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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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10 ways to make violin scales interesting
I really enjoyed the masterclass Abe Cytrynowski gave at the Winter Piano Seminar I attended (see link here: Abe’s Masterclass) because I could go home and apply his piano approach to scales to the violin. Here are some ways we can incorporate some fun into our students’ scale learning. I’m presuming by this point that […]
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Spelling Bee – violin game
My son was recently in a Spelling Bee competition at his school and did really well (was in the final top 10 – so proud of him!). I previously had my piano students play a game with cards involving words you could spell with the letters ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘F’ and ‘G’. The […]
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Giant Action Cards – Beginner Violin game
I remember using some giant cards I would hold up to teach a song to a group of students. The cards had things like ‘Sing Loud, Sing Soft, Ice-cream Lovers Sing, Stand up to Sing, Sit Down to Sing’ etc each with a different picture. I decided to make up my own set of giant […]
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The Music Alphabet Poster
Here’s something to laminate and use with your students if they are having trouble remembering the musical alphabet. You can sing the standard ‘Alphabet song’ simply repeating these 7 letters over and over throughout the song. How to vary:- Start from ‘A’ and keep working your way around. Start from any other letter and keep […]
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Music rhythm game ‘Don’t clap this one back’ with rhythm flash cards
I first heard of this game through Samantha Coates at the Winter Piano Teacher’s Seminar and I loved the idea. I have tweaked it a little though. How to play:- Clap a rhythm to your students/class. They have to clap it back to you. The only rhythm they can’t clap back is “Don’t clap this […]
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GDAE String Game
This giant wall hanging is a great addition to my music studio. I came up with the concept, and as I am not a brilliant sewer, my mother-in-law stepped in to do the sewing for me. It is made of felt, we found stiffer black felt to use as the dots (‘fingers’) and put velcro on […]
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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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It’s all about the movement…
Ever had a student who is just really stiff? Stands there and looks incredibly uncomfortable whilst holding the violin? This is a good activity to get them to loosen up. After all, we are encouraged to be relaxed when playing the violin to avoid injury so for those ‘stiff’ students, this is fantastic. I also […]
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