Contents Parts of the violin and bow Taking care of your violin and bow The beginning Open strings - plucking Starting to play Crotchets Minims Dotted minims and semibreves Using 3 fingers The 1st finger - reading the music More 3-finger tunes More 1st finger pieces 1st and 2nd fingers - reading the music Concert pieces Some rhythms to try! Presto’s quiz What it all means! Certificate List of Pieces 1. Four by four 2. Two by two 3. Take a rest! 4. Winter night 5. Tick-tock! 6. The penguin 7. Creeping about 8. Down up! 9. Tick-tock! 10. Daydream 11. The kangaroo song 12. Custard! 13. Cream... 14. Bravo’s song 15. Choc’late cheesecake 16. Peel me if you can! 17. Keep the beat 18. Step on it! 19. G string stomp 20. Walking fingers 21. Man in the moon 22. Please..! 23. Waltz in G 24. The grumpy polar bear 25. In the lair of the hobgoblin 26. I’ve got too much homework... 27. Escalator 28. Twinkle twinkle little stars 29. The swans 30. I’m so blue 31. The old man 32. Toy soldiers 33. Willard the wizard 34. The gondolier 35. Froggy beat 36. Cat burglar 37. Plain sailing 38. Hot topic 39. Conjure the stars 40. Leaps and bounds 41. The sunset 42. Swimming in the river 43. Listen to me! 44. Slow tango 45. The linden tree (open strings) 46. The linden tree (3 fingers) 47. Hoe down (open strings) Hoe down (3 fingers) 48. Walk in the park (1st and 2nd fingers), Walk in the park (3 fingers)