Scales & Arpeggios

Allegretto grade 2 abrsm option A1

Menuet in G grade 2 abrsm option A2

Minuett grade 2 abrsm option A3

Theme grade 2 abrsm option B1

Bamboo in the Breeze abrsm option B2

Castle on a Cloud abrsm grade 2 option B3

The Ceilidh abrsm grade 2 option C1

Angry Tango abrsm grade 2 option C2

Trinity - Air

Lots of up bows in this piece.

Trinity Menuet

Be careful with the rhythm in this piece

Trinity - In the Quiet House

The bowing is very important in this piece.

Trinity - At Work

Make sure your first finger is back on the A string so you can plat Bflat

And your 4th finger needs to be close to your 3rd finger to play Eflat in bars 15,30 and 32

Remember this piece introduces swing rhythm, so instead of playing straight quavers, they need to be long,short,long,short ...etc

Trinity - Dublin Time

This piece is in 6/8, so remember to count 6 quavers in the bar.

The bowing is tricky in this one - make sure you do all the slurs

Trinity - The Leaving of Liverpool

Make sure your 4th fingers are in tune .

Trinity - Bouree

Remember to keep your 1st finger back on the A string to play Bflat and the E string to play F natural.

Watch out for the accidentals!

Trinity - Coleg y Brifysgol Abertawe

Practice this one slowly - lots of tricky bowing and accidentals.

Don't forget to play both repeats

Posture and bow hold

Bow hold recap

Trinity - Grade 2 Scales and Arpeggios

How to practice effectively! little and often at this stage!