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ISBN-10: 1-59863-448-8 Proofreader: Kate Shoup ISBN-13: 978-1-59863-448-8 eISBN-10: 1-59863-638-3 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007931840 Printed in the United States of America 08 09 10 11 12 BU 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Thomson Course Technology PTR, a division of Thomson Learning Inc. 25 Thomson Place Boston, MA 02210 http://www.courseptr.com Dedicated in loving memory to my grandmothers, Rena Bonnie Stroud and Catalina Kennedy, who always cherished my passion for music. Acknowledgments Mom and Dad John Arnold, thank you for being the first to , thank you for supporting and inspire me to play violin all those years ago, and for nurturing my dreams into a real-life fairytale. adding the finishing touches and transforming me into a polished violinist. I am honored to have My husband, thank you for your patience, love, cre- been your student. ative and technical input, and for the unwavering encouragement you have given to me to write this Charmagne, thank you for encouraging and sup- book. porting me through all of my goals in life. You are an amazing older sister. Patricia, thank you for your time, effort, and careful attention to detail you put into every beautiful OCU and Dean Mark Parker, thank you for believ- picture you captured to illustrate each technique ing in me and turning me into a STAR! throughout the book. I am proud to have such a talented and caring younger sister. My students, thank you for being my inspiration. Jennifer, you are a true lifesaver, thank you for jumping in and getting the job done! Thank you, God, for all of the miracles in my life! iv About the Author Mrs. Bridgette Seidel As a child, Bridgette was born with a weak immune graduated with a system coupled with restrictive asthma, severe Bachelor of Music Education, Cum Laude, from allergies, and had complications with ear and Oklahoma City University. In 2000, she founded hearing problems that required her to have multiple the Academy of Music Performance in Texas, and ear surgeries over a number of years. Because of she is the Head Violin Instructor to close to 50 her poor health, Bridgette spent much of her young violin virtuosos. Shortly after moving to childhood in a protective indoor environment in Texas, she joined the performing group the BCS her home in Houston, Texas. Playing violin was one String Quartet as the 1st violinist, manager, and of the few things she could actively enjoy. As her song composer. In 2004, she started a successful love for music grew, violin quickly became her online business, www.videoviolinlessons.com, lifeboat. It was the one thing that remained a selling quality violin lessons on DVD. Through her constant source of inspiration. No matter how easy step-by-step teaching style coupled with her many hospitalizations or surgeries, she could adventurous and creative spirit, she has touched always count on the violin to fill her heart with many hearts worldwide with the gift of music. strength and happiness. She truly believes that music and the violin helped her to overcome, persevere, and achieve a wonderful life filled with love and friendship. Above all, she is able to share her passion for the violin and music with others. v Table of Contents Quick Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hot Cross Buns, Your First Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted with Your New Best Friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Your First Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Violin Outfit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Choosing the Right Violin Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Selecting a Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Varnish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Back Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fine Tuners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Selecting a Bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Before Selecting a Bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Preparing Your Bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Renting Versus Purchasing a Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Choosing Other Necessary Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Shoulder Rest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Metronome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Metal Practice Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Music Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Applying the Shoulder Rest and Holding the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Attaching the Shoulder Rest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Tuning the Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Pizzicato Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tuning with the Fine Tuners and Pegs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Replacing Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 vi Table of Contents Chapter 2 Bowing Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Pencil Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Right Hand Finger Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Bow Placement Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 String Rolls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Bow Arm Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Weight Distribution of the Bow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Bow Speed and Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Bow Divisions and Rhythms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Bowing Rhythms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chapter 3 Fingering Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Applying Fingering Tapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Setting the Hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Moving the Fingers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Finger Bounce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Finger Strike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Cross Over and Hop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Elbow Swing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Musical ABCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Finger Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Reading Straight Across . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Finger-Pattern Slurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Chapter 4 Music Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Reading Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Note Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Violin Strings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Octaves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Reading Sheet Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Reading Note Names Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Key Signatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 The Order of Sharps and Flats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Key Signature Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Key Signature Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 vii Time Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Beats per Measure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Rhythm Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Rhythmic Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chapter 5 Specialty Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Specialty Fingerings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Ornamentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Fingering Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Fingering Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Vibrato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Specialty Bowings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Smooth Strokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Short Strokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Commanding Strokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Bowing Sound Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Musical Phrasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Special Effects with Dynamics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Chapter 6 Beginner Songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Practicing Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Ba Ba Black Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Lightly Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Song of the Wind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Go Tell Aunt Rhody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Ode to Joy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Yellow Rose of Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 On Top of Old Smoky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Minuet in C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Minuet in G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Can-Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 The Blue Danube Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 The Mexican Hand-Clapping Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 viii Table of Contents Chapter 7 History of the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Origination of the Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Famous Composers Who Were Violinists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Famous Composers and Their Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 The Medieval Period and the Renaissance: 12th to 16th Centuries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 The Baroque Era: 17th to Mid-18th Century. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 The Classical Era: Mid-18th to Mid-19th Century. . . . . . . . . . . 163 The Romantic Era: 19th Century. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 The 20th Century. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Chapter 8 Continue the Journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Where to Go from Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Final Thoughts from Mrs. Seidel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Index. . . . 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