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Bow Skills Playlist

9 Videos

BOW Stopped bows

2:03

BOW String Gripper

2:02

BOW Five Lanes of Tone Production

9:48

Sevcik op.3 40 variations

BOW Sevcik Op 3 Theme

2:27

BOW Sevcik Op 3 Var 1

2:53

BOW Sevcik Op 3 Var 2

2:42

BOW Sevcik Op 3 Var 3

5:06

BOW Sevcik Op 3 Var 4

2:47

BOW Sevcik Op 3 Var 5

2:34

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Left Hand Skills Playlist

23 Videos

LH 1234 Ping!

1:21

LH 1234 LiftSlowly

1:42

LH Leaping Llama Static Taps

0:23

LH Leaping Llama Static Plucks

0:33

LH Leaping Llama Creeping Taps

0:53

LH Leaping Llama Creeping Plucks

0:55

LH Miximix

0:44

LH Monkey Slides

2:42

LH Multiple Finger Taps

1:12

LH Rainbow Taps

1:06

LH Rainbow Plucks

0:59

LH Slidey pops

3:20

LH Slidey Splats

3:08

LH Straight Plucks

0:43

LH Straight Taps

0:36

LH Taps in turn

1:07

LH Vibrato Focus

12:15

LH Vibrato stopped 3s

2:26

LH Vibrato Smooth 3s

1:58

LH Vibrato Stopped 5s

2:44

LH Vibrato Smooth 5s

2:42

LH Vibrato Stopped 7s

2:15

LH Vibrato Smooth 7s

2:24

Beginnings

30 Videos

Get Ready Routine

3:19

Bow Hold & Routine

2:05

BOW Silent See Saws

3:47

Bow using tube

8:46

BOW Lower Half x 4

0:57

BOW Upper Half x 4

0:59

BOW Middle Half x 4

0:59

BOW WB & 2 Halfs

0:46

More on Violin Hold

2:15

01 AEA Song Violin plucking

0:16

02 AEA Song Violin & piano plucking

0:22

03 DAD Song Violin plucking

0:13

04 DAD Song Violin & piano plucking

0:21

05 GDG Song Violin plucking

0:13

06 GDG Song Violin & piano plucking

0:21

07 GEG Song Violin & piano plucking

0:20

08 Long Song Violin & piano plucking

0:44

09 AEA Song Violin bowing

0:17

10 AEA Song Violin & piano bowing

0:23

11 DAD Song Violin bowing

0:17

12 DAD Song Violin & piano bowing

0:22

13 GDG Song Violin bowing

0:17

14 GDG Song Violin & piano bowing

0:22

15 Long Song Violin & piano bowing

0:44

16 Ant Song Singing

0:19

How to play Twinkle Twinkle

4:26

Twinkle Twinkle with piano

1:08

Have a lovely biscuit string scale twinkle

2:07

Fatter than a Caterpillar string scale twinkle

2:08

I saw a grasshopper string scale twinkle

2:15

Double Stops Playlist

45 Videos

L00 1&4

0:45

L00 2&5

0:42

L00 3&6

0:40

L0 Prep 1&2

2:01

L0 Prep 3&4

2:00

L0 Prep 5&6

2:22

L1 1

1:21

L1 2

1:17

L1 3

1:16

L1 4

1:03

L1A 1

0:50

L1A 2

1:09

L1A 3

1:03

L1A 4

1:15

L1A 5

1:19

L1A 6

1:20

L2 1&4

1:13

L2 2&5

1:15

L2 3&6

1:12

L3 1&4

1:21

L3 2&5

1:19

L3 3&6

1:19

L4 1&4

1:20

L4 2&5

1:18

L4 3&6

1:16

L4A 1&4

1:50

L4A 2&5

1:48

L4A 3&6

1:46

L5 1&5

0:56

L5 2&4

0:53

L5 3&6

0:53

TROTT MELODIOUS DOUBLE STOPS 1

Trott1 #1

1:00

Trott1 #2

0:45

Trott1 #3

0:53

Trott1 #4

1:12

Trott1 #5

1:02

Trott1 #6

1:21

Trott1 #7

0:54

Trott1 #8

0:46

Trott1 #9

1:34

Trott1 #10

1:36

Trott1 #11

1:53

Trott1 #12

2:07

Trott1 #13 opening

1:29

Trott1 #14

1:02

Trory Book 1 Playlist

74 Videos

TR101 Violin & First Notes

2:05

TR102 Ex 1&2

4:02

TR103 & 104 Ex 3-6

5:58

TR105a Stop Change

2:47

TR105b Changing without stopping

3:42

TR106a Robin Red Breast

1:58

TR106b Summer Days

2:01

TR107a Look at me

1:55

TR107b I don't want to practise!

