Grade 4 Violin

REGISTRATION: All students must be registered on-line using the link https://secure.hrce.ca/hra/

Please follow the instructions to register by clicking on Begin Halifax Regional Arts WEST Registration 2021-2022. The shaded grey box at the bottom left-hand side of the page.

Information gathered in the registration will be used for communication home.

Violin Course Materials

All students will need:

• • a violin outfit (violin, bow, case, rosin) or Cello Outfit (cello, bow, rosin, case and floor-stopper)

  • Method Book: Essential Elements Violin Book 1 ISBN 978-0-634-03817-4

  • two pencils

  • cleaning cloth ( clean odd socks usually make good cleaners)

  • a binder of some sort to collect additional music sheets that can be organized

Warm-up

• Get the proper posture. Sit forward on a chair without arms. Sit straight backed and allow the cello to come and have the upper bout touch the chest with the scroll to the left of the head. The right leg should be beside the cello and the left leg just behind the other side. The cello should feel as though it is in front of you. With the right shoulder relaxed, you can form the proper have position for the bow and made sure that the bow glides straight across the string. Please refer to the method book for descriptions and pictures as a reminder.

• Open Strings 4-3-2-1 Play each string with a full straight bow 4 times, three times...

• Violin Open strings

• D Major Scale Start on the D string and play each note of the scale once with a long bow ( whole notes), then 4 shorter bows (quarter notes) and then finish with eight short bows (eigth notes) at the tip of the bow. (fingering for violin: D0 ,D1, D3 D4, A0, A1, A3, A4, A4, A3, A1, A0, D4, D2, D1, D0)

• D Major Scale

• A Major Scale

• Try other scales starting on other strings

Class Information at a glance

Your child has the opportunity to join the Halifax Regional Arts-West (HRA-West) String Program. This Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) program is offered starting in grade 4 and is offered through to graduation in grade 12. This is an elective class in elementary school and if students continue their instrument, can become an arts credit that is counted toward high school graduation.

• Students will need to keep their masks on for the entire class

• String students will leave their class to go to a music room for string instrument instruction

• Students are expected to practice at home and bring their required materials to string class

• Instruments are to be brought to school on the lesson day and brought home again the same day. Students are NOT to leave the instrument in the school on days other than lesson days.

• Students must commit to staying in the string classes for the full school year

• Method books will be offered at no cost

• Instruments will be offered at no cost. For more details, please refer to the HRA-West Loan Department at http://www.hramusicwest.org/instrument-loan-department.html

• ALL STUDENTS MUST BE REGISTERED using this link.

https://secure.hrce.ca/hra/wizard.aspx

• All communications from the string teacher will be created from the registration information.