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 About the Author