6th Grade

August:

♫       Instrument setup and car

♫       Intonation

♫       Quarter notes

♫       Eighth notes

♫       One octave (D string to A string D)

♫       Shifting

September:

♫       Adding Repertoire

♫       Ear Training exercises to practice

♫       Repeat signs

♫       Arco with music

♫       Bow lifts

♫       Sight reading

October:

♫       Reading notes

♫       Playing Harmony

♫       1st and 2nd endings

♫       Slurred and hooked bowings

♫       Composition

November:

♫       ¾ time

♫       Tie

♫       Dotted notes

♫       Left-hand pizz.

♫       Whole rest

December:

♫       G string notes

♫       Dotted rhythms

♫       Anacrusis

♫       Historical context

♫       Repeat signs

♫       Fermata

♫       C natural

January:

♫       C natural

♫       Dotted rhythms

♫       Whole notes

♫       Crescendo

♫       Decrescendo

♫       C major

♫       Natural symbol

February:

♫       Modes

♫       Accent

♫       Fine

♫       D.C. al Fine

♫       2/4 time

March:

♫       Eighth rest

♫       Tenuto

♫       D.S. al Fine

♫       Mezzo Forte

♫       Mezzo Piano

April:

♫       Syncopation

♫       Flats

♫       F Major

♫       Notes on the E string

May:

♫       Jazz

♫       Ear training

♫       Composition project

7th Grade

August:

♫       Technique

♫       Scales

♫       Intonation

♫       Rhythm

♫       Shifting

September:

♫       Dotted Rhythms

♫       3rd position intonation

♫       Composition

October:

♫       Periods of music

♫       Notation

♫       Sight reading

November:

♫       Bow technique

♫       Articulation

♫       Dynamics

December:

♫       Key signatures

♫       Theory intonation

♫       Composer project

January:

♫       Jazz

♫       Bluegrass

♫       Rhythms

February:

♫       Accents

♫       Extreme dynamics

March:

♫       Arpeggios

♫       Position intonation

April:

♫       Sight reading

♫       Solo and ensemble

♫       Solo vs. ensemble

May:

♫       Composition project

♫       Theory

8th Grade

August:

♫       Technique

♫       Scales

♫       Intonation

♫       Rhythm

♫       Shifting

♫       Theory

September:

♫       Dotted Rhythms

♫       Historical Context

♫       Position intonation

♫       Composition

October:

♫       Bow technique

♫       Articulation

♫       Extreme Dynamics

November:

♫       Theory

♫       Composer project

♫       Key signatures

December:

♫       Jazz

♫       Bluegrass

♫       Jazz Rhythms

♫       Relaxation techniques

January:

♫       Periods of music in context

♫       Theory in context

♫       Articulation

February:

♫       3rd position intonation

♫       Arpeggios

March:

♫       Modes

♫       Melody vs. Harmony

♫       Solo and ensemble

April:

♫       Solo vs. ensemble

♫       Different styles of playing

♫       Orchestration

May:

♫       Auditioning

♫       Composition Project

♫       Theory