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Tutorial Help lists specific links to sites that
will help you practice and learn more about orchestra.
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Smart Music -$30/yr
or $11/mo - This is a subscription service that is a
GREAT resource for your child! Students can play into a microphone and
Smart Music will grade their performance. All beginner books and Suzuki
Solo books are currently on smart music as well as scales and other
technical exercises. We highly recommend this great source! Smart
Music is a subscription service.
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Music
Theory Practice - free - This free website allows students to
practice note reading, rhythm, and key signature identification. These
are timed test formatted and can be fun to play.
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Online Metronome -
free - Free online metronome and piano for tuning.
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Finale Notepad
-$9.99 -Allows you to typing in the music
you are going to play, then having it play back. You can change
the tempo and put in multiple parts. It's useful as a virtual
playing partner.
Other practice help:
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Left Hand Position
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Online MIDI Files
- Very often you can find online files of
classical solos that you might be practicing. Just type the name of
your song and composer with “midi” typed in the search engine. Your
exact song might not come up but something similar will. Just an idea.
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Old Fashioned Recordings
- Don’t forget that there are a
LOT of CDs out there! You can order CDs of beginning books and advanced
solos too!
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New Fangled Webcam Recordings
- Get in front of that
webcam/microphone you use for IM'ing or Skype'ing and hit the "Record"
button! You'll get to watch yourself play and you can watch
yourself improve over time!
Fun websites to play and learn
in:
Very Cool Music
- sites for musicians students love
Here are some websites for some really cool musicians:
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Ahn Trio
- 2006 SCIS Chamber orchestra
was invited to perform at the Wortham Theater before this really awesome group
of sisters who play violin, cello, and piano. Check out their website and
music!
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Barrage
- Our students loved seeing
Barrage live on stage at Clear Lake HS and Clear Brook HS! Click the link to
enjoy more of Barrage high energy music!
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Break of Reality
- On February 4th, 2008 our
students will have a “Break of Reality” with an amazing band straight from New
York City! Click the link to take your own Break of Reality!
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Crooked Still - a
fun bluegrass band.
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Mark Wood -
Everyone's favorite heavy metal violinist!
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The Wild Band of Snee - I can't find a link, but they are a fun, folk music
group.
Student
favorites
These are a few of our
students favorite alternative string music groups:
Private Instructors - A list of outside instructors
SCOS - information on the Space Center Orchestra
Society
Other links of interest:
Bay Area Youth Symphony -
youth orchestra your child can participate in
Clear Lake High School Orchestra
- the next level!
Lisle Violin - local
violin rental and repair
SHARmusic.com
- online resource for strings
Southwestern Strings
- another online resource for strings
www.goarts.org
Research explaining why orchestra is good for you
www.electrifyyourstrings.com - The Mark Wood program to encourage youths to
learn strings!
www.woodviolins.com - Home site of the Mark Wood developed electric string
instruments.
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