Once we arrive to combining D string notes and the bow, some students are ready to take off with their note-reading and explore new music. Others are quite content to stay in the book and on our concert pieces. I give this packet to all the beginners but spend very little, if any, class time on it so students can really do what they like with it.
I've included a reference of the D string notes on the staff labeled with finger numbers and letter names along with a box of practice tips for home practice. Students are eager to try out their new skills on some familiar and not-so-familiar tunes--they're most excited to see the melodies to the pieces they've already played the harmony parts to such as Barcarolle, Jingle Bells, and Twinkle.
Pieces included:
- Hot Cross Buns
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Barcarolle
- All Through the Night
- The Huron Carol
- Dreidel Dreidel
- Jingle Bells
These pieces also use first finger B on the A string:
- Twinkle Twinkle
- Old MacDonald
- Lavender's Blue
- This Old Man
- London Bridge
D String Notes Supplement
And here's a link to an earlier post that tells a little more about this packet as well as the Orchestra Expressions supplement for the beginning of the book: Supplements.
Enjoy!
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