YOUR PLAN

Children

Pack for basic to intermediate level

Student profile: children with some previous experience with the aim of consolidating and expanding basic concepts.

Starting point: Maite will guide you to the right stage program after a free 30-minute introductory lesson.

Stage 1 

Duration: 3 months.

Frequency: 1 class per week.

Student skills: stage 1 is aimed at students who typically are comfortable with the following: (a) holding the bow straight, (b) holding the violin without tension.

Objectives 

✧ Learning the 3rd position.

✧ Playing some songs.

✧ Melody and harmony.

Exercises 

✧ D & G Major scales.

✧ Tunes with D & G Major arpeggios.

✧ Finger exercises.

✧ Pieces from Albumstücke by Kabalewski.

Stage 2

Duration: 3 months.

Frequency: 1 class per week.

Student skills: stage 2 is aimed at students who typically are comfortable with the following: (a) good tuning in the first position, (b) flexible movement with the bow.

Objectives 

✧ Crossing strings in the 3rd position.

✧ Shifting.

✧ Playing some tunes.

Exercises 

✧ C Major scale.

✧ C Major arpeggios.

✧ Finger exercises.

✧ Pieces from Albumstücke op. 39 by Kabalewski.

Stage 3 

Duration: 3 months.

Frequency: 1 class per week.

Student skills: stage 3 is aimed at students who typically are comfortable with the following: (a) ability to generate speed with the bow, (b) proper arm weight on the bow.

Objectives 

✧ Make your own melodies.

✧ Shifting between fingers.

✧ Vibrato.

Exercises 

✧ D & G Major scales.

✧ Shifting exercises, turning each step.

✧ Vibrato exercises.

✧ Musette by J.S. Bach.

✧ Snakes & Ladders from Stepping Stones by Katherine and Hugh Colledge.

✧ Duets by Bartók.

Stage 4 

Duration: 3 months.

Frequency: 1 class per week.

Student skills: stage 4 is aimed at students who typically are comfortable with the following: (a) good intonation and sound production, (b) no thumb tension in the violin.

Objectives 

✧ Martelé bowstrokes.

✧ Slurs.

✧ Integrating patterns on scales.

✧ The Barriolage technique.

✧ The 3rd position. 

Exercises 

✧ C Major in two octaves.

✧ Exercises with melodies.

✧ The vibrato.

✧ Sonata No. 2 by Telemann.

✧ Duet op. 38 by Mazas.

✧ Concerto G Major of Rieding.