This week my progress with the violin was much slower than I had hoped. I’ve been very busy with school work and was only able to practice once. Because of this, I decided not to continue into the new book and instead keep working on the basics.
I thought it would be fun to try something I used to do when I played violin as a kid. I couldn’t find the exact video my music teacher used, but I found one similar. The idea is that I follow along to the video playing the violin without pausing, restarting, or looking ahead. This gives an added challenge when practicing notes of staying on rhythm while making sure I keep proper bow positioning.
I really enjoyed doing this as it helped me work on sight reading my notes, and be okay with making mistakes and moving on. I did this activity twice, the first time I made it to level 7 with no mistakes, and the second time I made it to level 9 with no mistakes!
Link to the YouTube video: