On March 20th Kira, Sallie, Karen, and I lead Warm-ups for the BHS Camerata Orchestra. Sallie started off with a scale for the ensemble, Kira with the Call and response improve. I was next with the Etudes, and Karen finished it off with the fiddle tunes.
I had originally planned to play the Etudes on the violin, but no one was willing to loan me out one, so I practiced on the cello with intentions of playing that. The reason why I was against using my primary instrument was because I would have to sit for demonstrating the variations in the Etudes. If I was sitting (in the teaching world) I would not be able to see if every student was participating, if students were struggling, or misbehaving. Luckily, Joe Q Let me borrow his violin the night before we had the warm ups. it was a bit difficult sight reading the etudes on an instrument that I hadn't played for 5 years. I had planned the rhythmic variations of the etudes and at the end I selected two people to make up their own and demonstrate it to them.
You did well with the violin, but it would have been fine for you to have used cello. Being a horn player I understand that it is kind of and awkward instrument to demonstrate on, but you should expect your students to be attentive and listen even so.
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