Violin Pieces for Beginner Level 
(Preliminary, Grade 1, and Grade 2)

  1. THE LITTLE PUPPY
    The Little Puppy is for advanced beginners (Grade 2 level). 
    This piece is for children as well as adult violin students. 
    The Little Puppy invites the student to explore what the bow can do.
    It is about 
  • Bow control, (speed and distribution), 
  • Dynamics, and 
  • Syncopated rhythms
  • Fast to practice bow - finger coordination

The downloadable parcel contains 

  • Sheet music, 
  • Listening/full track, 
  • Play along learning track and 
  • Backing track.

In case you lost The Little Puppy sheet music, you can replace it here.

Enjoy!

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2. A FEATHER IN THE WIND

A Feather in the Wind is for advancing beginners (Preliminary to Grade 2 level). 
This piece is for children as well as adult violin students. 
A Feather in the Wind invites the student to explore natural and artificial harmonics. 

The parcel consists of 4 PDF sheet music files, with different levels and aspects of challenge, 

and 9 MP3 audio files: full versions to listen to and the respective backing tracks. Everything is labelled so that it is easy to find which bits belong together. Most backing tracks are also interchangeable. The student can use almost any backing track at any point in time to avoid getting bored.
 

Regarding technique, A Feather in the Wind is about: 

  • Developing secure finding of the “sweet spot”, 
  • Keeping the rhythm steady even through some syncopated backing tracks,
  • Feeling comfortable in the left hand while changing positions, 
  • Staying relaxed.

The downloadable parcel contains 

  • Sheet music: 4 different levels of harmonics exploration (PDF), 
  • Listening/full tracks, 
  • Play along learning tracks and 
  • Backing track.

In case you lost your sheet music, you can download all 4 PDF files here again: A Feather in the Wind

Violin Pieces for Advancing Level (Grade 3 and 4)

 

3. SKIPPING PUDDLES IN THE SUNSHINE

Skipping Puddles in the Sunshine is a fast and fun piece for advancing violin players (Grade 3).

It is suitable for children as well as adults and is to be played in 1st position throughout.

Skipping Puddles in the Sunshine focuses on these aspects:

  • Fast, clean string crossings
  • Circular wrist and forearm movements
  • Bow distribution
  • Zig-zag bowings
  • Dynamics
  • Blocked strings
  • Music theory: scale degrees
     

Skipping Puddles in the Sunshine also invites students to explore how emotions change throughout the piece. The teacher might want to explain how the use of different scale degrees changes the melody from major to minor. 

The downloadable parcel contains 

  • Sheet music, 
  • Listening/full track, 
  • Play along learning track and 
  • Backing track.

Should you have lost Skipping Over Puddles in the Sunshine's sheet music, you can download it here.

Enjoy!