Renowned pedagogue Shirley Givens' series for beginning violinists is widely respected for its clear, child-friendly format, and its sensible progression through techniques. There are lots of pictures, fun and familiar songs, and even pages for coloring! Ms.Givens uses a "Movable Do" system to teach pitch relationships and good intonation. Recommended for very young children. Book 2C, Meet Vibby Vibrato, teaches vibrato step-by-step with many songs and exercises. First, posture and violin hold are reviewed. Vibrato is begun in 4th Position; next, the student moves to 3rd Position with the help of a partner. Finally, vibrato is learned in 1st Position - again, first with a partner. The Violinland character "Vibby Vibrato" is the cheerful guide through the many fun violin exercises and songs. The young violinist earns a Vibrato Certificate at the end of the book. "Young children love the violin! It is small and huggable – and it makes sounds! How to nurture this initial enthusiasm for the instrument and to transform it into a deeper love of music is the object of my books." "Don't be misled by the seeming simplicity of the material! The books are written from a child's point of view while incorporating the most exacting standards of modern violin technique. But there are other important features of the books that contribute to their uniqueness: *The young student is encouraged to participate actively in his own learning by developing his own imagination. *There is discovery and improvisation. No imitation or copying from CDs. *Training the child's own pitch awareness from the start assures early in-tune playing. *Note reading and harmonic awareness from the beginning cultivate musical literacy for a lifetime. *A wonderful rhythmic foundation is established through body movement" - Shirley Givens
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Improve your violin bowing with these free mini open string workouts. Work on bow control, tone, string crossing, and more.
No more tears over counting! This is a workbook designed as a companion to Suzuki Violin School Book 2. I am in no way affiliated with Suzuki; I've just found these exercises extremely useful in my studio. Most of these also work for Suzuki Viola School Book 2. You are free to make as many copies as you like for YOUR OWN CLASSROOM OR STUDIO. Please do not distribute to other teachers or to people who are not your students. You can buy additional licenses for other teachers at a 10% discount. Want a FREE new resource every month? Subscribe to my newsletter here: https://www.sphillipsmusic.com/subscribe (I don't sell your email to anyone else. Newsletter is sent on the 8th day of the month, and every newsletter includes a free resource that hasn't yet been posted to TPT.)
When you see the word exercise, do you imagine exercises like lifting weights, jogging, or calisthenics? Those exercises increase strength and endurance, and you can use the Alexander Technique as you do them, but Alexander Technique exercises have diffe…
With the help of vocal exercises for singers, you can maintain your singing voice and achieve notes. Here are some suggested exercises.
Worried that you're "tone deaf" and destined to be a bad singer for the rest of your life? Think again! Learn about tone deafness & exercises that can help.
Note-Naming worksheets: these note recognition worksheets are really just music, after all!
For a great violin warm-up, practice scales and arpeggios everyday. Below are the main scales and arpeggios for the violin in first position. I recommend staying in one key for a few days to master the finger pattern. Scales are a great way to incorporate more advanced concepts like complicated bow
Beginners can play in tune. Really...they can. And they WANT to play in tune. No one wants to sound bad. I learned this while studying the Suzuki method as my son (age 4) began his violin lessons. He was taught to place his fingers perfectly and he wasn't to pull his bow until his fingers were set. That means, we had to pause after every 'tukka tukka stop stop' to place the next note before pulling the bow again. With this careful practice, my son never had the chance to play out of tune. Soon enough, he developed the muscle memory to land his fingers in tune add we no longer had to pause between pitch changes. In a beginning orchestra setting, we may not be able to physically check and move each student's finger to the right place, but we can use tapes for a guide. Students in a classroom are older, anyway...and they need to learn how to monitor their own playing. When students are struggling to get pitches in tune, I have found it helpful to step back and use the Suzuki strategy. Set. pull, listen. Does it match - is it in tune? Recently, I did a warm-up with my beginning orchestra class and it helped their overall intonation so much that I started doing it with all of my groups. We often warm-up with finger patterns and scales...this is just a new way to approach the patterns. We drilled only 3 notes at a time. In my experience, students are most often out of tune when playing half steps. This little drill helped students fix those intervals and they performed with better intonation through the entire rehearsal after playing it. I don't have students read the sheet music for warm ups because I want all of their focus to be on their fingers, half steps, intonation, tone, bow placement. etc. They easily pick up on this simple warm-up by rote. The other thing I have learned about beginners and intonation is that they sound a lot better when I tune them! This is pretty obvious, but I used to not tune them very carefully. I have 50 students to tune in each of my beginning class, so I'm in a hurry...I tune them all in 5 minutes or less. With tuner blaring, I used to tune via pizzicato. Then, after nagging my class to fix their intonation, I noticed that their D's and A's didn't match...and I had tuned them! I learned that I am not very good at tuning accurately when I use pizz. Now, I tune every kid's instrument using my bow...and wow...what a difference. You students just might be playing better than you think. Every now and then, I even tune my advanced class...just to make sure their instruments are perfectly in tune before we focus a rehearsal on intonation.
This tricep workout routine is perfect to do with dumbbells at home. You can do this tricep workout at the gym and can easily adapt these move to using resistance bands to do the routine without weights. Learn new bodyweight exercises to target flabby arms fast in only 7 moves.
Need a sticker chart for practicing piano? Potty-training? Dog walking? Swim practice? Running 3 laps? Violin? Flute? Tuba? Brushing Teeth? You name it, this chart is what you’re looking for. It’s The “Anything” Sticker Chart. This printable is a PowerPoint file so you can enter your child’s name and whatever skill or task they are working … Continued
PDF Article on Scales and Arpeggios In music, a scale is any set of musical notes ordered by fundamental frequency or pitch. An arpeggio (it. /arˈpeddʒo/) is a musical technique where notes in a ch…
