice time outside of class. Meet the minimum requirement, and get a treat at the end of the month.
Helpful materials for all students of the LMSO
Beginner’s Guide to Orchestra: violin/viola
Beginner’s Guide to Orchestra: cello
Beginner’s Guide to Orchestra: double bass
Rubric for evaluation skills
“How to practice” printable sheet
Printable Practice Chart
How To Tune Your Instrument
Watch this video to help you tune your instrument.
Fingering Charts
Practice Music
Half Minute Waltz
Ode To Joy
Tango & Cha Cha
BRUDENELL WALTZ
Spanish Dance
Violin 1
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
The Grotto
Brandenburg Concerto N0. 5
Medieval Wars
Materials by Instrument
Violin
String Street Violin Book
I Can Read Music Violin Book 1
Violin Suzuki Book 1
(Bow Hold Review)
(Fingering Charts)
(Left hand/arm Review)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale string_street_-_violin.pdf
F Major scale
Second finger bowing and thinking
Third finger bowing and thinking
Fourth finger bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Three Key Etude 1
Four Key Etude 1A
Four Key Etude 2
Four Key Etude 3
Four Key Etude 4
Four Key Etude 5
Four Key Etude 6
Four Key Etude 7
Four Key Etude 8 – D
Four Key Etude 8 – G
Four Key Etude 8 – C
Wohlfahrt Etude 1
Wohlfahrt Etude 5
Wohlfahrt Etude 6
Wohlfahrt Etude 9
Wohlfahrt Etude 10
Viola
I Can Read Music Viola Book 1
Viola Suzuki Book 1
(Bow Hold Review)
(Fingering Charts)
(Left hand/arm Review)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale
F Major scale
Open strings: quarter notes and rests
Second finger bowing and thinking (Beginners)
Third finger bowing and thinking (Beginners)
Fourth finger bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Three Key Etude 1
Four Key Etude 1A
Four Key Etude 2
Four Key Etude 3
Four Key Etude 4
Four Key Etude 5
Four Key Etude 6
Four Key Etude 7
Four Key Etude 8 – D
Four Key Etude 8 – G
Four Key Etude 8 – C
Wohlfahrt Etude 1
Wohlfahrt Etude 3
Wohlfahrt Etude 5
Wohlfahrt Etude 6
Wohlfahrt Etude 9
Wohlfahrt Etude 10
Cello
I Can Read Music Cello Book 1
Cello Suzuki Book 1
(Fingering Charts)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale
F Major scale
Open strings: quarter notes and rests (Beginners)
Bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Four Key Etude 1A
Four Key Etude 2
String Bass
I Can Read Music Double Bass(using the Cello Book, will need to look at string fingerings for Double Bass)
String Bass Suzuki Book 1
(Fingering Charts)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale
Open strings: quarter notes and rests (Beginners )
Bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Four Key Etude 1A
Racing through these practice materials will not benefit you. You must focus and be very aware of the sound you are producing. Conscious playing is what we are striving for!
Print out a practice log to keep track of your practice time outside of class. Meet the minimum requirement, and get a treat at the end of the month.
Helpful materials for all students of the LMSO
Beginner’s Guide to Orchestra: violin/viola
Beginner’s Guide to Orchestra: cello
Beginner’s Guide to Orchestra: double bass
Rubric for evaluation skills
“How to practice” printable sheet
Printable Practice Chart
How To Tune Your Instrument
Watch this video to help you tune your instrument.
Fingering Charts
Practice Music
Half Minute Waltz
Ode To Joy
Tango & Cha Cha
BRUDENELL WALTZ
Spanish Dance
Violin 1
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
The Grotto
Brandenburg Concerto N0. 5
Medieval Wars
Materials by Instrument
Violin
String Street Violin Book
I Can Read Music Violin Book 1
Violin Suzuki Book 1
(Bow Hold Review)
(Fingering Charts)
(Left hand/arm Review)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale string_street_-_violin.pdf
F Major scale
Second finger bowing and thinking
Third finger bowing and thinking
Fourth finger bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Three Key Etude 1
Four Key Etude 1A
Four Key Etude 2
Four Key Etude 3
Four Key Etude 4
Four Key Etude 5
Four Key Etude 6
Four Key Etude 7
Four Key Etude 8 – D
Four Key Etude 8 – G
Four Key Etude 8 – C
Wohlfahrt Etude 1
Wohlfahrt Etude 5
Wohlfahrt Etude 6
Wohlfahrt Etude 9
Wohlfahrt Etude 10
Viola
I Can Read Music Viola Book 1
Viola Suzuki Book 1
(Bow Hold Review)
(Fingering Charts)
(Left hand/arm Review)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale
F Major scale
Open strings: quarter notes and rests
Second finger bowing and thinking (Beginners)
Third finger bowing and thinking (Beginners)
Fourth finger bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Three Key Etude 1
Four Key Etude 1A
Four Key Etude 2
Four Key Etude 3
Four Key Etude 4
Four Key Etude 5
Four Key Etude 6
Four Key Etude 7
Four Key Etude 8 – D
Four Key Etude 8 – G
Four Key Etude 8 – C
Wohlfahrt Etude 1
Wohlfahrt Etude 3
Wohlfahrt Etude 5
Wohlfahrt Etude 6
Wohlfahrt Etude 9
Wohlfahrt Etude 10
Cello
I Can Read Music Cello Book 1
Cello Suzuki Book 1
(Fingering Charts)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale
F Major scale
Open strings: quarter notes and rests (Beginners)
Bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Four Key Etude 1A
Four Key Etude 2
String Bass
I Can Read Music Double Bass(using the Cello Book, will need to look at string fingerings for Double Bass)
String Bass Suzuki Book 1
(Fingering Charts)
D Major scale
G Major scale
C Major scale
Open strings: quarter notes and rests (Beginners )
Bowing and thinking
Bowing Techniques
First Semester Warm-Ups
Four Key Etude 1A