Progressive Violin Method For Young Beginners, over two books, has been designed to introduce the younger student to the basics of playing the violin and reading music.
To maximize the student’s enjoyment and interest, the book incorporates a repertoire of well known children’s songs. All of the songs have been carefully graded into an easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson format, which assumes no prior knowledge of music by the student.
Since violin is often accompanied by guitar, piano or keyboard, this book may be used in conjunction with other Progressive Young Beginner books for these instruments, as many of the songs included here are common to these other books.
At the beginning of the book, the student is introduced to the basic principles of holding the violin and bow, before learning pizzicato and bowing techniques.
While learning to read and play music, the student will learn note and rest values and time signatures. The exercises and songs incorporate quarter, whole and half notes and their equivalent rests. The student is also taught how to read rhythms, and introduced to basic terms such as bar lines, repeat signs and lead-in notes.
New pieces of information are highlighted by color boxes, while color illustrations are used throughout to stimulate and maintain the student’s interest.
