by Craig Duncan. Beginning violin technique and basic reading fundamentals. There is an emphasis on using melodies and classical pieces to instruct each new concept. The 28 lessons include basic technique and reading skills, scales in the keys of A, D, G and C and bowing techiniques such as dynamic contrast, slurs, accents, and staccato bowing. 47 melodies presented including works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Mozart, and other classical composers.
Contents: Lesson 1
Holding the Violin
Playing the Open Strings
Quarter Notes and Half Notes
Lesson 2
Notes in the First Position on the A and E strings
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Lesson 3
Key Signatures
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Jingle Bells
Lesson 4
Repeat Signs
Russian Dance Tune
Lightly Row
Dotted Notes
Camptown Races
Lesson 5
Eighth notes
Hungarian Folk Song #1
The Old Gray Goose
Lesson 6
Notes in the First Position on the D string
Ode to Joy (Ninth Symphony Theme) - Ludwig van Beethoven
Rests
Scherzando - Bela Barotok
Lesson 7
D Scale
Gavotte
Country Gardens
Can, Can - Jacques Offenbach
Lesson 8
Dynamics
Dixie
Largo from The New World Symphony - Anton Dvorak
Lesson 9
Notes in the Key of D on the E string
Riguadon - Henry Purcell
Lesson 10
Time Signature
Lavender's Blue
Allegretto - Ludwig van Beethoven
Lesson 11
Slurs
Gavotte
Simple Gifts - Shaker melody
Lesson 12
Accents
Fanfare Minuet
King William's March - Jeremiah Clarke
Lesson 13
Key of G
London Symphony - Joseph Haydn
Lesson 14
Crescendo and Descresendo
Jamaica - English Dance Tune
Lesson 15
The Upbeat
British Grenadiers
Symphony Theme - Johannes Brahms
Lesson 16
Accidentals
Minuet - Georg Philipp Telemann
The Harmonious Blacksmith - Georg Frederic Handel
Lesson 17
Key of C
Trumpet Minuet
Lesson 18
Ritard
French March (duet)
Lesson 19
Playing two notes with the same bow direction
Gavotte in C
Marche from The Algerian Suite - Camille Saint-Sa‘ns
Lesson 20
The Fourth Finger
BourŽe from Water Music - Georg Frederic Handel
Etude - Nikolai Paganini
Lesson 21
Fourth Finger and Open Strings
Gavotte from Sonata #2, Opus 5 - Georg Frederic Handel
Menuet - J. S. Bach
Lesson 22
Key of A
German Dance - Ludwig van Beethoven
Lesson 23
German Dance in A - Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante Grazioso - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lesson 24
Sixteenth Notes
Ride, Ride - Dmitri Kabalevsky
Bonaparte's Retreat
Lesson 25
Dotted Eighth Note
Soldier's March - Robert Schumann
Theme from the Fourth Symphony - Franz Schubert
Lesson 26
Staccato
Glockenspiel - Wolfgang A. Mozart
Lesson 27
Staccato and Legato
Surprise Symphony - Joseph Haydn
Gavotte in D - Arcangelo Corelli
Lesson 28
Grace Notes
Sonatina - Ludwig van Beethoven
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