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3 Ways to Read Music Poster
I came across a poster in Pinterest (of course!) that I really liked, but I couldn’t find the source anywhere (apologies to the brilliant teacher who initially put the photo up). So I made my own one for my studio wall. Here’s a pdf of my version. I printed it out much larger for my…
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The Frog in the Bog – String Group Easy Violin Trio
Another fun String Group song. This one introduces triplets. I recommend singing it first, to get the feel of the triplets, then clapping it. The violin 3 part is fantastic for beginners. Violin 1 and 2 are perfect for 1st and 2nd year students. Here’s the score of The Frog in the Bog: The Frog…
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Copy Me
This is a really simple open string and 1st finger song I wrote for my beginner students to play in their String Group. I played first, and had them all copy me. I gave them all the score (not separate parts) so that they could learn to follow along what was being played. I had them sing…
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Ode to Joy for three violins – easy
This is an easy song I wrote for my String Group (aka violin ensemble). Most are beginners, with some into their second year of playing. Because they’re sight reading, I need to keep it simple but effective for them. My higher grade students will play Vln 1. Here’s my arrangement of Ode to Joy…
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Violin Ensemble/ String Group Scale Warm ups and pieces
My ‘String Group’ (violin ensemble) started back up this month. As I have many beginners, I decided the repertoire had to be really simple. We concentrated on listening to each other, and playing in tune. After spending 5 mins tuning everyone up, we started. Our first song: G Major Scale simple Those who wish to…
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Beethoven Movie Theme Exerpt
I had this theme stuck in my mind since the beginning of the year and I wasn’t sure why, as I hadn’t watched the movie for many, many years. ‘Beethoven’ is about a family who ends up with a very cheeky, loveable and protective Saint Bernard named ‘Beethoven’. The music is written by Randy Edelman,…
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Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference notes
I had no idea that general notes or some sort of transcription was available from previous Pedagogy Conferences. I was very delighted to stumble across a link, as I was sad to be missing out on the one in Melbourne coming up this year in July, as I have a new little person, and waaaaay too…
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Yodel Away
For a bit of fun for my String Group, I wrote a Yodel song. It’s very simple for 3 violins but we had fun trying to see how fast we could play it. Here is the score (it is only 3 pages, and should fit okay on a music stand): Yodel Away Feb 2014
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A Very, Very Cold Song
Yes, I did an arrangement of this song for three violins. I’m sure you can guess which one. Hopefully I won’t get into trouble for posting my arrangement here, as it was done off the top of my head. I have only seen the movie once and loved it. Anyways, here’s the score for my…
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My version of ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams
So this isn’t exactly ‘Happy’, but it does have that familiar tune. I added in a few extras to make it my own arrangement of it. My students certainly loved playing it, and it’s short and sweet. I wrote it for 4 violins, and the melody is shared between Violin 1 and Violin 2. Hope…
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