OPEN A
Teachers: Count one full measure out loud and conduct the class.
Set your thumb against the edge of the fingerboard and locate the Open A String on your instrument. Here we go! 1-2-3-4, (Begin)
Listen to Open A Exercise
Start Metronome –76 BPM
PIZZICATO LAYERS PRINT INSTRUMENT PARTS REPEAT SIGN ENDINGS
LEARNING to ‘FEEL the BEAT’ OPEN A EXERCISE OPEN D EXERCISE OPEN G EXERCISE
OPEN E and OPEN C EXERCISE STRING CROSSING PREPARATION STRING CROSSING EXERCISES
D to A STRING CROSSINGS G to D STRING CROSSINGS PERFORMING ALL STRINGS
CREATING PIZZICATO DYNAMICS DYNAMIC CONTRAST EXERCISES
WARP TO BOWING WORLDS
LEARNING to ‘FEEL the BEAT’ OPEN A EXERCISE OPEN D EXERCISE OPEN G EXERCISE
OPEN E and OPEN C EXERCISE STRING CROSSING PREPARATION STRING CROSSING EXERCISES
D to A STRING CROSSINGS G to D STRING CROSSINGS PERFORMING ALL STRINGS
CREATING PIZZICATO DYNAMICS DYNAMIC CONTRAST EXERCISES
WARP TO BOWING WORLDS