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My favorite and most fun bow game/exercise - Pennies!
Bow games are a big part of my daily routine in beginning orchestra and I have students do bow games every day for many months. That means that I need to keep bow games interesting so that students don't get bored with doing them.
At the start of the year, students are in a new school as 7th graders and they tend to be extra quiet and a little reserved. I want them to bond in my class and start making friends in orchestra as soon as possible. This is one bow game that really helps students have fun together and start opening up. It may be a little roudy for some teachers out there, but I absolutely love it and my students beg to play it over and over. It's great for making your orchestra class FUN!
First, I give every student a penny and I have them balance it on their bent thumb. The whole point of this exercise is for students to focus on their thumb as they hold the bow and help them remember that the thumb must stay bent. I have students do all of the regular bow exercises with the penny on their thumb...stir the mush, circle face, arm wave (you can read about all of those on my previous post about bow games). Students try to do all of the exercises without dropping the penny and they start getting just a tad competitive to see who can keep the penny on their thumb the longest.
At the start of the year, students are in a new school as 7th graders and they tend to be extra quiet and a little reserved. I want them to bond in my class and start making friends in orchestra as soon as possible. This is one bow game that really helps students have fun together and start opening up. It may be a little roudy for some teachers out there, but I absolutely love it and my students beg to play it over and over. It's great for making your orchestra class FUN!
First, I give every student a penny and I have them balance it on their bent thumb. The whole point of this exercise is for students to focus on their thumb as they hold the bow and help them remember that the thumb must stay bent. I have students do all of the regular bow exercises with the penny on their thumb...stir the mush, circle face, arm wave (you can read about all of those on my previous post about bow games). Students try to do all of the exercises without dropping the penny and they start getting just a tad competitive to see who can keep the penny on their thumb the longest.
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