Minifiddlers Violin Pedagogy Course: 3rd year

In the videos Professor Szilvay teaches his group of children, which makes it easy for you to follow along. You can study the videos individually at your own pace, or you can gather together your own group of little violinists and follow the weekly lesson plan. The package includes lessons for the whole third year.

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The plan suits for a single user, e.g. an individual pedagogue, student or a family.

14,95 € per month (billed annually) or 39,90 € per month (billed monthly)

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Content length:

11 hours 31 minutes

Format:

Streaming video

Access:

Unlimited access during the chosen subscription period. Subscription renews automatically in the end of the subscription period unless you cancel it before that.

Lessons and pedagogical topics

Each video lesson is 18–34 minutes.

Lesson 1 — Dotted crotchet/quarter note played after a quaver/eight note
Lesson 2 — The quaver/eight note rest following a quaver/eight note
Lesson 3 — The quaver/eight note rest preceding quaver/eight note
Lesson 4 — Introducing the semibreve/whole note
Lesson 5 — Introducing semiquavers/sixteenth note
Lesson 6 — Introducing and practicing rests and pause/fermata
Lesson 7 — Musical literacy
Lesson 8 — Bouncing bow
Lesson 9 — Chamber music with piano
Lesson 10 — Eighth note and sixteenth notes
Lesson 11 — Sixteenth notes in front of eight note
Lesson 12 — The major scale
Lesson 13 — The natural minor scale
Lesson 14 — Christmas matinée
Lesson 15 — The absolute pitch G
Lesson 16 — The absolute pitch G and G major scale played on two octaves
Lesson 17 — The absolute pitch and note name A
Lesson 18 — A major scale played on the lower (first) octave and sharpened stopping position of the third finger
Lesson 19 — A major scale on two octaves and the mixed stopping position of the third finger
Lesson 20 — The absolute pitch A and A minor scale on two octaves
Lesson 21 — The absolute pitch and note name B/H
Lesson 22 — The absolute pitch and note name C, C minor scale on two octaves
Lesson 23 — C major and the mixed stopping position of the first finger
Lesson 24 — G minor and the mixed stopping position of the fourth finger
Lesson 25 — The absolute pitch and note name D and the D major scale
Lesson 26 — New rhythms. D minor and major scales
Lesson 27 — The absolute pitch and note name E together with E major and minor scales
Lesson 28 — The natural (non altered) note F
Lesson 29 — Time signature 3/8
Lesson 30 — Matinée

Book(s) used in the course

Géza Szilvay: Colourstrings Violin ABC, Book D, Book E and Book F + Yellow Pages Volumes I and II.

Lessons 1–14: Book D
Lessons 15–25: Book E
Lessons 26–30: Book E and F + Yellow Pages Volumes I and II

Please notice that the page numbers mentioned in the videos may vary depending on the edition used.

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Teacher: Prof. Géza Szilvay

Violinist, teacher, conductor and the President of ESTA (European String Teachers Association) Prof. Géza Szilvay is creator of Colourstrings method.

Géza has decades of experience of violin pedagogy. He has given more than 200 lectures and workshops on his child-centered teaching method and philosophy across the world, and trained pupils and teachers online over 10 years. In addition to his long pedagogical experience, Géza is known for his strong presence and personal warmth that makes him an excellent and impressive online teacher.