Lesson 7 & 8

Lesson 7 Notes

"Wheels on the Bus."

very tiny very tiny

Five steps to the proper bow hold (as seen in the video you posted).

Make sure a pen can fit between the thumb and index finger while holding neck of violin.

Keep the wrist straight.

Tap on the tapes with fingers bent like table tops.

Lesson 8 Notes

Since S has been having a  little trouble with her bow hold, we put a heart sticker on her bow the top facing the way she should hold her thumb.  We also put one on her thumb facing the direction she should hold her bow, but it came off right away.  It has made a great difference in the way she holds her bow and she now holds it correctly most of the time. :)

"I'm a Little Monkey" (the video below--thanks--really helpful--I do the plucking)

I'm a little monkey. [A string no finger]

Climbing up a ladder." [finger closest to the scrolls--finger 1--B natural]

Climbing way up high to [finger 2--C Sharp]

Pick a pink banana [finger 3--D natural]

Fingers are table top, Thumbelina peeks shyly over the side, wrist is straight.

Thumbelina

We drew a face on her thumb.  She doesn't want any one to see her mouth or she'll scream. So the thumb only stays a little above the neck of the violin.

Ice Cream and Popcorn

Ice Cream . . . and Popcorn. . . and Ice Cream. . . and Popcorn . . . and Ice Cream . . . and Popcorn . . . and Ice Cream . . . and Popcorn . . . and

Scrubbing Game

(like in the videos you posted-thank you again).

down itty up itty

tuckatucka stop stop

pop corn and ice cream

Get a red permanent marker and mark the E string about an inch diameter line 1/2 inch on the string above the bridge. The rules are:

1. Take your time to say "Ready? Play." Make sure she is really ready to play.

2. Only play between the stickers on your bow.

3. Only play on the marked spot on the E string the "highway"--no other strings should be heard.

4. Feet in play position

5. Start on bottom sticker of the bow.

6. Straight wrist holding the neck of the violin.

7. Play only one of the rhythms--three times perfectly means a goody.

I'm a Little Monkey

Practice Help: Ice Cream and Popcorn

Practice Help: Down Iddy Up Iddy

Practice Help: Tucka Tucka Stop Stop

Practice help: Very Tiny

Bridge Rocks

Help tuning your violin

http://www.get-tuned.com/online_violin_tuner.php

Go to this link to get the pitches for each of the four violin strings.  When tuning with the violin on your knee, turn the peg up towards the ceiling to raise the pitch, or down towards the body of the violin (and towards your knee) to lower the pitch.

Left hand finger placement for "I'm a little Monkey"

Place fingers on the string on the inside corners.

Inside corners.

Fingers placed on strings on inside corners.

Only Thumbelina's eyes show, just the tip of the thumb...

Make sure fingers are "table top:" meaning bent and on their tips.

Fingers should not be collapsing like this...

Lesson 7

Wheels on the bus song. 

New Rhythm: very tiny, very tiny (in the sixteenth one-ee-and-a way)

5 step bow hold.

Neck Hold--Is this right?

Is this?

All the noise in the background is W laughing with the kids and playing trumpet with R. :)

Finger taps on the tape on the violin. Tape closest to the pegs is for finger one, next down the neck is 2 and then 3.  The pinky is not used at this time.