- Festive Overture top – rehearsal 13 should be perfected for notes and rhythms at the tempi listed above.
- Listen to rehearsal 13-21. Follow along with your music to see how your part fits.
- Use the warm ups listed above.
- Use a metronome, in the method listed above, to perfect the notes and rhythms of this section.
- Elegy for a Young American
- Listen with your music in front of you. Follow along with the music to help you learn your part and how it fits within the piece as a whole.
- TECHNICAL WU THAT WILL HELP YOU MASTER OUR MUSIC: Memorize Eb minor concert and Eb major concert. Play each scale as long tones (4 beats or greater), with a tuner.
- Use amazing breath support to help you create a gorgeously full sound (forte).
- While focusing on creating a gorgeous sound, look at the tuner for notes that are in tune and out of tune. Mark your music with any changes you need to make to play in tune.
- Practice from the top to rehearsal 5.
- Metronome at quarter note = 54.
- All notes and rhythms perfected. Intonation problems addressed.
- Play with the most gorgeous sound and phrasing you can muster. This piece needs to be dripping with emotion and musicality.
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