Violin Notes Key Components: -violin is a discovery instrument! get parents on board, maybe a parent night when first starting, can help them practice ix6 cards for assignments/stickers/notes ¢ size violin — if the student can’t wrap their fingers around the end of the scroll while in playing position, it’s too big. Their left arm should make a V more than straight line. -good shoulder rest that fits! If the student is comfortable, they will keep playing. © -bow with proper hair. Ifa student is having a hard time making good tone, that could be part of the problem, electrical tape — place in middle third of bow for proper bow placement initially. ‘They also need to be placed on the fingerboard (3 lines initially) until students develop their intonation. -tosin - I had them put a swipe for every year they were old, with occasionally mote tag — remind the students to clean off the strings, fingerboard, and body of violin after Standing Position: -Rest position Feet together (looking forward, violin tucked under right arm, strings facing out) -Position 1 Take a step (feet shoulder width apart, diagonal L position) -Position 2 Find the violin (left hand comes to lower shoulder of rested violin) -Position 3 Hold it up (left hand holding shoulder of violin, left arm/violin held up, almost in playing position Position 4 Go in for a landing (tuck chin rest under chin, left hand still on shoulder, violin similar to a flat table top —no angle it up or down — I said to check their tabletop) Position 5 Find your thumb (left hand slides back, cradling the neck by the nut, wave at themselves to make sure their hand is loose) Bow Hold: -Draw Mr. Bumpity Bump on hand -Find colored electrical tape for staying in the right part of the bow -Pinky on head, thumb on clip -Plop, Check your pinky, Check yout thumb *Rocket Poem; Wheels on the Bus Song; Seeing who can worm theie fingers to the tip and back without dropping the bow (je. Spider Race or Hot Lava) *Suzuki/Megan rhythms: Peppetoni Pizza (4 eighths + 2 quasteis) or Mississippi Hot Dog Watermelon Watermelon (8 eighths) or Tortellini Ravioli Run Pony Run Pony (1 quarter, 2 cighths 2x) or Run Batman or Down Pony Up Pony Apple Shh Peat (2 quarters, rest, 1 quartet) ox Baby Shh Sleeps Oregon Oregon (Triplet) or Beautiful Wonderful“Whisper tunnel = toilet paper roll on left shoulder, bow inserted, can write different thythms on the tube for them to practice while you are working with other student. Elbow opens and closes like wall and door, no stiff arm, Or draw butterfly on inside of the elbow so that it’s flying when moving bow correctly. Will help the student keep the bow tracking well too (ao pulling the right elbow/shoulder diagonally back) ~ I tell students to keep the bow parallel to the bridge, like straight train tracks “Use imagery for tone. Te tell them to color (brown vs. blue) or how to pet an animal *Pizzicato Technique: -Go through positions to position 4, keep left hand on shoulder ~Show me yout pincher” ie. curved index and thumb touching on tips of fingers “Get yout anchor in position” ie. thumb under right corner of fingerboard, reach over with index finger My turn, Your turn Secret Handshake (telephone ot 1 on 1) Circle Game (follow game 1, 2, or 4 after — clap, nose, head, ect) Chase Song Pass the note BSS Split in to teams to practice songs *Compose: -Let them explore the strings on their own by composing their own music, whether with arco or pizzicato style on open strings initially, and then adding left hand fingers. Order of by-rote songs: 1) A and E String Song with all rhythms 2) Twinkle Twinkle with rhythms 3) Mary Had a Little Lamb (EE Rolling Along #17) 4) Bile Them Cabbage 5) Lightly Row (EE #24) 6) Frere Jacques (If pizzicato only; EE #113)Suzuki Songs E and A string song Start with teacher playing rhythm, student echoing it back, no teacher sections included do rhythm “Stop. Switch. Ready Go.” ie. play thythm, stop bow, switch strings, ready go -My turn, Your tun -go through at least 3 rhythms ‘Twinkle Twinkle variations (use note names initially, not finger numbers) -1" part — swing 3" finger and drop -3, 2,1, blast off and in reverse -making a tunnel with fingers ~dots on tip of fingers if necessary