VIP Violin/Viola Program

Richard Levine Class 7/30

Introduction

Magic X

Tapping

GGG Song

Ant Song

More Pinky Plucks and Flying Pizz

Pinky Strum

GDG Song

GDG Over Sun Dot

GDG Shifting

Pinky Strum Shifting

Holding the Bow

Rocking, Rolling, Place and Lift

E String Concerto

Opening the Forearm

Road Trip – forearm opening and string crossing

AEA Song – forearm opening and string crossing

Tapping across strings and shifting with pinky plucks

Using Left Hand Fingers

Flower Song – LH and bow together, detache + string crossing, half of Twinkle

Monkey Song – placing three fingers, half of a scale

Monkey Song Again – more tapping and placing fingers

Preparation for See Saw – Slower Bow Speed and Playing in 3

Breathing Preparation Before Playing

See Saw – sliding down the magic X and using a slower bow speed

First Finger Hops and Plopping – Practicing Healthy Left Arm/Hand Relationship and Plopping 2&3

Rebounds with the Bow, Bow Bounces

Boil Them Cabbage Down – Starting a Piece on the 2nd Finger

Double Monkey Song (aka A Major Scale) – Involves “Plopping” 2&3!

Introduction

Rolland – Establishing the LH in First Position

Left Hand Balance

Angle of the Fingers

Fourth Finger Use, Basic Movements of the Fingers

Preparatory Shifting Exercises

Basic Shifting Movements – Long Free Shifts

Transposing a Melody Stepwise

Shifts in Melody Fragments

Additional Shifting Studies

Group Session 4/8/2021

4/6/2021 – Alignment, Flying Pizz, Bow Hold

Group Session # 2 – Pulling and pushing, martele

4/28/2021 Group Session #3

5/5/2021 Detache, Tremolo, Sul Ponticello, Figure 8

5/19/2021 Colle, String Crossings, Bariolage, Eric Plays Fiddle

5/26/2021 Bow Workshop

6/2/2021 Bow Workshop

6/9/2021 Bow Workshop

6/16/2021 Colle, Detache, Martele, Sautille, Mendelssohn Scherzo, Changing Lanes

7/1/2021 Bow Hold, Bariolage, Sautille, Ricochet

Office Hour 2/24

Office Hour 2/25/2021

Office Hour 2/26

Office Hour 3/2/2021

Office Hour 3/4/2021

3/5

3/9

3/11

3/12

3/16

Group Session 3/25

Group Session 3/31

Bonus Studio Class 4/2

Group Session 4/8/2021 – vibrato

Bonus Studio Class 4/9 Performances by Debi, Carla, Derek, and Bonny

Groups Session 4/21 – pulling/pushing, martele, ricochet

Studio Class 4/23 – Performances by Bonny, Becca, Derek, Debi. Allegro – martele, marcatto, folk tune bowings, flying staccato

Group Class 4/27

Studio Class 4/30 – LH articulations, Performances by Debi, Derek, Carla, Jeong

Group Class 5/3 – Shifting

Studio Class 5/18 – Spiccato, Sautille, Martele

Group Class 5/20 – Colle, Sevcik, Bow Changes

Group Class 5/25

Group Class 6/1

VIP Studio Class 6/3 Imagery/emotions and practicing

Group Class 6/17 Getting to the tip

7/26 Group Class – Molly Gebrian

7/30 Group Class – Richard Levine

9/3 Sheila Browne

9/15 Jenny Clift – EFT

9/17 Group Class – supination and Sevcik #2

9/22 part 1 smooth bow change and smooth vibrato

9/22 part 2 vibrato, shifting and Ševčík Op. 3, Variation 3.

9/30 pushing and pulling with extreme supination, and then with regular bow hold; 5 lanes and 3 variables, and review of Ševčík Op. 3 Var. 4.

10/6 Andrew plays his excerpts!

10/14 part 2 Elgar

Monday – Introduction

Tuesday – Rolland – Establishing the LH

Wednesday – LH Balance

Thursday – Finger Angle

Friday – Fourth Finger Use, Basic Movements of the Left Hand

Monday – Preparatory Shifting Exercises

Tuesday – Basic Shifting Movements – Long Free Shifts

Wednesday – Stepwise Shifts – Transposing a Melody

Thursday – Shifts in Melody Fragments

Friday – Additional Shifting Studies

Monday – Preparatory Vibrato Exercises

Tuesday – First Steps: Experimentation

Wed – Developing Left Arm Balance

Thursday – Wrist Vibrato Exercises

Friday – Vibrato Beginnings

Monday – Introduction: Mental picture, listening, relaxing

Tuesday – Timbre, Sympathetic vibrations

Wednesday – Harmonic Series

Thursday – Pythagorean Tuning