Our First Songs:

Beginner Strings - Violin

Practice playing: D E F# G AAA ---- A G F# E ddd --- AAA--- ddd
Try these songs: Just click on the name of the songs to access them on your smartmusic account.
Two String Salsa
Les Toréadors 
​Vivaldi on G
Two String Reggae
Three Point Shot
Mix 'em UP

Setting up your violin can be tricky.  Here are a couple of videos to help you through the process.

Rosining the Bow

Basic Violin - Small Details That Will Make a Big Difference

Bow Care and Proper Daily Use

How to Tune Using a Tuning App

How to Hold the Bow

How to Hold the Instrument

Bow Hold Exercises

Violin Basics

We are going to start with some basic note reading videos and exercises.

Try this exercise! Note ID for the D String

This will help you learn to read the first 5 notes on the violin.  We will be first focusing on the D string.  The first 5 notes are D,E,F#,G, A
The fingerings for these notes are: 
D=open
E=1
F#=2
G=3
A=4