Adventures in Violinland

Bow position and gymnastics. Open string songs.

Vibrato step-by-step, with songs and exercises.

3rd and 4th fingers (FA&SO). Introducing string crossing.

Basic posture and violin postiton. Pizzicato songs.

Visual and aural concept of note relationships. Songs using 3-note melodies.

Songs and duets using DO-MI and SO-MI skips.

Introducing 3rd position (Close 3^4 finger pattern). Basic shifting.

LA TI DO. Songs using 1 octave. Scales with bowing patterns.

A string crossing game.

Songs using larger skips. (SO-DO & DO-DO). Slurs.

Close 1^2 finger pattern. High G Major / C Major.

Songs using Major Triad. Double stops. Harmonics

Introducing a and e minor, scales and new rhythm patterns

Major Arpeggio. Review of posture, pitch and rhythm.

Book 3F, The Kingdom of Stringdom: The primary purpose of this book is to teach the alphabet names of the notes and to promote fluent sight reading...

Low 1st finger pattern. C and F Major / a and d minor.