1:56

TR108a Do these notes go up or down?

1:56

TR108b Two can only play like two

1:56

TR109 Whirling Dance

1:41

TR111a A string exs

0:45

TR111b D string exs

0:45

TR111c G string exs

0:46

TR111d E string exs

0:46

TR112a Moon at Night

1:17

TR112b Sun at Dawn Tutorial

13:44

TR112b Sun at Dawn

1:34

TR113a I like coffee

1:07

TR113b Twinkle Share

1:27

TR115 Second Finger

3:50

TR116 Happy Days

0:33

TR117 tutorial

6:24

TR118a Merrily We Roll Along

0:33

TR118b A Country Walk

0:56

TR119a Little March

3:00

TR119b Evening Prayer

4:32

TR120 Third finger

2:49

TR121a Winter Day

1:20

TR121b The Water Wheel

1:15

TR122a The Angels Sing

2:18

TR122b Graceful Elephant

5:32

TR123a Morning Song

1:43

TR123b Sleep sleep sleep

1:00

TR125a D major

1:42

TR125b A major

1:42

TR125c G major

1:44

TR126 tutorial

8:51

TR127 FourthFinger ctd

2:07

TR128 Under the Weeping Willow Tree Tutorial

13:13

TR128 Under the Weeping Willow Tree

2:24

TR129a Note Values

7:51

TR129b Time Signatures

1:23

TR130a Slurs explained

2:06

TR130b Exercise 1

2:21

TR130c Exercise 2

2:11

TR130d Exercise 3

2:08

TR130e Exercise 4

2:15

TR131a Exercise 5

2:46

TR131b See Saw

3:43

TR131c Exercise 6

3:45

TR132a Exercise 7

2:50

TR132b Exercise 8

2:05

TR132c Cowboy Waltz

2:25

TR133a Ice Skating

8:24

TR133b Sailing tutorial

8:05

TR134 D maj sc

2:38

TR135 more D major

3:58

TR136 A major scales

2:40

TR137 More A major scale

4:43

TR138b Bell Ringers

0:53

TR139 Scale G major

2:38

TR140 more G major

3:47

TR142 D maj Arps

1:22

TR143a G maj Arps

1:22

TR143b A maj Arps

1:18

TR144a Big Waves

5:37

TR144b Busy Fingers

3:58

TR145a Stowey

12:29

TR145b Country Gardens

9:26

TR146 More finger exercises

3:24

TR147 Humming Song

5:20

TR148 Ode to Joy

4:22

Playlist

51 Videos

TR201 Finger Pattern no 2

12:34

TR203 Little Waltz

4:15

TR204a G major 2 octaves

5:19

TR204b G major arpeggio

1:55

TR213 Menuet Handel

18:31

Tr215 Circus March Perf

2:07

TR217 C major & Study Tutorial

4:49

TR218 Who will Buy Tutorial

10:16

TR219 Napoleon Tutorial

15:12

TR222 Yellow Finger Pattern (no.3) & scales

4:25

TR223a A major Study (top of page)

3:28

TR223b A major Study (bottom of page)

