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Violin Lessons
with Richard Amoroso
Beginner Violin
Getting Started - Introduce Yourself & Find Your Starting Point
Posture - Basic Left Hand & Arm Overview
Basic Bowing - Introduction
Basic Bowing - How to Grip the Bow
Basic Bowing - How to Start the Sound
Basic Bowing - Pulling the Bow with Relaxed Weight
Basic Bowing - Introduction to Long Tones
Basic Bowing - Speed & Weight
Building the Frets of the Hand - Introduction
Building the Frets of the Hand - Minuet in G by Beethoven
Building the Frets of the Hand - Minuet by Bach
Building the Frets of the Hand - Gavotte by Mignon
Bowing: Collé - Introduction
Bowing: Collé - Kreutzer No.2
1st Position Major Scales
1st Postion Minor Scales
Basic Arpeggios - Introduction
Basic Arpeggios - Major & Minor Arpeggiated Scales
Basic Bow Changes - Introduction
Basic Bow Changes: Bow Changes at the Frog
Basic Bow Changes: Bow Changes at the Tip
Basic Bow Changes: Combining Bow Motions from Frog to Tip
Basic Pieces - Gavotte by Martini
Basic Pieces - Minuet by Bach
Rhythms - Introduction
Rhythms - Giving Notes Their Proper Value
Rhythms - Triplets
Rhythms - Sixteenth Notes
String Crossing - Introduction
Bowing: Detaché - Introduction
Basic Shifting Overview: Shifting Between 1st & 3rd Position
Shifting Positions - Major & Minor Scale Exercises
Basic Shifting - Using Arpeggios
Practicing for Speed - Using Scales
Practicing for Speed - Using a Piece
Basic Vibrato
Basic Pieces - The Two Grenadiers by Schumann
Basic Pieces - Minuet by Boccherini
Double Stops - Introduction
Finding Notes in Different Positions
Basic Finger Motion - Introduction
Basic Finger Motion - Practicing with Scales
Basic Finger Motion - Building Up the Pinky
Pinkie Dexterity - Kreutzer No.9 “The Finger Exercise for Life”
Pizzicato - Introduction
Pizzicato - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4, 3rd Mvt
Basic Pieces - Gavotte in G Minor by Bach
Basic Pieces - Humoresque by Dvořák
Basic Pieces - Seitz Concerto No.2 in G Major, 3rd Mvt.
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Miscellaneous Topics
NCSV Video Exchange Archive
Intermediate Violin
Getting Started - Introduce Yourself & Find Your Starting Point
Ear Training - Working with Intervals
Musical Groupings of Notes
The Chromatic Scale
Repertoire - Rieding Concertino Opus 21
Dynamics & Color
Shifting Positions - 3 Octave Scales
Shifting Positions - 1 Octave Scales on 1 String
Shifting Positions - Chromatic Scales & Broken 3rds
Shifting Positions - Shifting Above 3rd Position
Shifting Positions - 3 Octave Arpeggios
Shifting Positions - Ševčík Op.8 Shifting Etudes
Bowing: Martelé - Introduction
Bowing: Martelé - Kreutzer No.6
Bowing: Martelé - Vivaldi Presto
String Crossing with Martelé - Kreutzer No.7
String Crossing - Tip of the Bow
String Crossing - Middle of the Bow
String Crossing - Frog of the Bow
String Crossing - Kreutzer No.13
String Crossing - Accolay Violin Concerto - Opening Excerpt
String Crossing with Detaché - Kreutzer No.2
String Crossing with Detaché - Vivaldi Concerto in A Minor Op.3 No.6, Last Mvt.
Repertoire - Bach Double Violin Concerto - 2nd Violin
Repertoire - Bach Double Violin Concerto - 1st Violin
Repertoire - Vivaldi Concerto in A Minor Op.3 No.6, 1st Mvt
Trills - Introduction
Trills - Kreutzer No.15
Trills - Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 - Recapitulation Excerpt
Bowing: Spiccato - Introduction
Bowing: Sautillé - Introduction
String Crossing with Sautillé - Ševčík Op.2 Exercises
Bowing: Sautillé - Moto Perpetuo - Suite III, No.6 by K. Bohm
Bowing: Sautillé - Perpetuo Mobile - Little Suite No.6 by K. Bohm
Combining Spiccato & Sautillé - Kreutzer No.2
Transitioning In & Out of Spiccato - Beethoven Symphony No.3, Scherzo
Repertoire - Beethoven Symphony No.2, 4th Mvt. M.1-9
Repertoire - Liszt Les Preludes, Letter N
Left Hand Dexterity Exercises
Smooth Shifting - Replacement Shifts, Substitutions & Extensions
Smooth Shifting - Kreutzer No.11
Smooth Shifting - One Finger Shifts
Smooth Shifting - Classical & Romantic Shifts
Vibrato - Controlling the Motion
Vibrato - The Various Colors of Vibrato
Learn Your Pattern of Mistakes
Left Hand Articulation - Dounis Op.12 Exercises
Left Hand Articulation - “Fast Fingers” - Schradieck Exercises
Left Hand Articulation - “Fast Fingers” - Scale Exercises
Legato Bowing Practice Exercise - Mazas Etude No.19
Staccato Bowing Practice Exercise - Kreutzer No. 4
Repertoire - Bach Partita No.2 Allemande
Repertoire - Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, 1st Page
The Dont Challenge: Dont - 24 Etudes & Caprices, Op.35
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Miscellaneous Topics
Advanced Violin
Getting Started - Introduce Yourself & Find Your Starting Point
Harmonics - Natural & Artificial
Double Stops - 3rds & 6ths
Finding Notes Out of the Air in Different Positions
How to Play Octaves
How to Play Chords
Intonation - A More Structured Approach
Advanced Etudes - Rode Caprice No.5
Bowing: Ricochet - Introduction
Repertoire: Accolay Violin Concerto, P.1&2
Repertoire: Vivaldi Winter, 1st Solo
Repertoire: Vivaldi Winter, 2nd Solo
Repertoire: Vivaldi Winter, 3rd Solo
Repertoire: Haydn G Major Concerto - 1st Mvt. Exposition
Repertoire: Haydn G Major Concerto - 1st Mvt. Development
Playing Unaccompanied Bach - Introduction
Repertoire: Bach Sonata No.1 - Adagio
Repertoire: Bach Sonata No.1 - Fugue
Repertoire: Mozart Violin Concerto No.4, Exposition
Repertoire: Mozart Violin Concerto No.5, 1st Mvt. Exposition
Repertoire: Bruch Violin Concerto
Repertoire: Lalo Symphonie Espagnole
Playing Under Pressure
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Miscellaneous Topics
Violin Fundamentals
How to Tune the Violin
Rosining the Bow
Impulses
How to Practice - Using a Metronome
How to Practice - Using Scales
How to Practice - Purposeful Practice
Intonation – Key Concepts for Playing in Tune
Intonation - Using Scales with a Tuner
Posture - Standing & Walking
Posture - Sitting
Posture - Advanced Thoughts on Neck & Chin Hold
