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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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Musical Adjectives
When you have a scale, exercise or piece that is necessary to play but just so boring, try a few of these to brighten things up. I have my students choose up to three cards if they have an exercise to play, and we will play it three times through to a different adjective each time. Musical […]
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Violin String Note Race Game
String Note Race Game Cards for String Note Race Game can be found here: Violin String Note Race Game Cards Print out note names C (do) D (re) E (mi) F (fa) G (sol) A (la) B (ti) High C (do) and laminate. Divide students up into two groups (or teacher – v – student). […]
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