Week 7:

1st Finger E

BOW EXERCISES FIRST

While we are starting with our left hand, that bow hold is still very fresh in our minds. Continue to start practice every day with 2-3 minutes of your bow hold exercises. This is very important to get comfortable with your bow hold and to make sure you use a good bow hold EVERY TIME you pick it up. Before playing every piece of music, always check your bow hold first.

EYES OPEN, EYES CLOSED

Once you've done your bow hold exercises, spend another 2 minutes each day working on an EOEC exercise for our newest note or technique. This will help your muscles to get a good idea of how everything should be working. If your muscles know what they should feel like, you'll be able to keep your eyes on your music and trust your muscles and ear to work together to make sure the sound is being made correctly on your instrument.

USING THE INTERACTIVE PRACTICE STUDIO (IPS) APP

Later in the week, when you really are sounding awesome on your pieces, you may start to get tired of practicing the same thing over, and over, and over, and over...you get my point. Once you reach the point of being "concert ready," challenge yourself by practicing with the IPS app. This is a great tool to

1st Finger E (on D-String) - Pg. 8

We get to move beyond our open strings to start creating more music by using fingers on our left hand. By placing 1 finger down on the fingerboard, we can create the note E. As you use the first finger, make sure you keep it hovering above the fingerboard so you can place it in the correct spot without having to look at your instrument.

How to use the IPS App

Mr. Williams guides you through how to use the Interactive Practice Studio (IPS) App that works together with your String Basics lesson book. Further information on how to setup and use the app are in the back cover of your book. Make sure you have an adult help you with creating your account.

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