Good luck with your solo and ensemble performances!
SINCE REHEARSAL IS CANCELLED TONIGHT – please make a PDF scan of your Syrinx – with all the counting. (Genius app is great for using your cell phone’s camera to instantly make nice looking PDFs)
Remember:
1. All measures must have correct number beats (1, 2, 3) – a measure can’t have multiple count 1’s, for example
2. Every beat must be sub divided into 1 + 2 + 3 +
3. Tuplets need beat number and + (no need for further subdivisions)
4. 16ths and Dotted 8ths must be sub divided into 1 e + a
5. Counting must line up with the correct note.
AND PLEASE PRACTICE all of our music – with a metronome and tuner – and try and accomplish everything listed below.
Other Things to do:
Ticket for entry: Please bring your corrected copy to all rehearsals: https://www.flutetunes.com/tunes/debussy-syrinx.pdf
- Write in the counting to each measure, showing 1 + 2 + 3 + … for EVERY measure. For measures that have dotted 8th notes, you need to show the 1 e + a subdivisions
Practice your Sam Barron Low Note Exercise and your flutter tonguing!
LISTEN!: https://youtu.be/rJ9d9JzS6X4?si=RgswDp2I4oE7fNk3 (JUBA)
https://youtu.be/CCKnSwDAFkc?si=bQAasJr-qxdOh6kf (Cross the Wide Missouri)
https://youtu.be/tRegYGgCYVI?si=WXb9DzffHumva30m (Pictures: Ballet of Unhatched Chicks)
https://ummpstore.com/products/mussorgsky-arr-johnston-ballet-of-the-unhatched-chicks-and-tuileries?_pos=2&_sid=2d08c051e&_ss=r&variant=46347846022 scroll down for recording of both movements. !
Monday 2/3/2025 – check email if there are any weather events. BYSO will communicate via email RE: rehearsal status.
- Rehearse
- Pictures – write in trill fingerings! add grace notes – be able to play with metronome. All notes and rhythms should be learned accurately by now. Gradually increase the tempo. The beginning and end should be uncomfortably soft – practice the uber soft dynamics – without going flat.
- Cross the Wide Missouri – pick some hard sections to practice
- Juba – concentrate on m. 36 to end – getting up to tempo with all articulations / dynamics / good counting / in tune / etc. – Accuracy! Practice in 4/4 and gradually increase tempo. Then practice in 2/2 or cut time … and make sure you are retaining the accuracy of the slower tempo.
- Continue: Concerto on 1 Note / Scenes from a Hat – Round 3/Story (on a single note, and-or use any notes you want) (Shiho, Julinna, Yuko, Ella)
SYRINX COUNTING: thanks Suri, Ari, & Matthew!
NEW PART ASSIGNMENTS:
PART ASSIGNMENTS | Flute 1 | Flute 2 | Flute 3 | Flute 4 | Alto | Bass | Flute 5 | Flute 6 | Piccolo | |
Pictures at an Exhibition | Kayla, Isabelle | Mathilde, Shiho, Hannah | Shachar, Varshini, Eunice | Suri, Matthew, Julinna | Yuko, Chloe | Arnav, Ella | Ari | |||
Cross the Wide Missouri | Suri, Eunice, Shiho, Julinna | Varshini, Ari, Matthew | Mathilde, Isabelle | Kayla, Hannah, Shachar | Yuko, Chloe | Arnav, Ella | ||||
Juba | Hannah, Mathilde | Shachar, Suri | Julinna, Shino |
Varshini, Eunice |
Yuko, Chloe | Arnav, Ella | Kayla | Matthew | Ari & Isabelle |
***THANKS to Ari (3), Chloe (2), Kayla, Hannah, Isabelle (2), Julinna, Matilde (2), Matthew (4), Shachar (4), Shiho (2), and Varshini (3) for their timely arrivals! 🙂 *** Prizes to be awarded! ***
Happy Fluting!
~Dr. Sandy
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Link of the week: Some things to think about (Bulletproof Musician site also has articles about practicing / performing / reducing anxiety / etc.):
Video Live Sessions: Seattle Flute Society – Michael Davis: The Bird Song
Video Live Sessions: Seattle Flute Society – Amy Beach: Theme and Variations, Op. 80
- Emily Beynon – YouTube – a great performer and teacher!
- 5 effective ways to improve your flute tone – The Flute Practice
- https://thefluteview.com/ – an online flute magazine
- Does Counting Our Blessings Really Change Anything? | Bulletproof Musician
- Breathing: https://youtu.be/f6yAY1oZUOA?si=NFT_dgvH-sVnkhce
- What Is Articulation In Music? (hellomusictheory.com)
- Are Great Sight-Readers Born or Made? | Bulletproof Musician
- Here is some information on how to play extended techniques https://www.flutexpansions.com/videos
- Why Good Ensemble Playing May Require More Than Just Your Ears https://bulletproofmusician.com/great-ensemble-player-may-require-just-ears/
- National Flute Association – https://www.nfaonline.org/
- Seattle Flute Society – Welcome | Seattle Flute Society
LOW FLUTE ASSIGNMENTS for FO Winter rotation:
- ALTO: Yuko and Chloe C.
- BASS: Ella and Arnav
(Tentative) ORCHESTRA ROTATIONS for remainder of year:
FO into Youth – Spring:
- Ari
- Hannah
- Yuko
FO into PHIL (Spring)
- Chloe C
- Alice
- Noah
- Julinna
- TBD
- TBD