Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Brahms
The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – 9 tells the story of Johannes Brahms. This worksheet covers the three strings that the violin and viola have in common, the G, D and A string notes. You can download the worksheet below in either treble clef or alto clef. Students can learn about the great composers while working on their note reading on the staff.
I did say that worksheet eight was the last covering these three strings, but I decided that a little more review and reinforcement never hurt a student. And the letters in the name Johannes Brahms lent themselves to the letters on these three strings. Students could listen to Brahm’s Violin Concerto, Waltz, Lullaby, or one his great symphonies.
What can Brahms teach us today?
Brahms was a perfectionist and destroyed many of his earlier works because he didn’t think they were worthy compositions. By learning about different composers students may find that some of the great composers had similar tendencies that they have. Plenty of string students struggle with perfectionistic tendencies. What would we think about those early Brahms works if we had them? Maybe Brahms needed to write those works in order to progress to the level of the works we have today? Or what about the students who don’t pay attention to details? They also can learn from Brahms and his care about each note and each harmony. The Great Composers have much to teach students even today.
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