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Suggestions for Use Look at your violin. This method is applicable theory. Apply it from the beginning. In the first lesson on "Sharps", look at your violin and say, "One sharp, key of G . . Two sharps, key of D . . Three Sharps, key of A . . . Four sharps, key of E." In the lesson on "The Other Sharps" it tells you to put your violin in the playing position. Actually put the violin on your should and do what it says. This makes the theory much easier to remember and to relate to your violin. Read the lessons out loud (have your students read the lessons out loud). I've found the results to be more significant when my students read the lessons to me, rather than reading them quietly to themselves. Don't worry about the "whys and wherefores". In Book One you are learning "how to". Spend a few minutes on each lesson. Just read the lesson, apply it to your violin, and do the worksheet. Review the lesson in about a week. This is more about knowing how to find the answer on your violin, than it is about memorizing. For example, in the lesson "First Position Notes on the Violin", and the corresponding worksheet, you should learn how to find a "C" (for example), on your violin. There is a pattern to the placement of notes. Once you realize that, it's only a short skip to knowing where they are. Don't spend time memorizing where the notes are. Corrections In Book One, First Printing -- Chord Beginnings -- Key of D -- In the paragraph about the V chord. The last sentence should read, "You've played the basis of the V chord in the key of D."
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