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Guidelines for the Young Violinist.

Techniques Starting From Age 6+

 

 

Scales: One / Two Octaves

 

G Major (F#)

D Major (F# C#)

A Major  (F# C# G#)

A Flat Major (Ab, Bb, Db, Eb, )

B major (C#, D#, F#, G#, A#)

B Flat Major (Bb, Eb)

C Major

E Major (F#, C# G# A#)

 

Minor Scales: Natural, Harmonic (Raise 7th),

Melodic (6th and 7th on the way Natural)

A Minor

B Minor (C# F#)

C Minor (E flat,  A flat and B flat)

D Minor ( B flat)

E Minor (F#)

G Minor ( E Flat and E flat)

 

Bow Technique:

 

Detache Long or Short  —bow

Staccato Short stroke ….

Legato/Slur Connecting notes bow

 

  1. Detache ( Single note, double, triple, quadruple)

  2. Staccato (Single note, double, triple, quadruple)

  3. Legato (two notes, 4, 8, 16 notes)   

  

          

4. Connected Staccato AA AAA AAAA

      

5. Connected Staccato AB ABC   ABCD

           

6. Separated Staccato  A   AA AAAA      

 

7.Legato AB ABC  ABCD

         

                

 

8. Long short short  Aaa Bbb     

   

9. Staccato Long Short short      

     

10 Connected Short Aaa (Down A, up up a)

 

 

       

11. Reverse Short Short Long  aaA bbB ccC or aaB bbC ccD ddE eeF

Musical aspect, songs, composition, solos 

Beginner (age 6-9)

Essential Elements Book 1 and 2,3

Suzuki Book 1, 2, 

60 studies op 45 by Wohlfahrt.

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Intermediate (9-12)

Suzuki 3,4,5

‘Indian war dance’ of the Indian Concertino by Perlman on the violin

 

Morisson’s Jig

 

Solos and Etudes by Gerald Anderson and frost

 

Hohmann's Practical method for the violin  Shimer

Solos for young violinist selections from the student repertoire by barber

 

Rieding Violin concerto in B minor op. 25 (Dark stormy night on the English countryside. )

Hans Millies Violin Concertino in D Major(Classical like Mozart)

Seitz Student Violin Concerto no. 2 Op. 13 (Adagio, technical)

Leo Portnoff Concertino in E <minor op. 13 (Dramatic genre)

Adolf Huber Student Violin Concerto no 4 op. 8(double string, flowing melodies, 16th notes passages)

 

Irish Tunes

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Jazz Tunes

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Introduction to Vibrato

Introduction to Second and Thirds Position

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Allegro And Prelude Kreisler

24 Etudes Kreutzer

The Four Seasons  by Vivaldi

Violin Concertos by Mozart

Violin Concerto no. 1 by Bruch Violin Concerto Khachaturian

Violin Concerto in D Major by Brahms 

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Sonatas and Partitas by Bach

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Bossa Nova Collection from Tom Jobim 

Irish Tunes and Gigs

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Concert and recitals during the summer
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