Everyone


Practice bow hold on pencil.  (Page 11 of book)
Practice bow hold on violin bow.  (Page 12 of book)
Make sure to have "Rabbit" hold.  Curved pinky, sits on top of bow stick.  Bend thumb.

Rosin bow by holding rosin in Left hand, arm placed as if you are holding the violin in playing position.  Draw the bow across the rosin, making sure to keep the rosin still, and move the bow straight across the rosin.

Practice Frog, Middle, Tip with the bow on the A-String.  Keep the bow traveling straight as you draw the bow through the air.

Review songs in book.

Everyone

Practice bow hold (Rabbit hold - see handout) on bow frog
Place shoulder cloth on shoulder, and bow from frog to tip
*Bonus: Try page 5, #'s 2-7 with the bow

Everyone

Roll pencil in your hand down to your finger knuckles.
Keep fingers all curved to hold the pencil in place.
Bend thumb and place on the pencil under your 2nd finger.
Flip your hand upside down, holding the pencil.
Extend Left arm straight forward, place pencil on arm.
Run the pencil flat and straight up and down the arm.
*Focus on keeping the pencil straight, lined up with your arm.

Today was the beginning of Session 2.

Review #'s 14-16.

Work on #17.

Be able to play through #17 by next week.

Study the notes.

I have flashcards you can purchase for $1 per set per string ($1 for all D string notes, $1 for all A string notes... for a total of $4 for all the sets of notes for all the strings).  You don't have to purchase flashcards, you can make your own to study, or you can bring $1-2 to class to get the flashcards from me.  We are currently working on the D string notes.  We will be working on the A string notes either next week or the week after.  We will get to G string notes by the 3rd LMS BASP Session, and E String notes by the 4th session.  If you aren't going to make your own, I recommend bringing $2 to the next class to get the D and A string notes from me.

Review #'s 14 and 15:
14 - Place all fingers at the beginning, lift off as the notes go down
15 – Keep the fingers down as you Climb up the notes

New: #'s 16 and 17
See previous page for reference on figuring out the note and finger to play


Practice:
Rabbit and Fox hold on pencil, then on bow
Put Shoulder cloth on shoulder and Bow from Frog to tip on shoulder cloth


Bring a notebook or a Binder with loose leaf paper for individual practice notes beyond the homework that is posted.

NEW
Rabbit and Fox fingers - practice with:
1. Pen or Pencil
2. Piece of uncooked spaghetti (try to switch between rabbit and fox without breaking the spaghetti)

Rabbit = all fingers curved (relaxed)
Fox = all fingers straight (locked)

Practice
Page 6 All - #'s 8-13

• Make sure 3rd finger is on the 3rd finger tape
  
• Make sure 2nd finger is on the 2nd finger tape
  
• Make sure 1st finger is on the 1st finger tape
  
• Keep hand in a good Umbrella Hold shape throughout
  
• Don't let wrist or hand touch the violin shoulder/body
  
• Reach hand out towards the scroll along the violin neck, don't let it scrunch in toward the violin body
  

Review
Georgi-G String:
a. In Rest Position with thumb pluck
b. In Playing Position with plucking hand (keep the 'C' - make sure thumb and finger are bent, reach over the fingerboard to pluck, keep hand in plucking hand shape, and keep knuckles/hand off the violin, don't rest the hand on the violin body)
c. (NEW) - Left hand pinky pluck - touch pinky to the string, and pull with the pinky

NEW: 

• Up and Down Arm
  
• Umbrella Hold
  

Practice:

1. Practice set up from Rest Position to Playing Position
   
2. Do "Up and Down Arm"
   
3. Get hand up into Umbrella Hold
   
4. Pluck Georgi-G Song while maintaining good "Umbrella Hold"
   

*Make sure to have a good plucking hand - no claw!


Review:
All songs on page 5 with "Umbrella Hold"


NEW:
Practice songs on page 6, numbers 8 and 9.
#8 - Get fingers onto finger tapes at the fingertips (not smushed fingers).
#9 - Practice going from all fingers down, to all fingers lifted off the string

Rest Position to Playing Position Set-up:
1. Feet make a 'V' for Violin
2. Step feet shoulder width apart
3. Left hand on the violin shoulder underneath
4. Right hand at the base of the violin underneath
5. Violin up over your head (see picture on page 3)
6. Slide the violin over to your Left
7. Lower it down onto your left shoulder (keep violin level with the ground)
8. Bring chin "up, over, and down"

Lion Hold:  Practice holding this for 5-30 seconds, increasing by 5 seconds each day.

Plucking Hand Set-Up:
1. Hold up plucking hand (fingers closed)
2. Thumbs up
3. #1
4. Make a 'C'
5. Bring thumb to base of fingerboard

Pluck songs on page 5 in Playing Position with a good plucking hand:
1. No claw hand
2. Pluck over the fingerboard

Reminder: Make sure to get a shoulder cloth - 100% cotton, no dyes on the fabric.