Home practice is a requirement of this class.
PLEASE NOTE: Fingernails cannot extend past the fingertips. It is impossible to play a string instrument correctly with long nails.
PRACTICE YOUR NOTE READING: Clap rhythm/air bow rhythm/say letter names & fingering in rhyhm/pizzicato/play arco.
notes to read.pdf
How to Sit and How to Bow: How to Sit and How to Bow.pdf
Open String Cycle-Harmony piano part-4 beats, 3 beats, 2 beats, and 1 beat:
Open String Cycle harmony 4 3 2 1.mp3
Open String Prelude:
One way we will play this piece is to apply slurred staccato to the quarter notes and spiccato to the eighth notes.
Open String Prelude Violin pdf Open String Prelude Viola pdf
Open String Prelude Cello pdf Open String Prelude Bass web.pdf
Open String Prelude 2019 piano part.mp3
Spiccato Practice:
Bridge at Avignon Open D and A spiccato 2019.pdf
Bridge at Avignon piano.mp3
Songs with Open and First Finger:
Sad and Happy on D & A
Sad and Happy Violin.pdf Sad and Happy Viola.pdf
Sad and Happy Cello.pdf Sad and Happy Bass.pdf
Sad and Happy piano.mp3
Learn Patterns 1 & 2: (we learn pattern 2 first)
Learn Patterns 1 and 2
Songs using Patterns 1 & 2:
Oats, Peas, and Beans (Pattern 2)
Oats Peas Beans violin.pdf Oats Peas Beans viola.pdf
Oats Peas Beans cello.pdf Oats Peas Beans bass.pdf
Lightly Row (Pattern 1 & 2):
Lightly Row violin.pdf Lightly Row viola.pdf
Lightly Row cello.pdf Lightly Row bass.pdf
Lightly Row piano.mp3
Tone Study based "On Wings of Song"
Tone Study-Violin Tone Study-Viola
Tone Study-Cello Tone Study Bass
Tone Study-Accompaniment mp3
D Major Scale: D Major Scale color coded.pdf
Old MacDonald & French Folk Song:
Old Mac French violin.pdf Old Mac French viola.pdf
Old Mac French cello.pdf
Dance Josey
Dance Josey violin.pdf Dance Josey viola.pdf
Dance Josey cello.pdf Dance Josey bass.pdf
Dance Josey piano.mp3(There is a 2 measure introduction; you can play it 4 times.)
Old Brass Wagon:
Old Brass Wagon violin.pdf Old Brass Wagon viola.pdf
Old Brass Wagon cello.pdf Old Brass Wagon bass.pdf
Old Brass Wagon 2019 piano.mp3 (you can play it 4 times)
Practice Note Names
Violin G String Note Names Viola C String Note Names Cello C String Note Names
Violin D String Note Names Viola G String Note Names Cello G String Note Names
Violin A String Note Names Viola D String Note Names Cello D String Note Names
Violin E String Note Names Viola A String Note Names Cello A String Note Names
Flash Cards: print, cut, and fold to make flashcards.
Violin-Flash-Cards.pdf Viola-Flash-Cards.pdf
Cello-Flash-Cards.pdf Bass-Flash-Cards.pdf
BIG-FLASH-CARDS-ALL.pdf
Parts of the Violin and Bow
Violin viola bow hand.mp4
Cello-bow-hold-tutorial-720p.mp4
Go to the "Web Resources" page to practice your note reading. Violins click on "Treble Clef", violas click on "Alto Clef", and cellos,basses click on "Bass Clef".