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Meet the Violin
The Violin Strings
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Welcome to the wonderful world of violin! Let's begin with plucking!
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My First Song
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Notes and Rests
Three's a Crowd
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Getting Tricky
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y y y y y y y y y A Funny Pair
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y y y y y y Zoomin' Along
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Skateboard Sam
Let's Play Catch
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Couch Potato
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Puppy Dog Song
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Dad's Tune
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Bumper Cars
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y y y ! ! ! y y y ! Leap Frog
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y y ! ! y ! y y Watch Those Rests
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y !y ! y !y ! y !y ! y y y Back and Forth
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Learning the Bow Grip
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Now go back and play the first part of the book again with the bow.
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First Finger "E" To play our new note, place the first finger of your left hand down on the "D" string's first tape or mark. Curve your fingers & use the tip of of your pointer finger on the "D" string. Relax your thumb.
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Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
My First Finger E
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z z z y y y z z yy z z z The Fabulous Mr. Ed
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y y zz y z y z y z y yy Fun with D and E
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y y !! y z z z zz y y Banana Split
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Second Finger 9 "F#" To play our new note, place the first and second fingers of your left hand down on the "D" string's first two tapes. Curve your fingers & useyour finger tips on the "D" string. Relax your thumb. Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
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Two or Nothing
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Half Notes Happen
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Ups and Downs
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Hot Cross Buns
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Mary Had A Little Lamb
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French Fries
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Winning the Prize
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The Ballerinas
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Third Finger 15 "G"
To play our new note, place the first, second and third fingers of your left hand down on the "D" string's first three tapes. Curve your fingers & use your finger tips on the "D" string. Relax your thumb. Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
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G and D Song
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Movin' On Up
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Skipin' Town
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Lightly Row
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First Finger 17 "B"
To play our new note, place the first finger of your left hand down on the "A" string's first tape or mark.
Curve your fingers & use the tip of of your pointer finger on the "A" string. Relax your thumb. Press firmly and play the "A" sting with your bow.
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Better "B" Good
"A" vs. "B"
Song Without Letters
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19 Move the bow away from your body (to the right) for a DOWN bow.
Move the bow toward your body (to the left) for an UP bow.
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Love My Bow
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Bow Time
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Starting Over
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Lift It
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Lift or Loose
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Love to Lift
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Jingle Bells 54
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Old McDonald
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London Bridge
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Three Counts Each
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Careful Counter
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Hey, Diddle, Diddle
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Cukoo Bird
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Second Finger 25 "C#" To play our new note, place the first and second fingers of your left hand down on the "A" string's first two tapes. Curve your fingers & use your finger tips on the "A" string. Relax your thumb. Press firmly and play the "A" sting with your bow.
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Climbing Up and Down
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Jump Right In
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We Can All Read!
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Name the notes written on the staff below.
Third Finger 27 "D" To play our new note, place the first, second and third fingers of your left hand down on the "A" string's first three tapes. Curve your fingers & use your finger tips on the "A" string. Relax your thumb. Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
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Meet the Mr. "D"
My Sombrero
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Pencil and Eraser Waltz
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Buffalo Gals
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A "tie" is a curved line that connects two or more notes of the same pitch.
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Hold the note for the combined value of the notes.
Tied Score
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Looby Loo
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Draw the notes on the staff.
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To play our new note, raise your right elbow slightly and play your open "G" string (fattest string). Open "G" is below the music staff.
It is the lowest sounding note on the violin.
My Low, Fat "G"
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Shortnin' Bread
Pop Corn
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Oh Susannah
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Piano
Play with a soft volume.
Forte
Play with a loud volume.
Cabbage Song
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Humpty Dumpty
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A SLUR is a curved line that connects two notes of different pitches. Move you bow in the same direction for the slurred notes. Don't stop the bow. Use an equal amount of bow for each note in the slur.
Slippery Slurs
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My Dog and Me
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Clowns of Paris
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