1. Pease Pudding! A rest is a silence and looks like this A musical phrase is a musical sentence Pulse is the heart beat of the music – ongoing regular steady beat. Rhythm is the pattern of long sounding and short sounding notes. ta tete ta – ta te te ta - ta tete tete ta ta ta ta -

2. 5 Steps to playing position! 1.Stand with feet apart and violin in rest position. 2.Hold violin around the neck with the left hand and outstretch your arm. 3.Bring the violin to your left shoulder with your right hand. (slide left hand up for support) 4.Show thumbs up with the right hand. 5.Change to thumbs down and place it on side of fingerboard ready for plucking.

3. The Open Strings! E lephants E lephants E lephants like to eat A pples A pples A pples each and every D ay D ay D ay as long as they’re G reen G reen G reen.

4. Pease Pudding Accompaniment d d d d, g g d d d d d d, a a d d

5. Once a man fell down a well A0 0 0 -0 - 0 0 0 -0 0 D 0 - A0 0 0 -0 - 0 0 0 -0 - - - D0 1 2 3 - 3 2 10 - Accompaniment Melody

6. Pop goes the Weasel Half a pound of tuppenny rice. Half a pound of trea – cle. D G D G That’s the way the money goes. Pop goes the wea - sel. D G E A D G In and out the city lanes. Up and down the ea – gle. A D A D That’s the way the money goes. Pop goes the wea - sel. D G E A D G

7. The left hand fingers Check that you’re standing well. Show a good left hand shape with fingers round and on their tips. Your thumb should be opposite your first finger. Your thumb should be relaxed and pointing to the ceiling. Your wrist should be straight. Make sure that your fingers are on the dots!

8. Twinkle A 0 01 1 0 - D 0 0 A D 3 3 2 21 1 0 - A0 D 3 32 2 1 - 1 2 3

9. Down the D scale A 3 3 3 -2 2 2 -1 1 1 -0 0 0 - D A D3 3 3 -2 2 2 -1 1 1 -0 0 0 -

10. Up the D scale A D 0 0 0 -1 1 1 -2 2 2 -3 3 3 - A0 0 0 -1 1 1 -2 2 2 -3 3 3 - D

11. The Bow Hold 1 st finger is the wizard in the black cave. 2 nd finger is the King in the silver palace. 3 rd finger is the Queen next to the King. 4 th finger is the curly tail of the pet cat. Thumb is the fat gardener who lives on the shed roof.

12. Helicopter landings 1.Have you got a good bow hold? 2.Have you landed on the right string? 3.Are you in the middle of the bow? 4.Is the bow between the bridge and the fingerboard? 5.Are you going to start with a pull or push?

13. Glory Be! By Sarah Watts Count 16 beats rest then begin! Π ∨ Π ∨ then rest for 4 beats d d d d (do this 8 times) A Piece for the Bow Π = down bow (pull) ∨ = up bow (push)

14. A Blues by Sarah Watts Count 16 beats rest then begin! Π ∨ Π ∨ Π ∨ Π ∨ Π 7 beats rest a a a a a a a a a (helicopter retake) Π ∨ Π ∨ Π ∨ Π ∨ Π 7 beats rest a a a a a a a a a (helicopter retake) Π ∨ Π - Π ∨ Π - a a a - a a a - Π ∨ Π ∨ Π ∨ Π ∨ Π 7 beats rest a a a a a a a a a Π = down bow (pull) ∨ = up bow (push)

15. Pease Pudding Hot A D0 0 1 2 - ♩ ♪ ♪ ♩ - 3 3 3 2 - ♩ ♪ ♪ ♩ - 0 0 1 2 2 2 ♩ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♩ 1 1 0 - ♩ ♩ ♩ - ♩ = 1 beat ♪ = ½ beat

16. Rolling Along A D 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 23 3 3 - 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 - A D 2 1 0 12 2 2 - 1 1 1 -2 2 2 -2 1 0 12 2 1 1 2 1 0 - - - Morning Dance

17. Lightly Row A0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 D 2 2 -3 1 1 -0 1 2 3 2 2 -3 1 1 -0 2 0 - - - Caribbean Island A3 3 2 23 3 3 2 2 3 3 -3 3 2 23 3 3 2 2 3 3 - D 0 - 0 0

18. Old MacDonald A1 1 0 0 3 - - 0 D 3 3 3 01 1 0 - 3 - - 03 3 3 01 1 0 - A 1 1 0 03 - - - D 3 3 3 - 3 3 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 -