Are you ready for the Dominant 7th Games?! Get in shape with these one octave dominant seventh exercises and become masters of dodgeball, hopscotch and leapfrog!
Are you ready for the Dominant 7th Games?! Get in shape with these one octave dominant seventh exercises and become masters of dodgeball, hopscotch and leapfrog!
Nancy by the Prince of Pipers, Tom Clough, could either depict his first wife tripping up and down the stairs, his squeaky wheelbarrow, or his favourite sheep!!
Ready, Steady, Go! Gallop up and down the dominant 7th. Watch out for the arrows showing the finger placements. Sometimes you need to jump, sometimes you need to duck!
Who would’ve thought doing laundry could be so much fun! This traditional tune is a vivacious jig that you can dance to whilst you wait for your socks to dry!
It’s okay to cross the line in these exercises, as long as you do it smoothly and in tune! Practise silky smooth slurred string crossings in A, D, and G major.
O, how cheerful smiles the star, All through the night. Ar Hyd y Nos is a lovely Welsh lullaby that is guaranteed to give you a good night’s sleep!
Who will win in this game of two halves … the lower half or the upper half of the bow?! Each half is competing to be the most exact and the most pleasing to the ear!
Yeeeeeee-haaaaaaaaaw! Get your feet tapping with this romping barn dance, great for practising open string double stops! See how fast you can get the ending!
Try these exercises and you’ll soon be double stopping at the double! Practise getting the bowing arm at just the right level to play two open strings at the same time.
Turkey in de straw, Turkey in de hay, Roll 'em up an' twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw … a riotous American folk song from the early 19th century!
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If you always know how to improve then you'll always be getting better and better! And this Practice Menu helps provide a clear structure for your violin practice.
Largo' is the opening aria from the 1738 opera, Serse, by Handel. It's sung by Xerxes I of Persia as he admires the lovely, sweet shade of a plane tree!
Probably virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini's most famous tune! The main theme of Caprice No.24 is joyful and exciting, and played using the hooked bowing technique.
You'll need to divide the bow with mathematical precision to conquer these exercises. ViolinSchool strongly recommends using a mirror to get a good perspective!
This rousing melody by Henry Purcell was written to accompany the dramatic and tragic late 17th century play, Abdelazer. You'll need agile fingers to play this one!
‘Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht’, Op. 49, is a bit of a mouthful, so let’s just call it ‘Brahms’ Lullaby’! Lull yourself to sleep with this beauty!
This energetic jig is a dance in 6/8 time. It is inspired by traditional English
barn dances - play it with loads of energy and a big smile!
James Hook was an English composer and organist who lived in the late 1700s. This vivacious duet is an exclusive arrangement of one of his keyboard sonatinas.
In an English Country Garden is an old English folk song with a very memorable melody. It celebrates the many delights of the English countryside!
In this piece, we play the dotted quaver and semiquaver in one bow. Practise playing the slurred dotted note pattern on an open string first!
Use the whole of your bow to shape the phrases of this slow, smooth and dreamy piece, so that it sounds really expressive!
Wheeee! Let's go up and down between 1st and 3rd position on your 1st and 3rd fingers!
Land on a different finger every time, as you shift to and from 3rd position!
