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Brunos method for
LEARNING VIOLIN
THE EASY WAY
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Music notation
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Play G string [the thick one]
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This is E string [the thin one]
Next to this is a 4/4 bar notation.This is telling you to count each bar in 4 beats.In this case you have only rests, nothing to play.
This is the key of G or TREBLE KEY. The violin is using only this key for music notation.
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G and count 4for the full note value
This is a restfor a full note
Do not play ,just count.
1......2.......3......4......
3 With this repeat signyou must play againonly from the previous
repeat sign,not from the begining.
This is the same songno need for an other
mesure sign.
Do not lift bow,Just change strings
moving your elbow for G string
This is a repeat sign.You must play againfrom the begining.
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This double bar is the endof the song , not a repeat .
While you play look aheadto the next line.
The movement of your bow is much bigger
at the point.Do not make a sound
when you change strings.
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This sign is equal with a short breack
just egnouth to change strings.
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Playing violin for the first time with the music notation.
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Please stop the bow every time you change direction or strings.
Start from Frog (Talon). 1
= a small breack.
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Please stop bow every time you change direction or strings.
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Song on open stringsViolin part only
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When you know the song , listen to the piano accompaniament .
Please play slow and take care of your sound.
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Song on open strings.
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Will be nice to have a pianist to play with you .If not,just play with the CD.
Please play slow and take care of your sound.
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Spring Song
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"Page1"
Enjoy the song.
Violin Part only.
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Spring Song
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Enjoy the song.
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Full notes and Minims on Open Strings for E and A.
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w , please do not warry about notes . We will play diffrent values on the same string only.ease pay attention at the change of speed of your RIGHT HAND.
ways take care of your sound.
rt up bow than practise starting down bow as well .order to have good quality sound, please press less for Minims and harder for Full note.
u can also practise whole bow for full note and half bow for minins.
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The time signature 4/4 is writen like a C most of the time in proffetional music prin
We have only 2 Crotchets in a bar ...then the counting will be only 1 and 2.
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This is a TIE you will not play the note again ,just count 2 more beats.For this TIE we have 2+2 beats = 4 ( easy.)
1............2................1............2............
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Full notes and Minims on Open strings :A and E
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We will remember A and E string with Full note ,We are learning Minim rests.
PLEASE PLAY SLOW WITH WHOLE BOW.
This is a minim rest.We count 2 beats and
we do not play.
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1.....2......3.....4.....
Play 2 ,count 2
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Count 2,play 2
1......2......3......4....
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1.......2.........3.......4........
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Crotchets
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PLEASE PLAY SLOW WITH HALF BOW.You can start from middle or frog.I recommend starting from middle for a better sound.Remember your elbow does not move ,Your upper arm does not moveYour wrist goes downhill at the Point.
Remember your every day open strings exersices ?Now we will look and play HALF BOW ONLY all strings.We will have a faster note than anything we played before.We count only 1 beat for those notes and the name is : CROTCHETAlways stop the bow to change direction or string.
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1.....2......3.....4.....
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1......2......3......4.... 1....2....3.....4...
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Now we will learn the CROTCHET REST.The first bar will start with 4 crotchets rests .You will count ,but not play.
1.......2.......3.......4
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1.........2.....
3......4..... 1.....2
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Combination of Full notes , Minims and Crotchets.
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Please play Full bow for Full note and Half bow for Minins or Crotchets.
We will do all exercises on a single string at the time.You will pay attention only at the value of the notes and rests.Always stop the bow to change direction or string or simply
to see what is the next thing to play or to rest.
1.....2......3.....4.....
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1......2......3......4....
1.2....3...4..
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More of the same on D , A and E string.
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Quavers
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This is the last and the smallest value we will learn for a while.In one crotchet we have 2 quavers.The small bowings you have to practise every day can be considered quavers.If you play those quavers fast use little bow,if slower use bigger bow,but at the moment play them on the upper half.You can use as little as a third or a quater of the bow.
It is useful to count them like that:
1......and .....2.......and ....3......and....4.......and
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This is an other way of writing quavers.
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We are now learning the 3/4 mesureso easily to recognise in the Waltz style.
4A dotted minimvalue 3 crotchets.
If you add a dott to theminim rest we have
3 beats rest.
1.......2.......3.......
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Play half bow for crotchetsand very small bow for quavers 6
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Combination of Full notes , Minims and Crotchets.
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Please play Full bow for Full note and Half bow for Minins or Crotchets.
We will do all exercises on a single string at the time.You will pay attention only at the value of the notes and rests.Always stop the bow to change direction or string or simplyto see what is the next thing to play or to rest.
