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Part 3d Left Hand:
First Songs
Using the notes on the D string and soon
after the A string you can teach most of the music in Essential Elements for Strings.
The following songs are favorites of the student:
#17 Rolling along - notes on D string only.
Work on hand shape and tuning.
#22 Tunnels - work on curved fingers.
Before they start to play have students pluck A string while holding down
fingers on D string.
#24 Lightly Row - another "tunnels" song
#40 Mozart Melody - otherwise known as
Twinkle. Teaches student about ABA form and can be used to teach
variations, including students making up their own variation.
#40 Twinkle Variation - this variation
is called Pepperoni Pizza or Mississippi River, there are many other variations
and you or the student can make up ones on your own.
#81 Can, Can - I use this to help students
learn to play slow to fast.
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