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Weight in Motion     Gravity

Leverage     Balance

Potential and Kinetic Energy

The R’s of Remembering

Practice Purpose

Music Staff Evolution

Music Clef Origins 

Scroll History

Peg Information 

Bowed String Instrument History

Friction

Bass Tuning Mechanism

Modern-Day Violin Family

Bridges Through the Ages 

Sound Production Principles 

What is Sound? 

How Strings Produce Sound

 THREE MAIN CLEFS 

TREBLE CLEF

ALTO CLEF

BASS CLEF

LEDGER LINES

LINE NOTES

SPACE NOTES

TREBLE CLEF NOTES

ALTO CLEF NOTES

BASS CLEF NOTES

VIOLIN OPEN STRINGS

VIOLA OPEN STRINGS

CELLO OPEN STRINGS

BASS OPEN STRINGS

NOTE READING EXAMS

 Meet CONSTANCE

What is a METRONOME?

METRONOME HISTORY

What is TEMPO? 

SLOW TEMPOS

CLASS EXERCISE

TEMPO QUALIFIERS

ANDANTE

MODERATO

ALLEGRO

VIVACE

PRESTO

TEMPO ADJUSTERS

TEMPO MOODS

TEMPO as TITLES

Meet Dyna 

What are DYNAMICS?

WORD ORIGINS

DYNAMIC RANGES

PIANO and FORTE 

More DYNAMIC RANGES

DYNAMIC CHANGES

DYNAMIC COMBOS

DRAMATIC CHANGES

ADDITIONAL TERMS

DYNAMICS REVIEW

Meet Cal

Universal Language

Rhythm Notation

Music Staff

Origins of the Staff

Rhythm Laboratory

Notation Parts

Note Heads

Stems

Beams

Flags

Note Construction

Common-Time

Measures

Bar-Lines

Counting in Common-Time

Whole, Half and Quarter Notes

Ties

Dots

Time-Signatures 

Q’s Rhythm Review

Time-Signature Rules 

Beat Accent

Down-Beat and Up-Beat

Conducting Patterns

Cut-Time 

Common-Time Beat Emphasis  

Three-Beat Measures

Note Values

Rhythm Workouts

The ‘Cycle’

Note Equivalents

Counting Sub-Divisions

 “If You Can Say It, You Can Play It” Author’s Story

Sub-Division Lingo

Quarter Notes with Eight Notes

Adding Sixteenth Notes

Notes Sharing Beams

Beam Awareness Pointers

Triplets 

Triplet Workout

Compound-Time

Compound-Time Workout

Music Rests

Rest and Note Equivalents

Whole Rest     Half Rest

Quarter Rest     Eighth Rest

Sixteenth Rest     Dotted Rests

Q’s Rest Review

Process of Sub-Division

Relating Rests to Notes

Rhythm Exam Prep

Level 1 Rhythm Exam

Level 2 Rhythm Exam

Level 3 Rhythm Exam

Meet STEPS

MUSIC THEORY

INTERVALS

The OCTAVE

The OCTAVE SCALE

SCALE DEGREES

What are Key Signatures?

Circle of Fifths 

The Order of Sharps

Sharp Key Signatures

Enharmonic Sharp Major Keys

The Major Scale Walk

Flat Key Signatures

The Order of Flats 

The 3 Enharmonic Key Signatures

All Major Keys

Leverage Step Exercise 

Crossing Guard Exercise

Grounding Your Roots Exercise

Balancing Your Branches Exercise

Violin Playing-Position

Viola Playing-Position

Cello Playing-Position

Bass Playing-Position

Chin-Rest Information

Shoulder-Rest Information

End-Pin Information

Rock-Stop Information

Violin Position Song

Viola Position Song

Cello Position Song

Bass Position Song

Warp to Playing-Position Exam

Warp to Pizzicato Worlds

Introducing the Bow

Parts of the Bow

The Stick

Horse-Hair 

The Tip

The Frog

The Winding

How the Bow Works 

Rosin

Preparing to Hold the Bow

Stick Training Exercises

Bowing Terminology

Down-Bow

Up-Bow     

Bow-Hand Set-Up

Finger Tasks and Functions

The Thumb

Meet ARC

Finger Segments

The Index-Finger   

Bow-Hand Pronation

The Center-Finger and Ring-Finger

Bow-Hand Fulcrum

Ring-Finger Propulsion

Bass Bows 

 Pinky Bow-Tasks

‘Casting’ the Bow-Hand

Bow-Wrist Tasks

Rotational Inertia

Arco

Clay Smile Exercise

Meet ANGLE 

The Bow-Arm Box

The Shoulder Arc

Bow Contact-Point

String Lanes

Bow-Segment Mastery

Bowing Exercises 

Finding the Bow Contact-Point

“Painting With Sound”