1.....2......3.....4.....
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Full notes,Minims ,Crotchets and Quavers.
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Again 3/4 bar mesure. Is sound like a waltz ,with three crotchetsas basic value.To add a beat to the Minim value , simply write a dott next to it.
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1......2.......3.........1......2.......3........
Start middleCount 3 beats
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Big bowand fast
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Slow bow
Start middle and stay upper half Up Bow
Only halfbow
Wholebow
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Start middleWhole bow
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First finger on G string
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Did you practise every day your MUTE ARTICULATIONS ?From now on will be useful to listen to your CD just to check your intonation.If you do not have a CD player just put your finger round on G string ,about 1cm farfrom the begining of the string.The name of that note is A.
0.........1.. ..... ..0
First finger
A
PLEASE PLAY SLOW WITH WHOLE BOW.
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Every time you play ,try to remember the name of the note.
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1st and 2nd finger on G
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Please have your 2nd finger also curled and far away from 1st finger.So far you learned G(open string) , A (first finger)and B (2nd finger).
0...........1...................0
G A G A B A
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Name the notes while you play. 2
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1st and 2nd finger on G legatto.
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Pleasethink 2 notes at the time in legatto.Stop between bowings.
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Start at the frog and play only half bow for minims and crotchets.
Whole bow Half bow only
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Upper half
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1st and 2nd finger on G , plus D on legatto.
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Waltz
March
Moderato
Moderato[not to fast]
You may stop the bowto make sure the finger is there.
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Play slow all bow
PleaseStart Down bow
Separate bow Stay close to frog
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1st ,2nd and 3rd finger on G.
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The distances between fingers:
G...........A............B..........C
tone tone semitone
3rd finger is close to 2nd and makes the note C. Between them we have half tone interval
big big small0............1............2...........3
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Before you start... find the 3rd finger intonation and hold 1st and 2nd.
3Now is the time to fix the intonation
Dance 4
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1st and 2nd finger on D
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D..........E...........E...........F
1st finger has the same paralel position like 1st finger on Gstring.2nd finger is very close to 1st finger.You know D(open string)and now you have E(1st finger) and F(2nd finger)Between E and F we have a half tone just like on G string between B(2nd) and C(3rd).
0...........1.............1..........21 Be patient and count 4
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Move the bow fasterOnly 2 beats by bow.
We have to learn this type of bow.It is simple : Half bow for Crotchets and full bow for minims.Choose a slow tempo.
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Slow down the speed of your bow
Start Midlle Whole bow Play lower half
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Consolidating the intonation on D string.
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Articulations
Just share the bow in 3 equal parts
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Play whole bow slow and lift finger at least 2 cm , before you articulate .
Why not trying to play 4 notes by bow.Just play very slow withthe bow and move fingers fast.It will be easier if you stop the bow before each lagatto and take your time to think.Always name the notes and fingers before starting to play .
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Paralel fingers on G and D strings.
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Not difficult to play.The secret is to use very small bow for crotchets at the very point and very frog.
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Hold 1st fingerput 2nd on G string ,than play.
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Stop bow and move 2ndon D string in a lower
position.
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Stop bow and move 3rd on Din a paralel position
Hold 1st finger andstretch 2nd on Gstring
Stretch 2nd
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1.........................hold 1st.....................................
1.............hold............................... 1................................
While you play D move your elbow and be readyto press 3rd on Gstring
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1st and 2nd finger on Astring.
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From now things are just getting easier.A string has the same finger position like D string.1st and 2nd fingers are close.The notes are :A(open string),B(1st finger)and C(2nd finger).
A........B.........
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A........B............C
0..tone...1..half tone..2
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Between B and Cwe have half tone.
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Use whole bow for minims and half for crotchets.
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Choose a slow tempo..there are some quavers at the end of the piece.
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3rd finger on A
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0.......1...............2..........3
When you press 3rd finger on A it will sound the note D
A......B..............C..........D
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Play with very fast bow for the crotchet and only upper half.
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Start middle down bow and play whole bow for minimand half bow for crotchets.
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Start middle and play half bow for crotchets.
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Consolidating intonation on A string only
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The first part of this study has DETACHE bow.Play from middle to point , decisive with short accents and breacks between strokes .If possible do not stop the bow between strokes.We are practising a nice sound with fast bow.
Legatto and fast moving fingers in a slow tempo.Lift and press one finger at the timewith energetic movement,holding a slow tempo.
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Play with 0 and 2ndONLY
Play with 0 and 3rd ONLY
Choose a slow tempo.The good news is that the bow is moving at the same speed (minim) the all time.
