Mixed Quavers (Eighth Notes) and Semiquavers (Sixteenth Notes)
Oo-er! Who goes there?! Make sure you get all the rhythms right or Hobnob the Goblin will chide you! There’s nothing Hobnob loves more than chiding!
Take a trip on the London Underground … and Mind the Gap! Use the station names to play the rhythms on an open string, and then try it with different stations!
Chop up the semibreves into minims, crotchets and quavers (whole notes into halves, quarters, and eighths). Watch out for your fingers … eek … you’ll need those!
Time for a nice friendly game of Rock-Paper-Scissors! Cross the strings from low to high, high to low, and then find out who wins! One … Two … Three … ??????!!
Time to cast some spells! Your bow becomes a magic wand to conjure up some wondrous sounds in this bedazzling little open string piece. Abracadabra!!
Meet George, a giant tortoise who really really loves ice cream! Find out what his favourite flavours are in this fun little piece for open strings!
Here’s a set of three short pieces for beginner violinists to try out the pizzicato (string-plucking) technique, using a selection of different rhythms!
Time is of the essence! Keep a steady pulse as you practise your pizzicato (plucking). Try it first with a real metronome, then use your ‘inner metronome’ to stay in time!
Never forget the names of the violin’s strings with our favourite mnemonic – Good Dogs Always Eat. From lowest to highest, thickest to thinnest: G, D, A, E!
