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Christmas Match-Up
I created some giant cards with well known Christmas songs on them, using only the first 4 bars of each song. You could print them out on coloured paper to make them more ‘Christmassy’ – one colour for the songs and a different one for the song titles. There are a few different ways to play with these cards:- […]
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Counts and Chocolate Cake
Ever had trouble remembering the note counts/values? When I only had a couple of students, and they were beginners, I would bake a cake (or cupcakes) and we would dissect them into Semibreves, Minims and Crotchets (aka whole notes, half notes and quarter notes). Now I just talk about the visual image to my students, […]
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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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