Upper IntermediateThe Upper Intermediate Course is designed to take players on from the level of the Intermediate Course. The music we cover will be more challenging both musically (rhythmically etc) and technically (e.g. in more adventurous keys!) We will look together at the set repertoire and discuss options of bowing, fingering and ensemble issues. Further music will be provided, some in advance of the course so you can prepare it, and the rest during the weekend.
Here are some helpful guidelines about the level of an Upper Intermediate course: - Competent across whole range of instrument in first and half position, and up to a tone above the top fret - Happy in keys of two sharps or flats, willing to try three - Can play two sizes of viol, even if one is more familiar than the other - Able to hold a part in polyphonic madrigals and friendly fantasias - Bass players be happy to sometimes tune 6th string down to C - Able to use chordal fingering when sight-reading - Able to shape notes with tensioning the bow hair (messa di voce) |
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Forthcoming Dates
Online Day - Saturday April 24th
Join us via Zoom for our second online day. There will be two sessions in the morning with a coffee break, after lunch will be free to move away from the screen, then two more sessions before dinner. The cost for the day is £45 (if there are two people on your screen then £80 in total)
Provisional timetable
10am - 10.45am: A Scaley Start with Jacqui. Concentrating on making a lovely sound while playing a few friendly scales
10.45am put the kettle on! (we'll leave the meeting running so you can bring your coffee in and chat)
11.15am - 12pm: Sing a Chanson. We'll let the viols do the singing... an early chanson with Ali
Afternoon off - go for a walk, do your knitting, feed the birds...
4pm - 4.40pm: Medieval Merriment. Learning a medieval cantiga with Ali
5pm - 5.45pm: A Folky Feeling. We'll learn a beautiful folk tune with Jacqui
5.45pm - pre dinner drink and chat for anyone who would like to stay.
Online Day - Saturday April 24th
Join us via Zoom for our second online day. There will be two sessions in the morning with a coffee break, after lunch will be free to move away from the screen, then two more sessions before dinner. The cost for the day is £45 (if there are two people on your screen then £80 in total)
Provisional timetable
10am - 10.45am: A Scaley Start with Jacqui. Concentrating on making a lovely sound while playing a few friendly scales
10.45am put the kettle on! (we'll leave the meeting running so you can bring your coffee in and chat)
11.15am - 12pm: Sing a Chanson. We'll let the viols do the singing... an early chanson with Ali
Afternoon off - go for a walk, do your knitting, feed the birds...
4pm - 4.40pm: Medieval Merriment. Learning a medieval cantiga with Ali
5pm - 5.45pm: A Folky Feeling. We'll learn a beautiful folk tune with Jacqui
5.45pm - pre dinner drink and chat for anyone who would like to stay.
