The Violin Strings

Meet the Violin

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My First Song

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Welcome to the wonderful world of violin!

Let's begin with plucking!

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Notes and Rests

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Three's a Crowd

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Getting Tricky

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A Funny Pair

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Zoomin' Along

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Skateboard Sam

Let's Play Catch

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9 Couch Potato

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Meet the "A" Team

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Eyes on the Road

Puppy Dog Song

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Apple for the Teacher

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14 Dad's Tune

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15 Bumper Cars

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Leap Frog

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17 Farmer Dave

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Watch Those Rests

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Back 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

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My First Finger E

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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"

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The Fabulous Mr. Ed

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Fun with D and E

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Banana Split

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Two Fingers Down

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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 FF

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Two or Nothing

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Trucking Along

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Playing It Right

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Half Notes Happen

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Ups and Downs

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Mary Had A Little Lamb

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

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F z y z F F F

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32 French Fries

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Karate Chop

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34 Soccer Champ

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Winning the Prize

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The Ballerinas

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37The Boy Scout

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Give Me A "G"

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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"

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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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Better "B" Good

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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"

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"A" vs. "B"

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Song Without Letters

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

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Name the notes.

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Down 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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Bow Time

Love My Bow

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Starting Over

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

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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

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Old McDonald

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London Bridge

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A dotted half notegets three beats ofsound.

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Three Counts Each

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Careful Counter

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59 Hey, Diddle, Diddle

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60 Cukoo Bird

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I 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#"

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Hot Cross Buns on the "A" StringP - ,

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Climbing Up and Down

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Jump Right In

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We Can All Read!

Name the notes writtenon the staff below.

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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"

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My Sombreroyyyy " """ gggg !!,

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

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

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Tied Score

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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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Looby Loo

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TIE

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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.

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My Low, Fat "G"

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Grandma's Tune

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Mama's Little Baby Loves

Shortnin' Bread

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Pop Corn

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Oh Susannah

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Piano

Forte

Cabbage Song

Play with a soft volume.

Play with a loud volume.

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Humpty 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.

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Slippery Slurs

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My Dog and Me

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87 Clowns of Paris

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Ode to Joy

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