Treble Clef Flashcards for Violin

These treble clef flashcards for violin are the perfect tool to help your students who struggle with note reading. Just download and print. You will need to have printer that prints front and back. Or another option is to print out the odd numbered pages, then put the pages back in the printer and print the even numbered pages. If you are like me, it always takes me a few tries to get the paper direction and feed correct. So you may want to do a couple test pages.

I also like to use card stock when printing flashcards for students. The thicker paper prevents them from seeing the answer through the card. If you are using these with multiple students you also might consider laminating them. This helps them look better for longer and they last longer. And this ends up saving you $ in ink and paper! You also might want to punch a hole in the top and use a ring to keep them all in one place.

Finger numbers

On the back of each flashcard is listed the letter name, the string name, and the finger number that plays that note. (These are for first position). I also use the distinguishers “high” and “low” with my students. A teacher friend uses the word “nutty 1” for what I call “low 1.” Nutty 1 helps the student remember the first finger moves back by the nut. I love that idea! It reinforces a place on the violin – the nut, and helps them know the direction without thinking “high” or “low.” One the teacher trainers I studied under really didn’t like the descriptors “high” and “low” for fingers. I understood her reasons, but I also have found that my students needed a physical descriptor when we started moving fingers from the tapes. Sometimes I refer to “low 2” as backyard 2. He goes in his backyard. Sometimes I call “High 3,” front porch 3. He goes out onto the front porch to see what 4th finger is doing. But I end up always coming back to “High” and “Low.”

First Position Flashcards

The first 4 pages of these treble clef violin flashcards are the pitches in basic beginning finger pattern. As your student learns other fingers in their note reading, you can add cards to their review stack.