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Remember: When practising at home students should put a CHECKMARK by each activity on the chart that is
understood and a QUESTION MARK by those that (s)he finds confusing. This will help me to keep track of which
concepts need the most review during class. Do TRY to figure out what I mean even if you are not sure!
Week of:
Jan 4, 2011
POSTURE, HOLDING
THE VIOLIN &
BOW
Day
2
Day
3
Day
4
Check for violin
feet!
Is the tip of your
right thumb on
the golden dot of
your bow?
Check your bow grip:
Are your fingers
hanging over the stick
of the bow? Only your
pinky should be on top!
Check your bow grip: is
the top of your hand flat
enough to balance
something on top of it?
Is your rigtht
pinky
CURVED?
Check
everything
mentioned on
all the other
days
BOW STROKE
RHYTHM
ROUNDABOUTS
Play an open
string
roundabout
using the date.
Play an open
string
roundabout
using the day of
the week.
Play an open string
roundabout using the
weather it is outside
today.
Play a roundabout
that uses the type of
footwear you are
wearing.
Play a
roundabout that
uses the name
of a pet you
have or wish
you had.
Play any
roundabout
you like.
D MAJOR SCALE
Go from the
lowest note to
the highest
note, playing
each note 4
times
Find and play
all the bars with
four EIGHTH
NOTES in
them. Almost
all of them are
the same note.
Write the name
of that note
here:
Go from the
highest note to
the lowest note,
playing each
note 4 times
Go from the lowest
note to the highest
note, playing each
note 3 times
Go from the highest
note to the lowest
note, playing each
note 3 times
Play from the lowest note to
the highest note and back
down again to the lowest,
playing each note 1 time.
Play bars 1 &
2. Do the notes
move in steps
or skips or
both?
Review bars 1
& 2. Play bar 3.
GREEN BOOK
PAGE 16
# 49
Bile ‘em
Cabbage Down
(also known as
Boil the Cabbage
Down)
GREEN BOOK
PAGE 15
#42
Inversion Version
Day
1
Do the notes in
bar 3 move in
steps or skips or
both?
STEPS
WRITTEN
HOMEWORK (ON
BACK)
Play bars 1-4 three
times in a row. Use
long, slower bows for
your half notes.
Figure out all the
notes in bars 5, 6, 7 &
8. Say them, then
play them using arco
(bowing.) Use long,
slower bows for your
half notes.
Play the entire song!
BOTH
This piece uses
LOW 2 to play
F. Draw a
down arrow 
over all the Fs
you find in the
piece. HINT:
there 3 of them!
Play bars 1 &
2. Check to
make sure your
2nd finger is
close to your
first finger
when playing
F.
Play bars 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Remember to use
long, slow bows for
your half notes. Keep
your 2nd finger close
to your 1st finger!
Play bars 5 & 6 three
times in a row.
Play from the
beginning to the end
of bar 6.
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
BONUS
WORK
Play the entire
song 3 times
using arco
(bowing.)
Watch out for
bar 7: don’t let
it trick you
because it is
different!
Can you
play the
song with
your eyes
closed?
YES
NO
CHALLENGE!!!!
Can you create a brand new
song by playing the notes in
reverse order? Start with the
last note and play backwards
until you get back to the
beginning again. Could you
do it?
YES
SORT OF
NO
Play bars 5, 6, Play the
7 & 8. Keep
entire piece.
your 2nd finger Remember
close to your
low 2!
1st finger!
D STRING COLOUR IN: THIS ACTIVITY IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW BUT WE WENT OVER IT IN CLASS.
HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH IT!
Day 1
PRACTICE
MINUTES
PARENT
SIGNATURE
Go through the ENTIRE song four times as
follows:
1) point to and say the letter name of each note
2) point to and say the fingering for each note
3) play the entire piece using pizzicato
(plucking)
4) play the entire piece using arco (bowing):
eighth notes should use HALF your bow and
quarter notes should use ALL your bow.
SKIPS
BOTH
Snake Charmer
Do this activity on both Day 3 and Day 4:
STEPS
SKIPS
GREEN BOOK
PAGE 15
#43
Find and play
all the bars with
two
QUARTER
NOTES in
them. Use ALL
of your bow
when playing
quarter notes.
Day
5
HOPEFULLY STUDENTS WILL
Day 6 Bonus
Day 7 Bonus
D String Colour-in
The Open D
string on the
violin is played
with no fingers:

Note Name D
OPEN
If you press
your 1st finger
onto the D
string you get
the next note E:
If you press
your 2nd finger
onto the D
string you get
the next note F:
Your 2nd finger is
also used to play
F sharp. It looks
like F but has a #
sign before it.
If you press
your 3rd finger
onto the D
string you get
the next note G:
TRICKY! This could be Open A
string OR
If you press your 4th finger onto the
D string you get the next note A:
Note Name E
D1
Note Name F
Low D2
Note Name F#
High D2
Note Name G
D3
Note Name A
D4 or OPEN



  

  
Use the following guide to colour the grid below.
Open Notes
1st finger notes
2nd finger notes
3rd finger notes
4th finger notes

No colour
Orange
Green
No colour
Yellow
Careful! There are some open E and G strings in the grid. Can you remember what they look like?
Colour all low 2 AND high 2 fingerings green.
The note A can be an Open string or a 4th finger note. Colour ALL the As that you find yellow.

       

      




     

       
 










  

  
  
       

 






    
     


     

  
 
 
    
  
  
 


      
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