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Beginning The Violin

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Left Hand & Right Hand

Twinkle Rhythms

Practice by clapping or “shadow bowing” .Bend and straighten the right arm as theright hand slides along the left arm in rhythmto the words of the Twinkle variations.

Chicka chicka boom boomMickey MouseDown wiggle, up wiggleWish I had a million dollarsLittle, little, little long.



How to pick up your violin

Pick up the violin with the left hand and tuck it under the right arm.

The scroll is out front, the strings point out and the right arm is behind the bridge and

tuners.

How to sit in rest position: After picking up the violin correctly, sit forward in the chair until your heels can touchthe floor.

How to stand in rest position: After picking up the violin correctly, stand with feet together, tall as a tree.

How to take a bowStand in rest position and bend at the waist. Return to standing tall after saying toyourself, ”Hello toes! Goodbye toes!”

Steps to Playing position

1. Feet together, then unzip (make a V).

Left foot steps out.

2. Left hand on violin shoulder. Pull violin out with left hand (over left

foot).

3. Turn bottom of violin in and upside down. Lift violin high.

4. Land on shoulder (no space between neck and shoulder) while

looking straight ahead.

5. Land at neck and shoulder (no space). Turn head to toward violin.

Drop heavy head on violin. Can you take away your hand and hold

it with only your head for a count of 100? Don’t raise your shoulder!

6. When we are just using our open strings, you will keep your fingers

curved on top of the violin.



The Music Alphabet ABCDEFGDo you know your alphabet? Can you sing the alphabet song? Well, in

music, we also have an alphabet, but it is much shorter. The musicalphabet uses ABCDEFG, and then it repeats. The names of our strings

come from where they fall in this musical alphabet. We will learn more

about the musical alphabet later.

Learn The Names Of The StringsThe strings from low to high are: GDAE. Use a saying to learn the name ofyour strings:

Great Danes Are EnormousGrandpa Daddy Aunt Eeny Weeny

Can you think of some more sayings to help you remember your stringnames?

G D A E

Let’s identify and try out our strings from low to high.Plucking is also called “pizzicato”. Try using pizzicato by first playing guitar style (plucking withthe right thumb). Once you can do this, pluck in playing position. To do this, place the violin in

proper playing position. Anchor the right thumb at the corner of the fingerboard and pluck withthe right index finger. When you have more experience, you will learn how to pluck while alsoholding the bow. You can do this sitting or standing in rest position. .

Sing and pluck the “GGG” song.

GGG, up to DDD, up to AAA, up to EEE,down to AAA, down to DDD, down to GGG.



Sing/say and pluck.

Pop Goes The Weasel!

A penny for a spool of thread, A penny for a needle— That’s the way the money goes,Pop! (pluck E) Goes (pluck A) the weasel.

Higglety Pigglety Pop! Sing/speak this rhyme and

pizzicato as indicated at the end of each line.

Higglety, pigglety, pop! (pluck E)The dog has eaten the mop; (pluck A)The pig’s in a hurry, The cat’s in a flurry, (pluck D)Higglety, pigglety, pop! (pluck A)

Remember: Plucking the string is called “pizzicato”.

What about Rosin?A bow needs rosin on its bow hair to make any sound. Rosin (made from pine sap) is sticky and

provides the friction needed to make the string vibrate. If you apply too much rosin, you will see

clouds of rosin dust. Rub the bow hair on the rosin up and down a few times and that should be

enough. If you notice a slippery spot, apply more rosin to that area. Be careful not to touch the bow hairs when rosining or playing. You can practice your correct bow hold when you rosin our

bow! When you are done practicing, you can take a cotton cloth to wipe off your violin (do not

wipe off the bow hair).

Never touch the bow hair The oil in your fingers will keep the rosin from sticking to the hair.

Pluck and A & E while

saying/singing/listening to

this nursery rhyme. Theplucking can be done

“guitar style” (in rest

position) or in regular

playing position. Use the

index finger to pluck the

string.



Righty Tighty, Left LooseyUse the screw to loosen the bow before you put it away (and tighten before). When playing, the

correct tightness for the violin looks like you can stick a pencil or finger (don’t actually do it)

between the hair and stick. There will still be a slight inward curve of the bow at the tip.

Learn to shape the bow hand (right hand)

Make a Bunny Bow HandFirst, bend the thumb. Next, make a circle with your middle two fingers and your

bent thumb. Notice it looks like a bunny rabbit.

Now try this with on a pencil. Bend the thumb opposite the middle two fingers.

Make a circle between the middle two fingers and the thumb.Pretend the pencil is a carrot the bunny will eat.Open up your hand and keep your thumb bent up to the sky.



