September 23, 2008 - Practicing for the week

I just wanted to thank all of the students for practicing last week. Keep up the good work!

1. Beginners, please practice your picking exercises (down & up stroke with pick getting faster towards a tremolo) and Scale Exercise #1 - 15 minutes a day.
2. Advanced Orchestra should be working on Chromatic Scales on all four strings, Exercise #1 improving speed and consistent rhythm, Zagorski Ples - all sections, and Zagorska (handed out 1st week). Please practice for 30 minutes at least 3x a week.
3. Rhythm section should be practicing chords G, A, D, & E with transitions and Exercise #1 with bar chords along with the first two lines in Zagorski Ples for beginners (15 minutes daily).
4. Advanced rhythm players all of the above plus Zagorski Ples and Zagorska (30 minutes 3x week).

A warm welcome to our new students: Simo, Alex, and Mara Dragin; Skye, Kylie, and Eden Jones.

Jason, Jen and I are looking forward to teaching programs from the regions of Zagorje and Podravina this year and having an excellent tour and performance in Croatia and an annual concert 2009. Thanks for all of your hard work in advance!

See you all Sunday!

Julie