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Violin Game for Open Strings – Beginner
Here’s another game I play with my beginner violin students. It really drills the open strings. I would play this during the second or third lesson after they have been drilled in open string pizzicato. You will need:- A game board – click here for Can You Name This String Game A set of game cards […]
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Violin Games for Beginners “Pluck that string”.
PLUCK THAT STRING I am currently teaching a 3 year old. It isn’t difficult, but you do need to use a LOT of games to make your point, to teach them well and maintain interest. Here’s one I play in my first lesson which I have titled “Pluck that string”. How to play: Student sits […]
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Giant Floor Flash Cards – Beginner Violin
How to get those poor confused beginners to learn the symbols for Up bow, Down Bow, Crotchet, Minim, Semibreve, Quaver and Treble Clef. I play this game sometime in the first few lessons with my beginners. It also gives them a chance to put their violin down and shake their tired arms out. The idea is […]
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Violin Flash Cards
Some basic flash cards to print out on coloured cardstock and laminate if you wish. They are all the first position notes on the violin. There are so many games you can play with flash cards. Print out two copies and play Snap or Concentration (Memory), team relevant ones up with the Mad Fingerboard Dash […]
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Mad Fingerboard Dash
In an effort to make sure my students know their notes and not just “that’s first finger A” or “third finger D”, I came up with the Mad Fingerboard Dash. How to play:- Set up the Fingerboard Dash letter names on a table top, blue tack to the wall or lay on the floor. Hold […]
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Violin Skittle Game
After finding a fabulous “Skittles Board Game” from Susan Paradis’ website with a piano game board and playing cards, I realised that it would work very well for violin students. You need:- A violin fingerboard game board for each player A set of playing cards A packet of skittles How to play: Give each player […]
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