The Violin Strings

Meet the Violin

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1 My First Songy y

Welcome to the wonderful world of violin!

Let's begin with plucking!

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5A Funny Pair

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6Zoomin' Along

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7Skateboard Sam

Let's Play Catch

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9Couch Potato

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10Meet the "A" Team! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Eyes on the Road

Puppy Dog Song! ! !!!! ! ! !!!12 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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13Apple for the Teacher

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14 Dad's Tune

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15 Bumper Cars

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16Leap Frog

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17 Farmer Dave

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18Watch Those Rests

y y ! ! y ! y y19Back and Forth

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Now go back and play the first part of the book again with the bow.

Learning the Bow Grip 7

20 My First Finger Ezz z z z z

To play our new note, place thefirst finger of your left hand down onthe "D" string's first tape or mark.

Curve your fingers & use the tip ofof your pointer finger on the "D" string.

Relax your thumb.

Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.

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First Finger "E"

zz z z z21 The Fabulous Mr. Edz z z y y y z z y y z z z22 Fun with D and Ey y zz y z y z yz y yy 23 Banana Splity y !! y z z z zz y y

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24 Two Fingers DownF FFF F

To play our new note, place thefirst and second fingers of your left handdown on the "D" string's first two tapes.

Curve your fingers & useyour finger tipson the "D" string.

Relax your thumb.

Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.

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Second Finger "F#"

F FFF F FF25Two or NothingF FF yyy F Fyy F FF26Trucking AlongF FF y y F F zzzz F FF27 Playing It Righty F yF y ! ! !!! F FF

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28 Half Notes Happen. . , , . , . .29 Ups and Downs. , . , , .

30 Hot Cross Buns\ ^ . \ ^ .

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31Mary Had A Little Lamb

F z

When you see this time signature, you have four beats in each measure.

y z F F F z z z F F F F z y z F F F z z F z R

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32 French Friesy y y z \ ^ y F z z . y y y z \ ^ y F z z .

33 Karate Chopy y y z z z F FF ! ! , ! ! ! F F F z z z y y .

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34 Soccer Champ

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35 Winning the Prize, \ , \ !! F F , \

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36The Ballerinas

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The Boy ScoutF F y y z z ! ! z z ! ! . .

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38Give Me A "G"w w ww w

To play our new note, place the first,second and third fingers of your left handdown on the "D" string's first three tapes.

Curve your fingers & use your finger tipson the "D" string.

Relax your thumb.

Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.

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Third Finger "G"

w w ww w w w39 G and D Song4 4 . . 4 4 y y 440 Movin' On Upy y y z z z F F\ w w 441 Skipin' Town, \ 4 ^ . \ z z ^

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42Lightly Row! F \ wz^ yz F w ! ! ,

! F \ w z ^ y F ! ! \ z z z z z F 4 F F F F F w , ! F \ w z ^ y F ! ! R

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43Better "B" Goodgggg g

To play our new note, place thefirst finger of your left hand down onthe "A" string's first tape or mark.

Curve your fingers & use the tip ofof your pointer finger on the "A" string.

Relax your thumb.

Press firmly and play the "A" sting withyour bow.

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First Finger "B"

44"A" vs. "B"

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Song Without Letters

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46Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

yy!! gg, ww F F zz. ! ! w w F F ^ ! ! w w F F ^ y y ! ! g g , w w F F z z .

Name the notes.

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47Down and Up

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Move the bow towardyour body (to the left) foran UP bow.

Move the bow away fromyour body (to the right) fora DOWN bow.

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48Bow Time

Love My Bow

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50Starting Over

When you come to a comma,LIFT and start with a new bow.

51Lift It

52Lift or Loose

53Love to Lift

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54 F F \ F FJingle Bells

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55Old McDonald

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56London Bridge!g!w F w, z F 4 F w,

! g ! w F w , ^ , F y A dotted half notegets three beats of

sound.

57Three Counts Each

. ^ , . 58Careful Counter

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59 Hey, Diddle, Diddle

F F F F w ! z z z z y z \ F F w ! w F z .

60 Cukoo Bird

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61I See "C" Sharp" " " "

To play our new note, place thefirst and second fingers of your left handdown on the "A" string's first two tapes.

Curve your fingers & use your finger tipson the "A" string.

Relax your thumb.

Press firmly and play the "A" sting withyour bow.

Second Finger "C#"

62 Hot Cross Buns on the "A" StringP - ,

63 Climbing Up and Downy z \ ! g P " g, F z.

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64Jump Right In! g " " " " g " g ,

w w w F F F z z z . 65We Can All Read!

Name the notes writtenon the staff below.

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66 Meet the Mr. "D"y y y y

To play our new note, place the first,second and third fingers of your left handdown on the "A" string's first three tapes.

Curve your fingers & use your finger tipson the "A" string.

Relax your thumb.

Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.

Third Finger "D"

67 My Sombreroyyyy " """ gggg !!, w w w w F F F F z z z z y y .

68The Eagle Waltzy " g " g! y " g " g! .

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69Pencil and Eraser Waltzy ! ! " ! ! g ! ! y ! !

70 Buffalo Gals

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71 Tied Score. .

A "tie" is a curved line that connects twoor more notes of the same pitch.

Hold the note for the combined valueof the notes.

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y y72Looby Loo

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73 Camptown Races

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A - D - E - G - F# - B

Draw the notes on the staff.

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To play our new note, raise yourright elbow slightly and play youropen "G" string (fattest string).

Open "G" is below the music staff.

It is the lowest sounding note on the violin. t74 My Low, Fat "G" 75

Grandma's Tune

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76Mama's Little Baby Loves

Shortnin' Bread

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78Oh Susannah

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83

Piano

Forte

Cabbage Song

Play with a soft volume.

Play with a loud volume.

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84Humpty Dumpty

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Move you bow in the same direction for the slurred notes. Don't stopthe bow. Use an equal amount of bow for each note in the slur.

A SLUR is a curved line that connects two notes of different pitches.

85 Slippery Slurs

86My Dog and Me

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87 Clowns of Paris

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88Ode to Joy

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