First Year Violins

Here's a great way to listen to your songs. Go to the Intermediate School page, then go to Orchestra, then go to Suzuki Book. Choose your instrument and Book 1. All the songs in your book are there being performed for you. Of course, this is the finished version, but it's a great way to listen and learn!!!

April 14th, 2020

Hello Violin students! I have added both Lightly Row and Song of the Wind to the bottom of this page with some instructions. Please send me videos when you have a problem you need my help with or if you just want to share your performance. I hope you all enjoyed Easter or Passover or just seeing spring arriving! I have been working in my garden, playing with my dog, trying to find a way to record myself playing that sounds good (haven't tackled that yet- but you know our motto: We Stink But We're Getting Better!) and getting some reading done too. Send me an email to tell me how you are doing. I miss you guys!!!!

Mrs. Lowe

March 23, 2020

Good Morning Violin Students! I've added the Twinkle Sandwich to the bottom of this page for those of you who need it. I miss you all!!

Mrs. Lowe

Here is what first year students should be working on.

Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to videos with information!

Review work :

You should continue to review all the Twinkle variations:

Mississippi Hot Dog
Run Pony, Jump Pony
Peanut Butter Macaroni
Twinkle theme
Twinkle theme on the D and A strings

Remember:

Position is important! Make sure your violin is on your shoulder- not on your collarbone. You know how to do this!
Bow hold should be set up before you begin to play. Thumb bent, two middle fingers wrapped around the bow stick, pinkie curved and on top of the bow stick. Remember to keep your hand soft!
Start each of the variations by using a downbow- bow moving towards the tip (away from you).
Don't forget how your bow arm needs to move. Make an L shape with your right arm and move your hand away from you.
Spend at least 5 minutes of practice on review.

New work:

Lightly Row!

Some of you have already started learning this song. If so, you need to continue working on the song.

The page with the fingerings is located below in case you don't have it.

There are no fingers on the E string. If you see a finger number, that note is on the A string.

Remember:

Line two and four are the same.
Line three is probably the easiest, so spend more time working on the other lines.
You can work on small sections and repeat them lots of times. By lots of times, I mean 10 to 20 times.
Spend at least 10 minutes of practice on this piece.

Song of the Wind! I just added the entire song for you...

You should only work on this song if Lightly Row is finished!

You will start to learn this song by working on a practice spot. A practice spot is a section of a song that is a little more challenging that the rest of the song. If you master that spot, the rest of the song will be easy!

www.loom.com/share/3bde7ce83d264aeb8a90fa0ca4ac4745 This is a short video for Lightly Row

https://www.loom.com/share/0384a1b3457b456c86c6b28a7ce7b6de. This is a short video for the Song of the Wind spot

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Ok- here is Song of the Wind as promised! Here's what to watch out for in this song. Do you see the three big circles on the page? Those are called bow circles. A bow circle is when your bow needs to be placed on the string near the frog. I'll send you a video of this. For now, when you come to those spots, just start the next spot on a downbow: that's the funny symbol above the note that looks like a box with no bottom and a thick top. The opposite is upbow: that looks like a letter V. When we play Mississippi Hot Dog, we ALWAYS start on a downbow (with the bow moving away from us). We do that because it gives us a little bit of a stronger sound at the beginning of the song where we want a little more oompf. (That's a technical term by the way...ask your parents about it).

So, here is your job. give this a try- assuming you have done the practice spot a LOT of times- like hundreds of times! Once you have something ready for me to see and hear, send a video and I'll help you move forward!

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Here is a video explaining how to play Lightly Row!

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This is a video for the Song of the Wind spot that you need to practice first! Don't forget to send me a video when you've learned the spot- or if you are having trouble with this spot! I can help...

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And here is the entire Song of the Wind video. Good luck! Send me videos of your performances!!

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