Bowing Exercises Menu

Bow Taps

Bowing Traditions 

Perform Down-Bows

Perform Up-Bows

The Art of the Bow-Change

Articulations

Staccato

Legato 

Mastery Checkpoint One

Building Bow Control

Bow Speed and Bow-Arm Motion

Bow Planning and Distribution

Slow Moving Bow Strokes

Individual Bow Segments

Traveling the Bow

Bowing Dynamics

Mastery Checkpoint Two 

Advanced Techniques

Slurs and Articulations

Slur Training

Locating the Bow’s Balance Point

Ricochet and Spiccato 

Exploring Ricochet

Ricochet Control

Spiccato Training

Spiccato Control

Spiccato Brush Strokes 

Multiple String Crossings

Virtuosic Bow Strokes

Arpeggio Bowing

“Flying” Staccato

Mastery Checkpoint Three 

D Major Home

Instrument Tapes

Finger Mechanics

Finger Numbering

Finger Dexterity

Finger Position

Finger Intensity

Hand Position Principles

Hand Position Rhymes

Space at the Base

Swell the Well

Swing the Wing

Hand Position Set-Up

Violin Notes on D

Viola Notes on D

Cello Notes on D

Bass Notes on D

Violin Notes on A

Viola Notes on A

Cello Notes on A

Meet Guide

Bass Notes on G

D Major Training Exercises

The Lower-Tetrachord

The Major Second

The Major Third

The Perfect Fourth

The Upper-Tetrachord

The Perfect Fifth

The Major Sixth

The Major Seventh

The Perfect Octave

The Complete D Major Scale

Left Thumb Logic

Left Thumb Flexible Location

Knuckle Leverage

D Major Etudes

Arpeggio Patterns

D Major Mastery Checkpoint

Extending the Instrument’s Range

Finger Location Terms

Violin Notes on G

Viola Notes on G

Cello Notes on G

Bass Notes on E

Bass Notes on A

Viola Notes on C

Cello Notes on C

Violin Notes on E

 Third Position Principles

Violin Third Position on E

Third Position Measurement Differences

D Major Harmony

Interval Categories

Orchestra Harmony in D Major

Preparing for Orchestra Pieces

Divisi Protocol

Orchestra Chord Textures

Ensemble Engine

Technique Building

Practice Coins

Violin Technique Builder

Viola Technique Builder

Cello Technique Builder

Bass Technique Builder

Dynamic March Theme and Variations

Bowing Dynamics

Dynamic March Performance Details

Linked Bowing Exercise

Off-Beats Exercise

Neighbor Notes

Complete Dynamic March  Score and Parts

 A Minor Home

Natural Minor

Aeolian Mode

The Three Forms of the Minor Scale

Raising the 7th Step

Harmonic Minor

Augmented Intervals

Melodic Minor

Minor Key Signatures

Relative Major and Relative Minor

Relative Key Signatures

Preparing for A Minor Scale Drills

Rules of Accidentals

Violin Fingerboard Diagram

Viola Fingerboard Diagram

Cello Fingerboard Diagram

Bass Fingerboard Diagram

A Minor Scale Pattern Drills 

La Cinquantaine

G Major Home   

 Violin Two Octave Scale in 1st Position   

 Viola Pitches in 1st Position   

 Cello Pitches in 1st Position

Bass Pitches in 1st Position   

 Violin and Viola Left Pinky Note Options   

 Pinky Power-Ups for Violin and Viola

Violin G Major Scale in 3rd Position 

Viola G Major Scale in 3rd Position     

Cello 4th Position on the A-String

Bass One Octave G Major Scale on 1 String 

 Two Octave G Major Scale for All Instruments     

Boosting Performance Skills

“Add-a-Note” Scale Pattern Exercise 

   “Eighth Note Jumps” Interval Leap Practice   

 Up and Back-Up Practice Technique

Coordination Drills 

   Melodic Minuet     G Major Waltz