Violin Program

What’s being taught in our K-1 Violin Program:

  • Correct posture for violin playing
  • Good foot placement for violin playing (moved between rest and play position)
  • Focus/paying attention
  • Introduced to violin and bow; names of parts
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with movement; shows intervals of pitch within song
  • “Look at Me” pose in preparation to holding violin(body straight only head turned)
  • Violin hold
  • Naming violin finger numbers (Beehive Song)
  • Introduction to Bowing rhythms (sitting on floor, crossing the middle line, tapping violin knee with bow hand to taka taka stop stop)
  • Introduction to bow hold (stand up bow thumb and song See a Little Monkey)