Equipment Essentials
Violin Anatomy
Forming a Bow Hold
Holding Your Bow
Holding Your Violin
Making a Great Sound
Bow Direction Notation
Open Strings
Rhythmic Notation
Time Signature
Pizzicato
Arco
Tempo
Left Hand
Fourth Position
First Position
Shifting
Listen: Samuel Barber, Adagio
Adagio
Adagio Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Counting
Intervals: Whole Steps and Half Steps
1st-2nd Finger in First Position
Listen: Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt
Morning Melody
Japanese Folk Song
1st-2nd Finger in Fourth Position
3rd Finger
Octave
2nd-3rd Finger in First Position
Old Joe Clark
Scarborough Fair
2nd-3rd Finger in Fourth Position
4th Finger
Listen: Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 Theme
Rondeau
Rondeau Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Dotted Rhythms
Subdivision
Listen: Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony 9
Ode to Joy
Amazing Grace
Slurred & Hooked Bowing
Slurs
Ode to Joy with slurs
Amazing Grace with slurs
Symphony No. 1 Theme with slurs
Ties
Sixteenth Notes
Listen: Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D
Canon
Canon Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Hooked Bowing
Be Thou My Vision
Aura Lee
Aura Lee Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Danny Boy
Major Scales and Key Signatures
Scale Degrees
D Major Scale
G Major Scale
Key
Key Signature
Circle of Fifths
Fiddle Tune
Accent
Shenandoah
Dynamics
Bow Placement
A Dynamic Etude
A Major
Park Bench
Park Bench Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Minor Scales & Key Signatures
Listen: Antonin Dvořák, Slavonic Dance No
E Minor Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
G Major/E Minor Scales
C Major/A Minor Scales
Accidentals and Finger Adjustments
Listen: Camille Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3
Theme from Symphony No. 3
Listen: Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
Allegretto
Symphony No. 7 (II Allegretto)
Ave Verum Corpus
Ave Verum Corpus Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Preparatory Exercises for Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Chromatic Scale
Basin Street Blues
Sweet Georgia Brown
Double Stops
Listen: J. S. Bach, Chaconne
Putting It All Together
Study in G Major
Judy’s Jig
Presto
Presto Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Dargason
Ritardando
Pavane pour un Infante défunte
Pavane pour un Infante défunte Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Study in E Minor
Retake
E Minor Fantasy
E Minor Fantasy Piano/Guitar Accompaniment
Study in B-flat Major
Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu Piano Accompaniment
Caricia a mi madre
Listen: Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
Simple Gifts
Study in G Minor
Violin Concerto Theme
Violin Concerto Theme Piano Accompaniment
Dedication in G Minor
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