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Tag: Free Violin Games

  • Crocodile, Crocodile music

    Here’s a musical game to play to ‘Crocodile, Crocodile’ where you get to sing the song, and play and name some random notes at the end. Some ideas and variations to play are listed at the end of the song. Repeat it over and over as an earworm to play and name the notes you […]

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  • Crocodile, Crocodile

    A great way to revise staff notes is to play Crocodile, Crocodile. For violin students: Use the music note names from here: https://www.denleymusic.com/musicblog/wp-admin/post.php?post=39&action=edit And the treble clef violin flash cards from here: https://www.denleymusic.com/musicblog/wp-admin/post.php?post=1154&action=edit For piano students: Use the free printable flashcards for piano from 1 2 3, Homeschool for Me here: https://www.123homeschool4me.com/free-music-note-flashcards_87/ The staff notes […]

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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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  • 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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  • Complete Set Violin Flash Cards – Printable

    Ta-DAH!  Here’s the complete set of violin flash cards.  I did a set with a blue border (because too much pink will drive ME nuts), and a set with a pink border (because I know the little girls I teach will LOVE them. Backs of the cards, to stop students from ‘cheating’ (depending on what paper you print […]

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  • Violin Flash Cards – Fourth Finger Notes

    We can’t ignore the fourth finger notes!  I have noticed that one of the methods I have used only has one page dedicated to the fourth finger.  One page?  In an entire book?  I like to strengthen up little fingers a bit more than that, thankyou! These flash cards make that an easy job.  It […]

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  • Violin Flash Cards – Third Finger Notes

    As promised, here are the Third Finger Flash Cards.  There are lots of different ways to use them. I have called them a ‘Third Finger Match Up’ game because that’s what my students love to do with them the most, but previous posts on these cards will give you further ideas. You could also pull […]

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  • Violin Flash Cards – Second Finger Notes

    Here are the Second Finger Flash Cards.  See the previous post on First Finger Note flash cards for ideas on how to play. I love that these cards are small enough to be packed away in a little violin case so they don’t get lost after they are played with!  And small enough so that […]

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  • Violin Flash Cards – First Finger notes

    My open string flash cards were such a huge hit with my beginner students, so I am slowly plowing my way through doing the other ones. Here are my First Finger Notes Flash Cards.  You can use them in the following ways:- As Memory/Concentration Play snap with them Print out two copies and lay one […]

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