Courses

Violin Classes

Basics

  • Violin & Bow anatomy
  • Tightening and Loosening the Bow
  • Violin Strings
  • Violin and Bow Sizes
  • Chin Rests
  • Shoulder Rests

The Essentials

  • Establishing Good Posture
  • Understanding and Minimising Tension
  • Breathing
  • Balance
  • Holding the Violin
  • Holding the Bow
  • Tuning the Violin
  • How to Make a Sound
  • Plucking (Pizzicato) on Open Strings

Practice

  • Topics First Position — Left Hand Shape Hand Fingers.
  • Motions of the Right Arm — Basic Bow Division (Whole, Half, Quarter) — Smooth String Crossings (Exercises)
  • Scales and Arpeggios 1 Octave: G Major, D Major, A Major 2 Octaves: G Major Music Theory Letter Names of Notes
  • Time Values of Notes
  • Signatures
  • Transposition
  • Compound Intervals
  • Identifying Chords
  • Inversions of Triads
  • Topics Double Stop Tenths — Double Stop Trills (Study) — Double Harmonics — Chromatic Glissando — Scordatura Tuning — Quarter Tones — Rapid Four-Octave Scales