Suzuki

Carnival

The Duck Pond

Choose your duck from the pond! Each duckie has a review piece hidden underneath! Remember to play your review pieces with a beautiful tone. Each duck will have a number on the bottom corresponding to a piece ONE BOOK BEFORE your current book (for example, if you are currently learning Book 4, your review piece will be selected from Book 3).

High Strike Hammer

Martelé (French; Italian martellato), literally translates to "hammered." Play your pieces using a heavy, hammer, martelé tone! Violin/Viola Vivaldi group ­ 4 Mississippi STOP STOP rhythms on shoulder with good stop motion Allegro…..Dr. Suzuki Gavotte….Lully (A section) Concerto in A Minor...A. Vivaldi La Folia...Corelli (martelé variation) Cello Bach group… Pepperoni down up on arm with good stop motion. Allegro…. Dr. Suzuki Gavotte…. Lully (A section) Piano Mary Had A Little Lamb Chant Arabe The Happy Farmer The Wild Rider

Brain Teasers

Your teachers have set up some tricky trivia questions for you! It could be about your repertoire, maybe about a composer, perhaps a question about your instrument, or music history, or even music theory! Hope you’ve studied for this!

1. What is a minuet? A dance 2. How many strings are on the violin, viola, or cello? 4. How many keys are on the piano?

88 3. When was Bach born? 1685 4. Name a composer from the Baroque period. Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, etc. 5. Name the last piece in your Book 1.

Violin book 1. Gossec Gavotte Viola book 1 Gossec Gavotte Cello book 1 Minuet 2 Piano book 1 Musette

6. What are dynamics? How loud and soft we play 7. Name this symbol: p, f, crescendo, and decrescendo 8. What does Allegro mean? Quick, fast 9. What does Andante mean? Walking tempo 10. What does adagio mean? Slow 11. What does cantabile mean? Singing, lyrically 12. What do staccato and legato mean? Stopped, smooth 13. Name a dance from the Suzuki books. Minuet, Gavotte, Bourree, Courante, Gigue,

Allemande, Ecossaise, Waltz. 14. Where was Dr. Suzuki born? Japan 15. When was Dr. Suzuki born? 1898

Three-legged race

The Three­Legged Race is all about cooperation! We don’t use our feet to play our instruments, but we can work together! Pick a partner, and the TWO of you will play ONE instrument! Can you get through a whole piece? Your piece has been chosen by your group class teacher. Violin

Vivaldi­­Twinkle rhythms handshake Sibelius­­Mississippi Stop Stop Twinkle Tchaikovsky­­ Mississippi Stop Stop Twinkle Prokofiev­­Perpetual Motion Sarasate­­ Handel Chorus Saint­Saens­­ Martini Gavotte Lalo­­Country Dance Paganini­­Fiocco Allegro

Viola Telemann­­Lightly Row Hindemith­­Andantino or Bach Bourree

Cello Bach­­ Ants Eccles­­March in G. J.S. Bach Popper­­Gavotte. Lully

Piano Twinkle­­ HoneyBee (Unison) Book 1­­ Chant Arabe (Left Hand, Right Hand) Book 2­­ Ecossaise/The Wild Rider 6.30pm Group: Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Name that tune

Your teachers are out to trick you again! Can you figure out what piece is after hearing only 5 notes? What about only 3? Only 1? The piece will be chosen by the teacher at the station based on each student’s level.

Shooting hoops

Getting the basketball in the hoop takes practice and accuracy. Can you find your notes quickly and accurately? Violin Vivaldi­­ can you hear E, A, D, G when the teacher plays it? Sibelius­­ All the A’s that you know Tchaikovsky­­ All the A’s and the D’s that you know All other violin groups­­ All the C#’s that you know Viola Telemann­­All the D’s that you know Hindemith­­All the F’s that you know Cello Bach­­ can you hear A, D, when the teacher plays it? Eccles­­All the D’s that you know. Popper­­ All the A’s and D’s that you know.

Piano Twinkle­Find All Ds Book 1­Find All Cs Book 2­Find All As 6.30pm Find All Cs

Karaoke

Sing a Suzuki piece of student’s choice. You can sing words or syllables. Violin singing ideas: Twinkle theme

Most of Book 1­ we have words to most of the pieces if you have a favorite. Please ask

your teacher. You can also sing la­la­la. Bach Minuet 1 ­ the words we sang for Bach in the Subway Rest of the repertoire­ you may sing la­ la­ la.

Cello: Two Grenadiers Twinkle theme Bach Minuet 1 ­ the words we sang for Bach in the Subway Most of Book 1 ­ You can sing the words that we have. You can improvise or sing with la ­ la ­la. Gossec Gavotte Sing and dance (improvisation) Scherzo. Sing and dance (improvisation)

Piano:

Twinkle: Sing Twinkle Little Star Book 1: Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Book 2: Minuet in G Major, 6:30pm Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Ferris Wheel

Join your group class on the Ferris Wheel! Each group will have a special activity that we will prepare in the group class. Please listen for an announcement for your group class name and gather with your group at the following time: Violin Viola Cello Piano Vivaldi 10:30 Telemann 10:55 Bach 10:35 Chopin 11:20 Sibelius 11:30 Hindemith 11:45 Eccles 10:40 Beethoven 11:25 Tchaikovsky 11:00 Popper 11:10 Shostakovich 11:15 Prokofiev 10:45 Rachmaninoff 11:55 Sarasate 11:05 Saint­Saens 11:35 Lalo 11:40 Paganini 11:50 Corelli 10:50

Knock a tooth out!

With each tooth you knock out you lose a note from your piece! See if you can perform your piece with missing notes. Violin Vivaldi ­ Sing “Head Head Shoulders Shoulders” Sibelius/ Tchaikovsky­­ Twinkle theme Prokofiev/ Sarasate/ Saint­Saens/­­ Suzuki Perpetual Motion Lalo/ Paganini­­ Bohm Perpetual Motion Viola Telemann­ Twinkle theme Hindemith­ Perpetual Motion Cello Bach­ Body Twinkle Eccles­ Perpetual Motion Popper­ Perpetual Motion Piano Twinkle: Twinkle Theme Book 1: Little Playmates

Book ⅔ : Sonatina in G Major 6:30pm: Cuckoo

Bowling

Practice your bowling skills...each pin represents one repetition of a task! For example, if you knock down 5 out of 8 pins, then you will need to perform your task 3 times. Can you get a strike? Violin tasks: Vivaldi ­ make a beautiful bow hold Sibelius­ make a beautiful bow hold Tchaikovsky ­ make a good bow hold and have good posture Prokofiev ­ Good feet and violin posture Sarasate ­ good posture and bow hold Saint­Saens ­ good posture and bow hold Lalo ­ good shift 2nd ­ 5th pos. In Vivaldi G minor, 1st mvt. Paganini ­ play first 10 notes of La Folia with constant, juicy, vibrato Viola Tasks: Telemann­ make a beautiful bow hold Hindemith­ down up with tuna tone on each string using whole bow Cello Tasks: Bach­ Bunny house with magic stick. Eccles­ Beautiful bow hold and one spider bow slow way. Popper­ G Major scale with wonderful rosin highway and cupcake left hand. Piano Tasks: Curve Hands