My First Wohlfahrt - Violin Book Fischer O5552

Based on Foundation Studies for the Violin by Franz Wohlfahrt, one of the most important books for the study for strings, Amy Rosen has compiled and edited some of the best material from this source book and adapted it for young players. This book focuses on open strings, practices, syncopation and much more to make the young player proficient on the instrument. This is a must have for every young beginning violinist.

Table of contents:

• How to Use This Book

• Preface/About Amy Rosen

• Violin Fingering Chart

• The Four Open Strings and the Notes to be Played on Them in First Position, Op. 38:

• Key of D Major

• Fourth Finger Exercises

• Key of G Major

• Key of C Major

• Dotted Half-note Practice

• Key of A Major

• Key of E Major

• Key of B Major

• Sixteenth-Note Practice

• Key of F Major

• Key of Bb Major

• Key of Eb Major

• Key of Ab Major

• Technique Section:

• Slurring from One String to Another

• Practice with Rests

• Exercises in Bowing over Two Strings-Double Stops

• Practice Reading Accidentals

• Exercises with #,b and without Signature

• Practice with Dotted Quarter Notes

• Exercises on Tied Notes

• Practice with Syncopated Notes

• Waltz - Hans Sitt, Op. 26, No. 6

• Romance without Words-Jean Conte

• Petite Gavotte - J. Danbe, Op. 20, No. 3