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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.
z zz
First Finger "E"
zz z z z
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The Fabulous Mr. Ed
z z z y y y z z y y z z z
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Fun with D and E
y y zz y z y z yz y yy
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Banana Split
y y !! y z z z zz y y
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Two Fingers Down
F 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.
FF
Second Finger "F#"
F FFF F FF
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Two or Nothing
F FF yyy F Fyy F FF
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Trucking Along
F FF y y F F zzzz F FF
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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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30 Hot Cross Buns
\ ^ . \ ^ .
y y y y z z z z \ ^ R
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Mary 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 Fries
y y y z \ ^ y F z z . y y y z
\ ^ y F z z .
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Karate Chop
y 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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\ F z . . ^ z z \ .
\ F z . . z y z F R
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Winning the Prize
, \, \
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The Ballerinas
y yz z \ \ F F y y ^ .
37The Boy Scout
F F y y z z ! !
z z ! ! . . , . , ^ , . ^ . ! ! y y ! ! z z ! ! y y ^ .
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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"
w w ww w w w
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G and D Song
4 4 . . 4 4 y y 4
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Movin' On Up
y y y z z z F F\ w w 4
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Skipin' Town
, \ 4 ^ . \ z z ^
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Lightly 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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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"
! ! - ! g ! g
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Song Without Letters
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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! ! 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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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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54 F
F
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Jingle Bells
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w w w w F F F F z z F ^ !
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w w w w F F F ! ! w z R
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Old McDonald
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London Bridge
!g!w F w, z F 4 F w,
! g ! w F w , ^ , F y
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
F F F F w !
z z z z y z \ F
F w ! w F z .
60 Cukoo Bird
! \! \ z y z \
w F z .
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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
y z \! g P " g, F z.
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Jump Right In
! g " " " " g " g ,
w w w F F F z z z .
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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 !!,
w w w w F F F F z z z z y y .
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The Eagle Waltzy " g " g! y " g " g! .
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Pencil and Eraser Waltzy ! ! " ! ! g ! ! y ! !
70 Buffalo Gals
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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.
R . .TIE
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Looby Loo
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TIE
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73 Camptown Races
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F
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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. t
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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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83
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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