2:24

TR224a German Dance Tutorial

5:05

TR224b German Dance Perf

2:34

TR225a Emaj extsc

6:02

TR225b Serenade perf

2:16

TR227a Bmaj ext

5:19

TR227b Simple Gifts perf

0:46

TR228a Flat Keys tutorial

5:15

TR228b A flat Major

8:51

TR228c B flat major Scale

4:00

TR229a Exercise perf

0:33

TR229b Aflat study perf

0:49

TR229c Bflat study perf

0:52

TR230 Duet in B flat maj perf

1:03

TR231a F major extended

3:43

TR231b F major study tutorial

5:44

TR232 F major duet tutorial

6:05

TR239 Minor scales & arps

8:20

TR241a G minor

3:39

TR241b A minor

3:22

TR241c D minor

1:03

TR241d E minor

1:07

TR242a D minor Study

5:31

TR242b A minor Study

12:55

TR243a Rondeau Tutorial

20:35

TR243b Rondeau Accompaniment

2:18

TR245 Duet Pleyel perf

1:06

TR246a G minor study

1:00

TR246b E minor study

1:34

TR247 Fain would I wed tutorial

12:06

TR248a Dom7ths red

1:52

TR248b Dom7ths orange

1:08

TR248c Dom7ths green

1:30

TR248d Dom7ths yellow

2:18

TR249a E flat Maj ExtSc

6:48

TR249b Study

7:53

TR250 Austrian Hymn Tutorial

10:26

TR251a B flat major ext

0:56

TR251b Study

3:05

TR252 Rosamunde perf

2:12

Trory Book 3 Playlist

31 Videos

TR302 Tutorial

6:46

TR303 Tutorial

5:10

TR304a Merrily perf

0:29

TR304b Country Walk perf

0:53

TR305a Water Wheel perf

0:35

TR305b Sailing perf

0:58

TR306a Stowey perf

0:39

TR306b Cowboy Waltz perf

0:29

TR307 D major

5:16

TR308 More shifting

4:11

TR309 First finger ex

5:05

TR310a Complete D major

4:54

TR310b Study

6:09

TR311 "When at Night" Tutorial

25:13

TR314a String crossing

2:05

TR314b Slurring across strings

1:59

TR315 Scottish Brawl

2:37

TR317 Chromatics

5:07

TR318 Wohlfahrt

6:05

TR319 Chromatic Scales

5:28

TR320 Martelé & Study

3:24

TR321 Duet

6:07

TR322 Re taking the bow

5:06

TR340

7:44

TR341 Andante

7:34

TR343 Molto Cantabile

14:13

TR345 Arpeggio Study

2:23

TR347 Three positions of 1st finger

2:29

TR348a B flat Scale

0:44

TR348b Study

1:00

TR349 Arioso perf

1:17

Trory Book 4 Playlist

24 Videos

TR401 2 Fourth Pos Sharp Keys

9:30

TR403 E major

3:48

TR404 March

2:37

TR406 Wings of Song

9:19

TR408a D minor complete

1:13

TR408b Study

3:31

TR409 Wohlfahrt Study

4:35

TR410 Allegro Apassionata

4:51

TR412 Crossing Strings

4:13

TR413 Study

3:23

TR414 Staccato

8:40

TR418 Shifting Exercise

4:39

TR420 1 Andante Cantabile

10:49

TR422 Fourth Position in Flat keys

10:25

TR424 E flat maj complete & Study

2:32

TR426 Chrom Study 1

8:25

TR427 Alternative Study

1:20

TR428a Improving stretch

3:21

TR429 Study Wohlfahrt

1:34

TR431 Finger Ex, Study, Fast Scales

5:07

TR432 Allegro Agitato performance

1:44

TR435 Melody

1:26

TR437a Study

1:32

TR437b Scales

5:05

Whistler Introducing the Positions Vol 1

28 Videos

WHP1 P2 P3

9:05

WHP1 P4 P5

13:31

WHP1 P6 P7

15:24

WHP1 P8 P9

14:37

WHP1 P10 P11

18:26

WHP1 P12 P13

10:49

WHP1 P14 P15

9:00

WHP1 P16 P17

8:30

WHP1 P18 P19

4:43

WHP1 P20 P21

7:58

WHP1 P22 P23

12:34

WHP1 P24 P25

8:57

WHP1 P26 P27 P28 P29

10:01

WHP1 P30 P31

12:51

WHP1 P32 P33

11:01

WHP1 P34 P35

9:10

WHP1 P36

7:13

WHP1 P37

3:56

WHP1 P38

3:57

WHP1 P39

4:02

WHP1 P40

3:46

WHP1 P41

4:57

WHP1 P42

5:39

WHP1 P43

5:35

WHP1 P44 201

2:46

WHP1 P44 202

2:48

WHP1 P44 203

2:37

WHP1 P44 204

2:44

Help topics Playlist

9 Videos

Tuning Up big style!

7:59

Rosining the Bow

2:54

G major Adding second octave

5:56

Straightening a wonky bow

26:28

Practising for Fluency

5:36

Scale on one string

7:27

Vibrato FAQ

7:48

Circulating Scales

3:54

Taming your E string

11:52

Games

4 Videos

GAME Parts of the Violin

4:18

GAME Sound Shapes

8:52

GAME Up, down or stay the same?

10:44

GAME Which string am I on?

6:19