Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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.