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Violin La Vida – String Group Style
This one is definitely a favourite. By popular request, I spent a lot of time arranging this little number. It is one of the harder ones to keep everyone together, but so much fun! The fourth violin part is tricky – in that it is so easy to lose where you’re up to, but it’s…
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Denley Shindig – String Group
What am I getting out of my String Group? I get to try out a whole heap of cool ideas on my very willing and able subjects ;D I’m also able to teach them different styles of music. But most importantly, I get to let my hair down and just have fun with my students. …
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String Group Sight Reading
I have been surprising the students in my String Group with sight reading each Friday that they’re here. It’s not particularly difficult sight reading, but does have some techniques that they may have just learned in their lessons (for the second grade students anyway), or it’s good revision for the higher grade students. We only have…
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String Group G Scale warm ups
One of the things I teach my violin students is how to do natural minor scales. The AMEB don’t have them in their syllabus, but they sure sound pretty when you play them as a round! I also teach the natural minor scales to my piano students so they can know/understand the melodic minor scale…
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Students in a String Group – what do they get out of it?
Due to popular request by a lot of my violin students, I now hold a String Group for them one Friday night each month. Prior to it, I will give them music to learn at home. On the Friday, they bring their music, and we do some scales and I organise some sight reading for…
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Dr Seuss General Knowledge Cards
Well, it’s exciting at my place! We have moved into a new home, and I have a new teaching space to organise, and I get to actually finish what I had planned to do last year with my Dr Seuss theme. I like to make sure my students know what is going on with all…
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My Heavenly Father Loves Me Vocal Duet
I sang this duet with my daughter a few months ago in Sacrament Meeting. She’s a clever little thing, and everyone loved it. Here is is:- My Heavenly Father Loves Me vocal duet
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Violin Skittle Game 2
I have made a slightly harder version of my Violin Skittle Game. The previous one (here) didn’t have notes on the staff. My new one has flash cards with staff notes but no 4th finger notes. You can add the open string, then first finger notes, then second finger note cards etc. gradually if you…
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Note Race Game for Violin or Piano
A game I use with my students that needed a little ‘Dr Seuss-ing’. For Violin:- – Put the cards on the music stand – You need two or more players – Remove the Middle C card. It isn’t needed on the violin – Each player takes a turn turning over a card – Start from…
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Look How Many Of You There Are! Cat in the Hat poster
When I had my frog chart up on my door, my younger students loved to just stand there and count the number of students I had whilst waiting for me to finish with the student before them. Parents thought it was great too, and I thought it was good for some parents to see that…
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