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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Mendelssohn Hensel
Here is one of the great women composers note reading worksheet! Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel is one of the great composers of the 19th century. Her brother, Felix, was very famous in his lifetime. (Not all composers were famous while they were living.) Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was not recognized as a composer, because she was a woman. But today, we recognize her as one of the great composers. In that time publishing companies did not publish music by women. But, they did publish a few of her pieces, but under her brother’s name! It was not until after she died that they published some of her compositions under her name. Aren’t you glad that women composers get published…
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Listen to the Bird Tweet
Listen to the Bird Tweet is a great pre-twinkle song that helps us on our journey to Twinkle. The words are were created by Susan Kempter. Students play the rhythm from variation A in Suzuki Book 1 four times. At our school we first teach it using just 1 open string. So all 4 repetitions of the pattern are on one string. (But like any good Suzuki exercise, it can morph into whatever you need!) How this post developed: We have been doing lots of different pre-twinkle songs in group. Songs like, Up Like a Rocket, Pumpkin on a Fencepost, Chicken on a Fencepost, Open E Concerto, Open A Concerto,…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Haydn
This is the great composers note reading worksheet – 6 for beginning violinists and violist. This worksheet tells the story of Franz Joseph Haydn. The notes covered are only the G string notes for violin or viola. Students will identify the notes in order to fill in the missing letters so that they can read the story. It is yet another way to reinforce note names away from the instrument. And at the same time teach them about the lives of the composers. Students may not play Haydn’s works for a few years. But since Haydn was so influential in the development of the string quartet, his name and life are…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Beethoven
Here is The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet 5 on the life of Ludwig van Beethoven. This is a great worksheet to use with your beginning students. The notes covered are on the A and D string. And the note reading worksheet is available in treble clef for violin students or alto clef for viola. Students will identify the note name and use the letter to fill in the blanks to complete the word. Then, they can learn facts about Beethoven. Here is a great way to practice reading note names away from the instrument and learn about one of the great composers of violin music. You can also check out our other composer note reading…
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A Scale Group Lesson Activity
Are you looking for good group lesson activities for pre-twinkle students? Teach the A scale in group lesson with this activity. It uses gross motor skills, visual skills, and helps students work on their sequential processing. We have been working on learning the A scale in my weekly pre-twinkle group lesson. Here are the steps that I am working through. These steps will take almost 3 months to complete. Stay on the step for a few weeks until students can do the step confidently and easily. Step 1 My two group classes are absolute beginners. For the first three weeks of class we sang up the A scale using these motions: A…
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Swamp Rhythm Memory Game
I loved to play the game “Memory” as a kid. So I thought I would create a rhythm memory game with a swamp theme for my students. Growing up we had a couple different versions, but the one I remember best was animal memory. There was an animal on each card, and one animal was a picture of the full grown animal. While on another card was a picture of a baby animal. The players set all the cards out face down, and then would take turns turning over two cards. Your goal was to turn over the full grown animal and its baby animal on the same turn. If…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Schumann
A new note reading worksheet on one of the great composers, Robert Schumann. Students learn note names. And can learn about the composer who wrote “The Happy Farmer.” Schumann did not write much string music in comparison to all his piano and vocal compositions. But, his compositions for string players are significant in string repertoire. String players should be familiar with his chamber works, the string quartets, piano trios, quartets, and quintets. But my favorites are the violin sonatas. Learn more about Robert Schumann in The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet #4! Facts about Robert Schumann Schumann began composing at age 7. Robert would entertain his friends by improvising music…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Gossec
Here is a note reading worksheet about the great composers, Francois Gossec. These worksheets are designed specifically for string players. And they are for violin and viola students who need to review the staff position of 5 notes of the D penta-scale. The worksheet reviews the first 4 pitches found on the D-string in 1st position. Once the student knows the letter of the note, by filling in the blank below they can discover the word. After filling in all the blanks students can read about this French Baroque composer. Suzuki students will recognize one of Gossec’s works as the last piece in Book 1. You can find other great composer note reading worksheets…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Handel
Use this great composers note reading worksheet about George Frideric Handel with your beginners. The notes covered are only the A string notes. So you can download the note reading worksheet in treble clef or alto clef. Students will identify the note name and use the letter to fill in the blanks to complete the word. Then, they can read the story about Handel. Here is a great way to practice reading note names away from the instrument and learn about a great composer of violin music. You can also check out our other composer note reading worksheets here. Violin Download here Viola Download here Interested in learning more about Handel? Here are some audio books and audio stories that tell…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Bach
Here is a great composers note reading worksheet on Bach for beginning violinists. I was listening to Beyond the Music podcast a couple weeks ago and their guest, Clair Allen, mentioned teaching her students about the composers of the pieces they are learning. Christine and Abigail mentioned growing up listening to cassette tapes of stories of great composers., and suddenly, it took me back to my own cassette tape collection. I loved these stories and listened to them over and over and over. The Music Masters Series – Johann Sebastian Bach So, this gave me the idea of creating a note reading worksheet. The notes covered are only the A string…