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1st and 2nd finger on E.
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st finger is the most difficult to articulate corectlly.ease curl your index and just press it as close as you can to the begining of E string.he mistake we all want to do is: to lower the position of your left hand.his is why I teach 1st and 2nd finger together. If the corect position of 2nd finger is curled,our 1st finger will be even curlier....lets face it ...very,very curly.ou will find the E string very easy ...after G that is. By the way..1st finger is F and 2nd is G
E...........F...................G
2nd finger is far away from 1st.
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Remember the 2/4 mesure ? We count only 2 beats in a bar.
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ep the bow at the same speed , but move your fingers according to the values of the notes.
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1st,2nd and 3rd finger on E.
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G------1-------2-3-------D------1-2-------3-------A------1-2-------3-------E-1------2-------3-------
Position of fingers
E............F...............G.............A
0..............1...............2..............3
This is going to be very easy. The 3rd finger is the easier to put on the string.If you noticed the position of this finger was the same onG,D and A.On the E string the position is also the same.The name of the note with 3rd finger on E is A
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Please feel free to play one bar a bow legatto.
This is up bow
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Consolidating the intonation on E string.
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Play with the whole bow.The bow should hold a constant speed .
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Please practise the whole bow slow and half bow faster.
Practise slow at first ,than fast when you confident ,lifting the fingers at least 2 cm.You can also practise separate bows ,than 2 by bow and 4 by bow when you ready.
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Remembering all notes on all strings with songs.
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We have here just 1st finger on all strings.1
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Like always lift your fingers up at least 2 cm.
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Curl 1st finger
Is not as easy as it looks....Position 1st finger low on E string .If possible when you have the same finger on paralel strings , do not jumpbut just slide over to the next string.
Slide 1stfinger quickly.
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1st and 2nd finger on all strings.
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1st and ....2nd are far apart.
In this exercise we just remember all notes with 2nd finger.
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1st and.. 2nd are very close1st and ..2nd are very close
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1st is very low and 2nd is far .
ot very predictable ...so take time and think ,or just read my instructions on top of the bar.t least looks easy and does sound like a song.
Stretch 2nd
Curl 2nd and hold the same positionfor Astring and Estring.
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Curl ......Stretch Just slide over
Curl Slide 1st and....2nd close
Stretch Curl Slide 1st Stretch 2nd Attention
Attention
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Songs with only two fingers on all strings
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Feel free to practise slow and separate bows.Just move the bow faster for crotchet,other wise you might run out of bow.
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What is this?This is the same song writen in half value notes.Real easy : count the same ,play the same slow tempo..is your choice after all .Just remember a Crotchet has 2 quavers AND 2+1=3.The dott has a value : half of the value of the note before,just like for a minim.So you have 3 quavers to count one by one.
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Do not play this ,just do the maths.
Those two quavers
legatto will make acrotchet , but this writingis highly unprofessional
This looks good,
and is playedthe same.like the previous bar.
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Songs with 3 fingers on all strings.
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1 Try slurred (legatto).
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Elbow underviolin
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Down bow again.
2On open string move elbowunder violin ready for 3rd finger
Hold 3rd untilyou find E.
Hold 1st finger..................................
Stretch
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Hold 3rd
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Attention at 1st fingerINTONATION.
Hold 1st very curled and stretch 3rd
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Hold 2nd untilyou put 1st
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While you play 2nd on D
move your elbow underthe violin for G string.
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Every day articulations
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ou have a choice:1) Follow notes or2) Follow fingers.
When you play separate bows , do it with a gentle accent for each note.
If you only play those warm ups every day , before anything elseyou will make a progress with your intonation and articulation.
Begin practising them slow and separated bows ,than 2 by bow and finnaly 4 by bow.Do not play fast if the sound and intonation are not good.
Follow notes
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Natural finger position on all stringsfor 3 fingers only.
On G 0.......1.......23
On D and A 0.......12.......3
On E 01.......2.......3
Follow Fingers
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Just follow the fingersLook right to position your fingers.
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0 2 1 3
0 2 3 1
0 3 1 2
0 3 2 1
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Twinkle , Twinkle Little Star.
Start from the Frofg.Play half bow for minims and whole bow for Full note.
My dear students,You really deserve a song.Even if you are 20-30-40....years old , playingthis song will make you smile.
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This is the same song
written in 2/4 mesurewith a crotchet for a beat.
You are suposed to play twice the speed ,but quality is important not the speed.Choose a convenient tempo and enjoy it. 2
While you play D move your elbow under the violinand be ready to articulate C with 3rd finger.
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