Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 1 Assignments (February 9–15)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
#14 G Major
Scale #2
#16 G Major
Thirds #2
#17 I Don’t
Know You
#19 C Major
Scale #1
#21 C Major
Thirds #1
#22
Mattachins
#26 Jupiter,
beginning to
measure 8
Practice your
bow hold on a
pencil
1. How many beats are in each measure of #16?
2. How do you know?
3. What is the interval between D and A? (Hint: Look at page 3.)
4. What is the interval between G and D?
Friday
Saturday
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 2 Assignments (February 16–22)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
#23 C Major
Scale #2
#24 C Major
Arpeggio #2
#26 Jupiter,
whole piece
#30 A Tricky
Twinkle
Page 10
warm-ups (air
bow)
Questions to answer
1. Write in the counting for just the notes (not the rests) of the first line of #30 A
Tricky Twinkle. Make sure that every measure starts with 1!
2. What is the difference between hooked bowing and slurred bowing for a
dotted-quarter and eighth note rhythm?
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 3 Assignments (February 23–March 1)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
#19 C Major
Scale #1 –
Rhythm Chart
4 (both
rhythms)
#23 C Major
Scale #2 –
Rhythm Chart
5 (all 3
rhythms)
#34 March of
the Dots
#35 America
Questions to answer
1. a. In #34 March of the Dots, what measure do you play after measure 4?
b. What measure do you play after measure 2 the 2nd time?
2. Which assignment from pages 10 and 11 is in G Major?
Saturday
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 4 Assignments (March 2–8)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
#25 C Major
Thirds #2
#22
Mattachins
#36 Arirang
#41 “Largo”
from
Symphony #9
#40 America,
the Beautiful
(both lines)
Questions to answer
1. What instruments did Dvořák play?
2. In #41, what measure do you play after measure 16?
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 5 Assignments (March 9–15)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
#39 Las
Mañanitas
#40 America,
the Beautiful
#42 Aim High
#43 Mary’s
Lamb
#44 Extension
Chord
Questions to answer
1. How many total half-steps are there between A and C?
2. How many half-steps are there between A and C#?
3. One of these intervals is a major third and one is a minor third. Which one do
you think is which? (circle one)
A to C:
major third
minor third
A to C#:
major third
minor third
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 6 Assignments (March 16–22)
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Assignment
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
#46 Lamb
Chops
#49 A Major
Scale #1 and
Arpeggio
(memorize!)
#50 Los
Pollitos
Review
anything from
#25-41. I
picked #______.
Questions to answer
1. Mark a ^ where there are half steps in the A Major scale:
A
B
C#
D
E
F#
G#
A
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 7 Assignments (March 23–29)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
#44 Extension
Chord
#49 A Major
Scale #1 and
Arpeggio
#51 Chester
#52
Shepherd’s
Hey (quiz next
week!)
#54 From the
Top Down
Practice
minutes
Questions to answer
Remember that 3 half steps = minor 3rd and 4 half steps = major 3rd.
1. What are the notes in the A Major arpeggio?
2. What is the interval from the first note of the arpeggio to the second note?
3. What is the interval from the second note of the arpeggio to the third note?
Saturday
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 8 Assignments (March 30–April 5)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
#50 Los
Pollitos
#52
Shepherd’s
Hey (quiz!)
#55 A Major
Scale #2 and
Arpeggio
#56 A Twinkle
in Your Eye
#57 Stretch
Limo
Practice
minutes
Questions to answer
1. What is the name for the dots above or below the notes in #56?
2. Describe how you should play those notes.
Friday
Saturday
Name ________________________________________
7th Grade Orchestra
Week 9 Assignments (April 6–12)
Assignment
Parent Signature _______________________________________________
Write the number of times you practiced the assignment each day.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
#56 A Twinkle
in Your Eye
#55 A Major
Scale #2 and
Arpeggio
#59 Field Goal
#60 D Major
Scale and
Arpeggio
#61 Oh!
Susanna
Practice
minutes
Questions to answer
1. In #61, what beat do the first two notes make up? Hint: it’s not beat 1.
2. How are Johann Pachelbel and J.S. Bach connected?
3. What is often considered Pachelbel’s most famous work?
Saturday