Shape the Right Hand on the BowRemember “drop, flop hop”.

Place the bent thumb on the bottom of the frog at the ferrule (metal or plastic) in front of the bowhair. Drop down the middle two fingers to make a circle with the thumb. Flop (lean) on the

index finger at the middle joint. Hop the curved little finger on top of the stick.

Bendy thumb

Thumb on outside

for beginners

Little finger on top

Thumb on inside for older players

Practice bowing in the air with these songs.

Check you bow hand as you practice.

The Noble Duke of York,

He had ten-thousand men,

He marched them UP the hill,

And marched them DOWN again.

And when you’re UP you’re UP

And when you’re DOWN you’re DOWN

And when you’re in-between

You’re neither UP nor DOWN.



Wheels on the BusSing. Use a bow or pencil. Sing and play open string part of A-D-G on “all through the town”

The wheels on the bus go round and round… People on the bus go up and down…

Wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish…

The doors on the bus go open and shut…

Using the Bow on the Violin

My Turn-Your Turn on E:Teacher plays “chicka chicka boom boom”, student echoes.This can be done with all of the Twinkle Rhythms.

Duet part to Twinkle Variation APlay “chicka chicka boom boom”on open E. Play on every other group of Twinkle Variation A asan open string duet part (starting on the second group).

Silent Landings:The bow needs to land silently. Practice landing the bow silentlyat the middle, frog, and tip of the bow. Make sure your bow handis correct.



Rocking between A & E (String Crossings)When we change strings, we tilt the bow arm to change levels.Seesaw up to change from E to A. Seesaw down to change from

A to E.

Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory Dock,The mouse ran up the clock.The clock struck one,The mouse ran down!

Hickory Dickory Dock.Student starts on A and then rocks to E on each beat. This pattern repeats 8 times.This could also be done pizzicato.

Open string part to Perpetual Motion:

EE(rock to A) AA(rock to E)EE (rock to A) AA (lift, land on E behind bridge)Squeak-squeak (stay) squeak-squeak(stay)

EE(rock to A) AA

Circle Bows (bow lifts)

At the end of the bow stroke,Lift and move counterclockwise.Land silently.

Open string part for Song of the Wind:Lift and land silently after each note.

E’E’E’A’ E’E’E’A’



Mouse hole in the left handWhen you hold the violin, the neck of the violin makes contact with your left hand betweenyour thumb and index finger. There will be a space between that contact point and the base ofthe hand.

V-V violin, (the shape between the thumb and pointer finger) V-V violin,See the space? (the space between those two fingers)

See the space?Curve your little fingers,Curve your little fingers,Thumb is straight,Thumb is straight.

Shape the hand

Take the shuttle and park your thumb just

slightly behind the first finger tape. tall, curved fingers

Leave a space here.

Rest the violin neck between the thumb and base joint of index finger. Leave a spacebig enough for a fly to whiz by.Practice landing each finger (starting with 1) in both rest and playing position. Fingersshould be tall and curved. Park the thumb opposite/just behind the first finger tape.

After landing 1,2,3,4, practice taking fingers off the string one at a time.



Elephants and Frogs (using fingers 0 and 1)

“3-2-1- Blast off!” on E string

Do with all the Twinkle variations

Set fingers 1-2-3 before you start3 ( then dump)2 ( then dump)1 (then dump)0 (then bow blasts up into the air)

also do on the A string



When you combine 3-2-1-blast off on both strings, you get an A

Major scale. Play the A scale up and down with all of the twinkle

variations

The A Major Scale:

Up- A: 0 1 2 3 E: 0 1 2 3 A B C# D E F# G# A

Down-E: 3 2 1 0 A: 3 2 1 0 A G# F# E D C# B A

Songs that can be played on one stringHot cross buns2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0Hot cross buns hot cross buns one a pen-ny two a pen-ny hot cross buns

Mary Had a Little Lamb2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2Ma-ry had a lit-tle lamb, lit-tle lamb, lit-tle lamb,

2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0Ma-ry had a lit-tle lamb its fleece was white as snow.

Apple Tree3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1

Ap-ple tree, ap-ple tree, will your ap-ples fall on me?

3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1I won’t cry, I won’t shout, if your ap-ples knock me out!

Bile Them Cabbages Down2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 0



Twinkle Banana Split:

E: 0 1 0A: 0 3 2 1 0

E: 0 0A: 3 2 1 3 2 1

E: 0 1 0

A: 0 3 2 1 0

Remember your Twinkle Rhythms?

Chicka chicka boom boom

Mickey Mouse

Down wiggle, up wiggle

Wish I had a million dollars

Little, little, little long.

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