Beginner Fiddle: LEVEL 1

Focusing on establishing best practices for instrument and bow hold and covering the first 16 pages of String Builder 1 for Violin by Samuel Applebaum (Belwin Pub.) through 23 lessons. Introduces fundamental music reading skills for aspiring players.

Lesson 1: Introduction to the Fiddle
Lesson 2: Introduction to the Bow
Lesson 3: How to Hold the Bow
Lesson 4: Playing the Open Strings
Lesson 5: The Bow Stroke
Lesson 6: Learning to Read Music
Lesson 7: Learning to Read Music – The G & E Strings
Lesson 8: Half Notes
Lesson 9: Whole Notes
Lesson 10: Bow Chatter & Lifting the Bow
Lesson 11: The Whole Rest & Half Rest
Lesson 12: The First Finger Down
Lesson 13: First Finger Exercises
Lesson 14: Exercises with Holding the First Finger Down
Lesson 15: First Finger on the A String
Lesson 16: Second Finger on the D String
Lesson 17: Second Finger on the A String
Lesson 18: First & Second Finger Exercises
Lesson 19: Tuning the Fiddle
Lesson 20: The Third Finger
Lesson 21: SeeSaw Exercises
Lesson 22: Third Finger on the A String
Lesson 23: Melodies with All Three Fingers

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