Shift up to 3rd position on your 1st finger, then land your 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers on solid ground!
Shift up to 3rd position on your 1st finger, then land your 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers on solid ground!
Time for a little duet? This piece is triumphant and march-like, but also tender and cheeky. You'll need a variety of bow strokes to bring out the contrasting moods!
We're delighted to have discovered this delightful, little-known duet by Georg Gottfried Müller. It's a vibrant, jubilant duo with lovely interplay between the parts.
Träumerei ('Daydreaming') is one of Schumann's most popular and most lovely pieces! It's from his Scenes from Childhood, a set of 13 pieces for piano written in 1838.
The zingy bow strokes of this energetic waltz in E Major will get you twirling and turning in no time!
Play this beautiful duet as expressively as you can! Practise all the big intervals slowly, until your slurred string crossings are smooth and perfectly in time!
Stay up to date with the repertoire that you have learnt. What are you learning now, what's still 'active', and what are you going to learn next?
Keep a record of what you have achieved in each of your practice sessions, as well as discoveries and new insights that have occurred to you whilst practising!
Use this Practice Plan template to help clarify your goals, and what you're going to achieve in each of your practice sessions.
Dream of a luscious, green forest where the mist floats mystically above the trees, as you play along with this beautiful soundtrack.
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An expressive, flowing melody in B minor, with a lilting 6/8 time signature and undulating dotted rhythms. Aim to produce your most pure, crystalline tone.
This piece has lots of arpeggios in A minor and D minor, lots and lots of arpeggios … ‘arping on … and on … and on!! Ooo … and watch out for the syncopation!
Hippo need food! Hippo getting ‘hangry’! Help our voracious friend find a tasty treat with this cheeky, slightly menacing piece in G minor. Watch out for the C#s!
Time for a snooze! This soporific C major melody is a perfect soundtrack for a long, languorous lazy afternoon... Play it smooooothly so you don't wake the sloth!
Yippeeeeee! A truly delightful, lilting, waltzing melody in the sunny key of A major, with some cheeky, chirpy accidentals added! Carpe diem!
Tea for Three, and Three for Tea! A lovely waltzing melody in A major, with some rather delicious ‘C naturals’ thrown in. Also goes well with lots of biscuits!
Use this fun piece to practise the down bow technique! Watch out for the crotchet rests - where you can ‘retake’ the bow to get to the next down bow.
The Miller’s Flowers (‘Des Müllers Blumen’) is from Franz Schubert’s song cycle, Die Schöne Müllerin. Not only is it a lovely, chirpy tune … it’s also a brilliant bowing exercise!
'Portato' is when the notes within a slur are rearticulated in order to create a smooth pulsing effect. Tricky? Don’t worry … Mr Potato's portato piece is here to help!
A great tune and a fun singing game! ... Half a pound of tupenny rice, Half a pound of treacle. That’s the way the money goes, Pop! goes the weasel.
This uplifting tune has become one of the most popular melodies on earth … First play it 'straight', then try our ‘ornamented’ version, then create your own!
Ah, lovely lovely Greensleeves – most probably, almost definitely not by Henry VIII! – is a traditional English folk tune and truly extraordinary earworm!
A gorgeous lullaby to lull you into the sweetest of dreams. Try to make a lovely and gentle sound, sprinkled with delicate little grace notes. Nighty night …
Come rain or shine, you’ll always find us doing our violin practice! This piece is great for getting to know the differences between the D major and D minor scales.
