Orchestra: Younger Beginner Violin Assignments for 11.16.2018 Great job on our first combined rehearsal! We will meet in the sanctuary this week for class. Continue practicing this list of pieces […]
Older Beginner Violins Practice your Christmas songs: #32, 31, 19, 20, 21, 22, 36, 42, 41 Also practice your bow on pp. 18-19, along with trying your Christmas songs with […]
Theory: Beginner Violin Theory 2 Assignments for 11.9.2018 Class, Great job this week! I am so blessed to have you all for students. Rhythm In rhythm this week we learned […]
Here’s a video of the correct bow hold for beginners! We have not used the bow in class yet but this is a great intro to go with what we talked about […]
Older Beginner Violins Practice these songs for our Christmas concert on December 7th: #32 going right into #31 #19 #20 #21 #22 #36 #42 #41 Also, practice p. 16-17 with […]
Assignment for 11.2.18 We are preparing for our December Winter concert now, so make sure you’re getting plenty of personal practice time in! #19 Rolling Along #20 Good King Wenceslas […]
Older Beginner Violins Practice pp. 12-14 Woodshed the difficult parts of the songs. On the rhythm songs, shadow bow by putting a toilet paper tube on your left shoulder, and […]
Theory: Beginner Violin Theory 2 Class, Great job this week! You all are so smart! For rhythm this week we wrote in the counting for lesson 3 lines 1-3. Please […]
Younger Beginner Violin Practice all pieces on pages 8-9. Look ahead at page 10 and try some notes on the A string! Ticket challenge: make sure you have short nails! […]
Orchestra: Younger Beginner Violin Assignment for 10.19.2018 Practice #15-#19 on pages 7-8 in Essential Elements. Look at the top of page 6 for proper hand and finger position.
Older Beginner Violins Practice pp. 12 & 13 Also practice the bow exercises: rocketship up and down, windshield wiper using your pinky on your right hand, and the spider crawl–always […]
Older Beginner Violins Practice #22-32 BONUS QUESTION: Name the four notes you have learned on the D string.
Beginner Violin Assignments for 10.5.2018 If students do not yet have a shoulder rest or shoulder sponge, please purchase one this week. Pluck #8-13 on pages 5 through 7. Don’t […]
Younger Violin Theory Assignments for 10.5.2018 Hello, Hope you all have had a good weekend! We finished p.5 in our theory book, and counted and clapped Lesson 1 Line 5 […]
Class, Great job this week! You all are very smart and are catching on fast! We filled out lesson two in your Rhythm books and number seven in your Theory […]
Theory: Younger Beginner Violin Theory Assignment for 9.28.2018 Hello, Good job on Friday! You all did well learning your note names and clapping your rhythms! We completed line 3 and […]
Orchestra: Younger Beginner Violin Assignment for 9.28.2018 We are continuing practice on plucking the strings, using Essential Elements page 5, #6-9. This week, we started putting the fingers of the […]
Beginner Violin Theory II Assignments for 9.28.2018 Class, Great job on Friday! No homework this week. You all did such a great job with completing in-class assignments and participating in […]
Orchestra: Beginner Violin Assignments for 9.21.2018 If students do not yet have shoulder rests or shoulder sponges and a music stand please get one this week. We are continuing practice […]
Orchestra: Beginner Violin Assignments for 9.14.2018 This week we are practicing the correct position for holding the violin! Here is a video for help in this process: https://youtu.be/G8ElT-63o3M Students should practice rest position, playing position, and using their right pointer finger to pluck the open […]