Minifiddlers Violin Pedagogy Course: 1st year

In the 1st year violin lesson package teaching starts from the very beginning of violin playing. 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 first year.

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Single

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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Group

Provide training materials for a group of users! The plan suits for multiple teachers or students e.g. in music schools and institutions.

Content length:

12 hours 1 minute

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 14–32 minutes.

Lesson 1 — Establishing the basic holds and movements
Lesson 2 — Basic rhythms; long, short
Lesson 3 — First "chamber music"
Lesson 4 — Basic rhythms; long, short and rest
Lesson 5 — Basic rhythms; long, short, rest and half note
Lesson 6 — The bow-hold
Lesson 7 — Directions on the fingerboard
Lesson 8 — String crossing (open strings and "octave" natural harmonics)
Lesson 9 — Two note songs
Lesson 10 — Three note songs
Lesson 11 — Grasshopper
Lesson 12 — The "one line system"
Lesson 13 — Natural harmonics in the first position
Lesson 14 — Natural harmonics in the first position
Lesson 15 — Christmas session
Lesson 16 — Stopping with the first finger
Lesson 17 — Stopping with the first finger and left hand pizzicato
Lesson 18 — First finger stopping motion together with early change of position
Lesson 19 — First finger stopping motion together with natural harmonics in the first position
Lesson 20 — Stopping with the second finger
Lesson 21 — Stopping with the second finger
Lesson 22 — Second finger stopping motion together with early change of position
Lesson 23 — Second finger stopping motion together with natural harmonics in the first position
Lesson 24 — Stopping with the third finger
Lesson 25 — Stopping with the third finger
Lesson 26 — Third finger stopping motion together with early change of position
Lesson 27 — Kreutzerini exercises for the stopping third finger
Lesson 28 — Stopping with the fourth finger
Lesson 29 — Stopping with the independent fourth finger
Lesson 30 — Fourth finger stopping motion together with early change of position
Lesson 31 — Fourth finger stopping motion together with natural harmonics in the first position
Lesson 32 — Transposition and Summary

Book(s) used in the course

Géza Szilvay: Colourstrings Violin ABC, Book A and Book B.

Lessons 1–15: Book A
Lessons 16–32: Book B

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.