By Below is the syllabus for this evening’s group practice.
- Violin Posture Games
- Coming up from a slump – Students will practice hovering palms just above their heads and floating up to meet the hand through coming out of a slump
- Air Hockey Practice – Students will practice rolling marbles down the fingerboard to see if they can make goals (landing the marble in the peg box)
- Bow Hold Practice:
- Pinkie Taps and First Finger Flops
- Up Like a Rocket
- Mississippi Hot Dog Rhythm Practice
- Runner’s Arm vs Violinist’s Arm discussion and practice.
- Round the world using Runner’s Arm
- Round the world using Violinist’s Arm
- Round the world on different open strings using Violinist’s arm
- Left Hand Pizz
- Withe the Squirrel on the nut, practice making a ringing E sound using the 4th finger of the left hand to pluck the E string.
- Round the world 3 open e string plucks
- Open A Mississippi Hot Dogs with bow followed by three open e string plucks
- Students playing Mississippi Hot Dog with Fingers will replace the open Es with 3 plucked Es. New students will simply pluck the Es.
- Song of the Wind
- Gimme Five Down (Bow Circle Practice) Students will practice giving themselves Medium fives with their bow hands circle clapping.
- Gimme Five with a bow. Students will practice bow circles using the gimme five feeling.
- Hard Part Practice x 5.
- Playthroughs with Piano
- Mississippi Hot Dog with Violinist’s Arm
- Twinkle Theme with Squirrel on Nut and 4th finger rounded like it might pluck.
- Song of the Wind with Gimme 5 style bow circles.
Emily Sunderman 