Offer,Stephen, R: Violin Junior: Lesson Book 1 Vol. 1

Contents

• Hold the Violin like a Sports Star!
• Pizzicato Open-String Pieces
• Composing with String Colours
• Bars and Bar Lines
• Quarter Notes/ Crotchets, 4/4 Time Signature
• 2/4 Time Signature
• Quarter-Note Rests / Crotchet Rests
• 3/4 Time Signature
• Holding the Bow
• First Pieces with the Bow
• String Crossing
• Levitating Bow, Retakes
• Half Notes/Minims
• Dotted Half Notes/ Dotted Minims
• Introduction to the Left Hand
• Playing with the 1st Finger
• Long Bows and Short Bows
• Whole Notes/Semibreves
• Harmonics
• Playing with the 2nd Finger
• Eighth Notes/Quavers
• Improvising Sheep
• Dynamics
• Tempo
• Playing with the 3rd Finger
• Octaves
• The Musical Ladder
• Tied Notes
• Gradual Dynamic Changes
• Accented Notes
• Slurring Two Notes
• Playing with the 4th Finger
• Upbeats
• Slurring Three Notes
• 1st and 2nd Ending/1st and 2nd-Time Bars
• Appendix: Scales and Arpeggios