Minifiddlers Violin Pedagogy Course: 1st year
In the 1st year violin lesson package teaching starts from the very beginning of violin playing. In the videos Professor Szilvay teaches his group of children, which makes it easy for you to follow along. You can study the videos individually at your own pace, or you can gather together your own group of little violinists and follow the weekly lesson plan. The package includes lessons for the whole first year.
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The plan suits for a single user, e.g. an individual pedagogue, student or a family.
Starting from 14,95 € / month
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Content length:
12 hours 1 minute
Format:
Streaming video
Access:
Unlimited access during the subscription period
Lessons and pedagogical topics
Each video lesson is 14–32 minutes.
- Lesson 1 — Establishing the basic holds and movements
- Lesson 2 — Basic rhythms; long, short
- Lesson 3 — First "chamber music"
- Lesson 4 — Basic rhythms; long, short and rest
- Lesson 5 — Basic rhythms; long, short, rest and half note
- Lesson 6 — The bow-hold
- Lesson 7 — Directions on the fingerboard
- Lesson 8 — String crossing (open strings and "octave" natural harmonics)
- Lesson 9 — Two note songs
- Lesson 10 — Three note songs
- Lesson 11 — Grasshopper
- Lesson 12 — The "one line system"
- Lesson 13 — Natural harmonics in the first position
- Lesson 14 — Natural harmonics in the first position
- Lesson 15 — Christmas session
- Lesson 16 — Stopping with the first finger
- Lesson 17 — Stopping with the first finger and left hand pizzicato
- Lesson 18 — First finger stopping motion together with early change of position
- Lesson 19 — First finger stopping motion together with natural harmonics in the first position
- Lesson 20 — Stopping with the second finger
- Lesson 21 — Stopping with the second finger
- Lesson 22 — Second finger stopping motion together with early change of position
- Lesson 23 — Second finger stopping motion together with natural harmonics in the first position
- Lesson 24 — Stopping with the third finger
- Lesson 25 — Stopping with the third finger
- Lesson 26 — Third finger stopping motion together with early change of position
- Lesson 27 — Kreutzerini exercises for the stopping third finger
- Lesson 28 — Stopping with the fourth finger
- Lesson 29 — Stopping with the independent fourth finger
- Lesson 30 — Fourth finger stopping motion together with early change of position
- Lesson 31 — Fourth finger stopping motion together with natural harmonics in the first position
- Lesson 32 — Transposition and Summary
Book(s) used in the course
Géza Szilvay: Colourstrings Violin ABC, Book A and Book B.
- Lessons 1–15: Book A
- Lessons 16–32: Book B
Please notice that the page numbers mentioned in the videos may vary depending on the edition used.
Teacher: Prof. Géza Szilvay
Violinist, teacher, conductor and the President of ESTA (European String Teachers Association) Prof. Géza Szilvay is creator of Colourstrings method.
Géza has decades of experience of violin pedagogy. He has given more than 200 lectures and workshops on his child-centered teaching method and philosophy across the world, and trained pupils and teachers online over 10 years. In addition to his long pedagogical experience, Géza is known for his strong presence and personal warmth that makes him an excellent and impressive online teacher.
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