Scales and Fingering charts for teachers, students and string players.
Teach bow hold and left hand technique in just 5 easy lessons! These handouts are the fastest way you’ll find to get a classroom full of students started with beginner technique. Save time and effort. Use these handouts and get your students playing their instruments sooner!
Purchase these beginner bundles and save! Achieve more with your beginners. Incorporate these effective teaching tools into your classroom to help your beginners get off to a faster and smarter start. Smart Beginner Setup Bundle Smart Bow Hold … Read More
You know those students who really aren’t listening? The ones who never adjust their finger patterns from string to string? The ones who are totally unaware of how they actually sound? How do you motivate these students to play the … Read More
The nice thing about teaching strings is, unlike band instruments, all the instruments are the same… almost! The double bass is somewhat of an oddball, being played standing, only able to play two notes per string, and tuned in fourths … Read More
Highschoolers…. They seem to live and sleep in their hoodies these days! But they get in the way of holding the violin and viola properly. Finally, tired of reminding my violin and viola students to remove their hoodies, I made … Read More
When I started to teach by finger pattern, one of the first activities I had my students do was to draw the fingering charts for each of the keys they were learning. This is a great way to give students … Read More
The handy reference for note-reading on violin, viola, cello and bass is great to have to reinforce music-reading skills! The worksheets present music-reading in a logical order to help reinforce music-reading and fingering on all strings, and help students see … Read More
Tightening and Loosening the Bow Properly…. Tired of bows that are too tight and students who forget to loosen their bows? These posters are great for teaching beginners, and will give your students a visual reminder every time they get … Read More
Start your beginner strings playing in different keys right away with these easy-to-read first position fingering charts! Fingering charts help students easily understand and memorize fingering for different keys, and should be an essential part of any strings classroom. Whether … Read More
Using just six finger patterns can greatly simplify how you teach violin, viola, cello and double bass and help you achieve more in less time. I first wrote about The Six Basic Finger Patterns back when I started this blog. Since … Read More
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