Welcome to the world of string instruments! As a violinist of sixteen years, I am honored to be part of your young musician's journey with this incredible instrument!

Learning an instrument challenges the brain in various ways. 

It requires:
🧠 mental focus
💪🏻 physical agility
💭 new ways of thinking

In exchange, students achieve:
🧠 improved memory and attention
💪🏻 enhanced fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
💭 emotional regulation

👉 That's all to say, learning an instrument changes your brain for the better!

Not to mention the specific musical skills your student will learn in this class, including:

🎵 Pizzicato (plucking) and bowing strings
🎵 Identifying the strings - 
🎵 Reading beginning rhythms with quarter notes and quarter rests ( ta, shh)
🎵 Playing notes while reading music on the musical staff
🎵 Learning simple folk songs
🎵 Preparing for a performance

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C L A S S  S Y L L A B U S

👉 Lesson 1: Identify, Hold, and Pluck: Violin Basics

- How to Hold the Violin
- Correct Posture
- Plucking the Strings (Pizzacato)

👉 Lesson 2: Left-Hand Placement - E, F#, G
**Violin Tapes must be placed by this class**

- Review How to Hold the Violin and Pluck the Strings (Pizzacato)
- Listening Activity
- Placing fingers for notes E, F#, and G

👉 Lesson 3: Reading E, F# and G on the Staff // Hot Cross Buns

- Reading E, F#, and G on the Musical Staff
- New Song: Hot Cross Buns
- Breakout Room Practice

👉 Lesson 4: Intro to the Bowing Hand // Mary Had a Little Lamb

- Review E, F#, and G on the Musical Staff
- New Song: Rolling Along (Mary Had A Little Lamb)
- Breakout Room Practice

👉 Lesson 5: Open "A" String // Star Wars Theme

- Practice bowing grip with a pencil
- Open "A" String Practice 
- New Song: Star Wars Theme 
- Breakout Room Practice

👉 Lesson 6: Open "A String Practice // Lightly Row

- Practice Bow Grip
- Review Open "A," practice transition from one string to another
- New Song: Lightly Row
- Breakout Room Practice

👉 Lesson 7: Putting It Together // Recital Prep

- Group Warm-Up
- Choose a Song for Recital Week
- Breakout Room Practice

👉 Lesson 8: Recital Week

- Group Warm-Up
- Recital Week
       - All students are invited to perform their recital song for the class
- Discussion of the next steps in your violin journey!

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C L A S S  N O T E S

🎻 We will use the book "Essential Elements for Strings - Violin Book 1" for this class. Grown-ups can find this book at any major online retailer or your local music shop.

🎻 Your learner must have a proper-sized violin, bow, and shoulder rest for this class. If you have any questions about the materials needed, please message me on Outschool so I can help you!

🔴 Students will NOT be using their bow in this class. All bowing exercises are designed to build the muscles needed to control the bow at a later time. We explore this concept in my Level 2 class (COMING SOON!)

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A B O U T   Y O U R   T E A C H E R

C R E D E N T I A L S:

✏️ PreK-12 Certified Music Teacher
✏️ Elementary Music Teacher
✏️ Bachelor's Degree in Music Education
✏️ 5+ years of brick-and-mortar teaching experience
✏️ 3+ years teaching online
✏️ 16+ years of volunteering with kids

F U N   F A C T S:

🍎 My sister and I both went to school to be music teachers! 
🍎 I play the piano 🎹, violin 🎻, flute, guitar 🎸, ukulele, recorder, plus I sing 🎤! 
🍎 One past job of mine --> Gymboree Play & Music