use multiple rhythms, simpler at first ~“Bread of sandwich” with loud and soft ingredients in the B section, within the 2 A sections A Major Scale only A, B, CH, D and back down -1,2,3.and 3, 2, 1 blast off -use different shythms Lightly Row -scales and arpeggios Song of the Wind -citcle bows (retakes) -break down hard parts with shythms Go Tell Aunt Rhodie -practice legato Oh Come Little Children -start up bow (“up down goes my bow ‘til it comes to a stop”)A and E String Song 2 00 reo a1 as Ss Stvdewr ploys Ts +enpker ploys UB= Nigh 3Iyries off Imp: //theheartstring.org/lyries.ham Fun Lyrics to Suzuki Songs in Early Book 1 Many songs and lyrics get passed among teachers in the Suzuki community; thanks to all who contribute to this fun and ever growing resource! Early Pre-Twinkle Songs/Rhymes Pre-Twinkle Bowing Poem Up like a rocket, Down like the rain, Back & forth like a choo-choo train! Round and round like a happy sun, Up on your head... Pinky and Thumb! Ball O' Fur "bread phrases” of the twinkle variation A sandwich A0 Ball O' Fur is my cat; E0 He's a furry grey cat, E71 And he is a fat cat, 0 ‘cause he eats tomatoes, A3 pickles and potatoes A2 cantaloupe and Fritos 1 each day he gets fatter AO but it doesn't matter! Muscle Memory Rhymes Pinky on the Bow, So you tell it where to Go. left hand Thumb up & Down ‘So you make a great Sound. Rhythms Mississippi Hot Dog Baby *shh* sleeps Down Pony Up Pony Beautiful Wonderful Tortellinni Raviolli The Monkey Song (A Major Scale to Miss. Hot Dog rhythm) I'm alittle monkey, Climbing up the ladder, Climbing up the tree to, Eat a pink bananal Gabrielle added the following verse: And a dish of ice cream! (4th finger) Kreisler Highway "insides" of the twinkle variation A “sandwich” also can be played on the left arm for bow arm muscle memory prep EO On the Kreisler Highway A3 Bowing with a straight bow ‘A2 Bowing with my elbow ‘At See my car can go! Go! EO On the Kreisler Highway A3 Bowing with a straight bow A2 Bowing with my elbow Al See my car can go! Gol Bow Builders muscle builders developed by Jeanne Luedke to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" The people on the bus go up & down The doors on the bus go open shut (left to right quickly with arm straight out) Wheels on the bus (counter-clockwise to the student) Windows (horse-hair towards floor) Wipers (metrenome-like motion; watch the pinky finger) Babies on the bus (trickiest one; thumb / back of hand next to eye and fingers only move bow) 9/30/2010 3:30 PMties of Diane Wagstaff copyright 1989 ‘ntp://theheartstring.org/lyries.htm Twinkle and Beyond! Alaskan Twinkle Twinkle, twinkle little light, sparkling in the arctic night. Up above the clouds so high, Blue-green ribbons in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle Northern Lights, shimmer in my dreams tonight. ~ Shelley Gill copyright 1987 buy her book; click here! Twinkle twinkle little star, how | wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. ‘Twinkle twinkle little star, how | wonder what you are! ‘Song of the Wind A time to play Song of the Wind, swirling through the trees, swirling through the trees, leaves are falling, leaves are falling, falling tumbling ‘round and ‘round. Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, falling to the ground. by Lisa Miles The first word "A" is also the first note. The fingers fall in pitch with the words and the swirls and round and round Go Tell Aunt Rhody the folk version is a little like this: Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, Old grey goose is dead! Died in the mill pond died in the mill pond died in the mill pond On her head! Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, Old grey goose is dead Oh Come, Little Children © come, little children, (© come, one and all. All join hands together, Both big ones and small For peace in our lifetime, We offer this plea, For peoples together, For you and for me. ~ Sally Wood words are fo remind children of how their bow should move. May Song, for Juneau, Alaska Long long Ago ‘Spring is here the cruise ships appear Tell me the tales that to me were so 9/30/2010 3:30 PMFOCUS POINTS: All position points ¢ Slurs D string Timing on second part + Repeats 13