Fiddle Book 1
Fiddle Book 1
Fiddle Book 1
Kids Fiddle
Program
BOOK 1
DATE
LISTEN
SING
SOLFEGE
PLAY
Tune Archive
oldtownschool.org/classes/kids/tunes
This link will take you to sound files of most of the songs we will sing and
play in class. Listening during the week helps students internalize the
music we are learning, and its fun! In the beginning, we will learn tunes
mostly from the Kids Section. In later classes, we will also learn tunes
from the Adult Section.
Illustrations
Most of the illustrations in this book are the work of Kristin Mount,
illustrator, music and mom extraordinaire!
Kristin Mount
[email protected]
www.gm-studio.com
Adventures with
your instrument
Part 1
Adventures with
your instrument
Part 2
Instrument care:
Please dont leave your instrument in the car
(extreme temperatures will damage the violin)
Keep your instrument in a moderate climate (away from heating
units, air conditioners, outside walls and moisture)
Dont touch the bow hair (oils from your skin can damage the
bow and make it hard to propwerly rosin the bow)
Parts of the
Fiddle and Bow
The Four
Violin Strings
Rest position
Feet in line
Scroll in front
Thats might fine!
Look the bridge
Cuz it should be
Peeking out at you and me
Now its time to take a bow
One and two and three is how!
Rocket Rhyme
Up like a rocket
Down like the rain
Back and forth like a choo choo train
Round and round the big bright sun
Land on the moon
Check your fingers and your thumb
Bunny
Spiderman
Bow Exercises 1
Swing, Swing, Swing
Pumps
Drills
Bow Exercises 2
Bunny / Coyote / Spiderman
Look for Bunny Chin
Fingers 2 and 3 should be together over the frog
Hold bow in the air for 10 seconds before elevator
Elevator
Parents make a circle with two hands
Students see if you can move your bow up and down in
the middle without touching the circle
Rocket Races
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF!
Land on the moon
Check for Bunny Chin
Bow Exercises 3
This Way and That a Way
Go this way and that a away
Go this way and that a away
Go this way and that a away
And up and down
Marching down the alley
The alley, the alley
Marching down the alley
All-day long!
Rocket Game
The Road
Bow Levels
Solfege
The
Musical Alphabet
A B C D E F G (A)
do re mi fa so la ti (do)
do
ti
la
so
A!
G#
F#
E
fa
mi
C#
re
do
An A Scale
on Your Violin
(using the A and E strings)
The order of the notes are:
A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A
Play this scale up and down
using Chicken in a Barnyard!
Note
Values
Rests
Elephant X-ing
by Christine Dolce
(Geoff s mom )