Paul Rolland’s Shuttle Game
June 1st, 2009
Fifth-grade violinists and violists have been playing games to develop the motion needed for vibrato and shifting. Notice how the elbow scoops under the violin and how the thumb comes under the fingerboard. I learned this exercise many years ago from the Paul Rolland films, “The Teaching of Action in String Playingâ€. If I remember [...]
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June 1st, 2009
The WI Beginning Orchestra is busy getting ready for our big moment … on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9:00am, we will play our first formal concert!  The show opens with “Super Twinkleâ€, followed by the Suzuki tunes, “Lightly Row†and “Song of the Windâ€. Last on the program is our first non-unison piece, “Dance in [...]
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