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1
My First Song
Welcome to the wonderful world of cello!
Let's begin with plucking!
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Notes and Rests
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Three's a Crowd
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Getting Tricky
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5 A Funny Pair
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6 Zoomin' Alongyyy
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Skateboard Sam
Let's Play Catch
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9 Couch Potato
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10Meet the "A" Team
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Eyes on the Road
11 Puppy Dog Song
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Apple for the Teacher
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17 Farmer Dave
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Watch Those Rests
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Back and Forth
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Now go back and play the first part of the book again with the bow.
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My First Finger E
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To play our new note,
place the first finger of your
left hand down on the "D" string's first tape. Curve your fingers & use the tip of
of your pointer finger on the "D" string. Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
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21 The Fabulous Mr. Edzzz
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22Fun with D and E
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23 Banana Split
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Two Fingers Down
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To play our new note, place the
first, ,second and third fingers of your left
hand down on the "D" string's first tthree tapes. Curve your fingers & useyour finger tips
on the "D" string. Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
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25 Two or NothingF
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26 Trucking AlongF
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27 Playing It Righty F
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Half Notes Happen
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Ups and Downs
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Mary Had A Little Lamb
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32 French Fries
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35Winning the Prize
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36 The Ballerinas
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37 The Boy Scout
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Give Me A "G"
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To play our new note, place the first,
second, third and fourth fingers of your left hand down on the "D" string's first four tapes. Curve your fingers & use your finger tips on the "D" string.
Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
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15 42 Lightly Row
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Better "B" Good
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To play our new note, place the first finger of your left hand down on the "A" string's first tape or mark. Curve your fingers & use the tip of of your pointer finger on the "A" string. Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "A" sting with your bow.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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Name the notes.
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Down and Up
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Move the bow toward your body (to the left) for an UP bow.
Move the bow away from your body (to the right) for a DOWN bow.
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50
Starting Over
When you come to a comma, LIFT and start with a new bow.
51 Lift It 52 Lift or Loose 53 Love to Lift 20
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22 56 London Bridge
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59 Hey, Diddle, Diddle
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I See "C" Sharp
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To play our new note, place the first, second & thid fingers of your left
hand down on the "A" string's first three tapes. Curve your fingers & use your finger tips
on the "A" string. Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "A" sting with your bow.
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Jump Right In 64
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65We Can All Read!
Name the notes written on the staff below.
Meet the Mr. "D" 66
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Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting with your bow.
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68The Eagle Waltz
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Pencil and Eraser Waltz
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Tied Score
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A "tie" is a curved line that connects two or more notes of the same pitch.
Hold the note for the combined value of the notes.
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72 Looby Looy
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A - D - E - G - F# - BDraw the notes on the staff.
To play our new note, play your open "G" string (fattest string). Open "G" is below the music staff.
It is the lowest sounding note on the violin.
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74 My Low, Fat "G" 75 Grandma's Tune
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Shortnin' Bread
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83 Piano Forte Cabbage Song
Play with a soft volume.
Play with a loud volume.
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84 Humpty Dumpty 36
Move you bow in the same direction for the slurred notes. Don't stop the bow. Use an equal amount of bow for each note in the slur.
A SLUR is a curved line that connects two notes of different pitches.
85 Slippery Slurs 86 My Dog and Me 37
Clowns of Paris 87 38
88 Ode to Joy 39