Practice Video for 7 year olds and up!

If your young violinist is in 2nd grade or older, they are probably starting to learn their first song called "The Flower Song."

The Flower Song goes like this:

"See the Pretty Flowers" on open E string, no fingers down.

"Blooming in the Garden" on E string, 1 finger down- this note is called F#.

"See the Pretty Flowers" on open E string, no fingers down.

"Red and Green and Purple" on open A string, no fingers down.

On each note, the rhythm is Mississippi Stop Stop. ("See the pretty flowers" is the same rhythm as "Mississippi Stop Stop")

In this video, the students have just begun learning it, so they are stopping before each note and making sure, for example, when they set their first finger on the E string, that their finger is "curly" or forming a "bridge." They should be placing their first finger down at the tip of their first finger.