Apart from the Suzuki method, all other violin methods require students to know music notes. For some of them, it is right from the beginning, for some gradually, while some (like Colourstrings, for example) start from the symbols, colors, etc. familiar to children, which over time “turn into“ notes.
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Children become more independent and progress much faster if they know how to read music. When playing an instrument, each note is in a certain way, and according to certain rules associated with the finger or hand that plays it.
Violin beginners
Violin beginners need to learn which note is played with which of the four fingers and on which of the four strings in the first position. This is the starting point from which all fingerings can be further developed. That enables a technically simplified and musically refined performance of a composition.
In addition to the graphic symbols of the notes, beginners on the violin need to be able to connect the note with the finger that plays it and to name it the musical alphabet. Since the recommended initial left hand finger pattern is the “major”, ie second and third fingers together, the student will learn the sharp symbol.
Here’s what the first tones a beginner encounters on the violin look like:
Online game
To make it easier for our little beginners (and sometimes not just beginners, sometimes not just little ones) to learn the notes on each string (naming them in the musical alphabet and connecting them with a finger), I share with you 4 fun interactive games, and you share them with to your students!
