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Promotional Guidelines To promote you must play with good posture. Check your posture against this list: This is what you need to know to promote: Orchestra Beginning Ensembles Elementary Orchestra o Consistently plays with good position and bow hold. See Position Checklist. o Has mastered all required skills for previous ensembles. o Plays with consistently accurate intonation and resonant tone quality. o Repertoire performed for promotional jury is memorized. o Violin/Viola/Cello: Has mastered all of Suzuki Book 1 through the following piece in Suzuki Book 2, or a comparable level: Violin: Waltz Viola/Cello: Chorus from Judas Macabeus o Bass: Has mastered all of the Twinkle Variations in Suzuki Book 1 through Perpetual Motion, or a comparable level. o Plays scales and arpeggios, one note per bow, in a steady tempo, and memorized: Violin: One octave C Major, F Major, D Major, d melodic minor; Two octave G Major, A Major Viola: One octave G Major, F Major, Bb Major, g melodic minor; Two octave C Major, D Major Cello: One octave G Major, F Major, Bb Major, d melodic minor; Two octave C Major, D Major Bass: 1/2 position one octave F and Bb Major; 1st position one octave G Major o Sightreads at the middle of Suzuki Book 1 level. o Can name all notes chromatically in first position on instrument.
o Consistently plays with good position and bow hold. See Position Checklist. o Has mastered all required skills for previous ensembles. o Plays with consistently accurate intonation and resonant tone quality. o Tunes own instrument. o Repertoire performed for promotional jury is memorized. o Violin/Viola: Has mastered pieces from Suzuki Book 1 to Humoresque in Suzuki Book 3, or a comparable level. o Cello: Has mastered pieces from Suzuki Book 1 to Schertzo in Suzuki Book 3, or a comparable level. o Bass: Has mastered all of the Twinkle Variations through the Bach Minuet at the end of Suzuki Book 1, or a comparable level. o Shifting: Shifts consistently with smooth shifting motion, thumb and hand moving together and fingers in a functional position. Violin/Viola: shifts into 3rd position Cello: shifts into 2nd and 4th positions Bass: shifts into 2nd and 3rd positions o Plays scales and arpeggios in a steady tempo and memorized: Violin: Two octave Bb Major, D Major (must include shift), a melodic minor Viola: Two octave Eb Major, G Major (must include shift), c melodic minor Cello: Two octave Eb Major, G Major (must include shift), d melodic minor Bass: One octave A Major, C Major, g melodic minor; Two octave F Major o Sightreads at the beginning of Book 2 level. o Can name all notes chromatically in first position on instrument and the names of notes in other positions in present repertoire.
Advanced Orchestra o Consistently plays with good position and bow hold. See Position Checklist. o Has mastered all required skills for previous ensembles. o Plays with consistently accurate intonation and resonant tone quality. o Uses vibrato in musical contexts. o Cello: Cellists can read notes in the tenor clef. o Repertoire performed for promotional jury is memorized. o Has mastered pieces from Suzuki Book 1 to the beginning of Suzuki Book 4, or a comparable level. o Shifting: Shifts consistently with smooth shifting motion, thumb and hand moving together and fingers in a functional position. Can play Twinkle Theme on one string with one finger Violin/Viola: shifts into 2nd to 5th position Cello: shifts into 2nd, 3rd, 4th positions and extensions Bass: shifts into 2nd, 3rd, and 4th positions o Plays scales and arpeggios in a steady tempo and memorized: Violin: Two octave E Major, e melodic minor, Three octave G Major Viola: Two octave A Major, a melodic minor, Three octave C Major Cello: Two octave A Major, a melodic minor, Three octave C Major Bass: Two octave G Major, a melodic minor, A Major o Sightreads at the middle of Book 3 level. o Understands and can describe note relationships across strings in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions.
Chamber Orchestra o Consistently plays with good position and bow hold. See Position Checklist. o Has mastered all required skills for previous ensembles. o Plays with consistently accurate intonation and resonant tone quality. o Uses vibrato in musical contexts and can control speed, width and intensity. o Cello: Cellists can read musical passages that alternate between tenor and bass clef. o Repertoire performed for promotional jury is memorized. o Violin/Viola/Cello: Has mastered all of Suzuki Book 1 through the following piece or a comparable level: Violin: Vivaldi, concerto in g minor movement 1 or 3 Viola: Vivaldi, concerto in c minor movement 1 or 3 Cello: Saint-Saëns, Allegro Appassionato o Bass: Has mastered all of the Twinkle Variations in Suzuki Book 1 through Vivaldi Sonata 3 (originally written for cello); movement ii, or a comparable level. o Shifting: Shifts consistently with smooth shifting motion, thumb and hand moving together and fingers in a functional position. o Plays scales and arpeggios in a steady tempo and memorized: Violin: Three octave A Major, g melodic minor, D Major Viola: Three octave D Major, c melodic minor, Eb Major Cello: Three octave D Major, c melodic minor, F Major Bass: Two octave Bb Major, d melodic minor, D Major o Sightreads at the middle of Book 4 level. o Understands and can describe note relationships across strings in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions. o Can demonstrate the following orchestral bowings in selected excerpts: Spiccato and hooked bowing.
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