The pacing map below reflects the instructional pacing of the beginning 6th Grade Orchestra curriculum. The timeframe of the pacing map starts at first week of school in August and into November.
*Please know that the timeframe and order of the elements in the curricular pacing map may need to be adjusted to accomodate online learning and changes to the school’s URL schedule and evental face to face learning.
1. Orchestra Classroom and Instrument Procedures
-Care and Handling of the instrument
-Classroom routine for moving around class, unpacking and packing instruments
-Parts of the Instrument
-Keeping a Steady Tempo and learning about Subdivision
-Quarter notes and quarter rests
2. Holding and playing the instrument
a) Instrument Hold position and pizzicato
-Violin/Viola start off “guitar position”
-Pizzicato technique
-Open strings of the instruments
-Notes on the D and A String
-Left Hand Wrist posture
b) Instrument Playing Position Hold and pizzicato
-Violin and Viola instrument hold on the shoulder
-Left Hand Wrist posture
3. Bow Technique
-Parts of the Bow
-Care and Handing of the Bow
-Bow Grip
-Right Hand wrist bow technique
4. Putting it Together
-Up bow and down bow
-4 Things for Good Bow Stroke
*Bow Grip
*T-Shape
*Right Hand wrist
*Stay on one spot