{"id":442,"date":"2010-09-03T21:33:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T11:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/denleymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=442"},"modified":"2010-09-03T21:33:58","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T11:33:58","slug":"giant-action-cards-violin-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/giant-action-cards-violin-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Action Cards &#8211; Beginner Violin game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page_Page_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-443\" title=\"Giant Action Cards 2 per page_Page_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page_Page_1-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page_Page_1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page_Page_1-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page_Page_1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page_Page_1-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page_Page_1-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I remember using some giant cards I would hold up to teach a song to a group of students. \u00a0The cards had things like &#8216;Sing Loud, Sing Soft, Ice-cream Lovers Sing, Stand up to Sing, Sit Down to Sing&#8217; etc each with a different picture.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to make up my own set of giant cards to use with my little violin students so we can concentrate on bowing.<\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t recommend introducing the cards all at once. \u00a0Rather one or two at a time. \u00a0For louds and softs you would need to do a little index finger pressure on the bow training.<\/p>\n<p>Ideas for use:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student to play their favourite string. \u00a0Hold up appropriate cards for their level of playing.<\/li>\n<li>If students are learning a particular finger (ie first finger), play those 4 notes and use cards.<\/li>\n<li>Have the student memorise a short passage of music and hold up appropriate cards.<\/li>\n<li>Use the stop and go cards to check a student&#8217;s sight reading ie hold up the stop sign and the student needs to point to the bar they are up to. \u00a0You can play something and the student has to hold up the stop card then they point to where you stopped. \u00a0They always love hearing you play and this gets them involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a copy of the two-to-a-page action cards, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards-2-per-page1.pdf\">Giant Action Cards 2 per page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To print out the giant cards, one page each, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Giant-Action-Cards1.pdf\">Giant Action Cards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember using some giant cards I would hold up to teach a song to a group of students. \u00a0The cards had things like &#8216;Sing Loud, Sing Soft, Ice-cream Lovers Sing, Stand up to Sing, Sit Down to Sing&#8217; etc each with a different picture. 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