{"id":158,"date":"2013-01-20T23:30:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2017-01-02T16:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T23:53:20","slug":"new-student-materials-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"New Student Materials Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When parents ask me what materials will be needed for beginner lessons, I recommend the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Notebook and pencil for Mom or Dad, whomever is the practice companion at home;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Foot position mat for the child (I show you how to make one);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CD of all of the Book 1 pieces, which can be purchased along with the book:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iwgjmC\" target=\"_blank\">Suzuki Violin School Revised Edition Violin Part Book &amp; CD Volume 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For quite a young child (under 5 years old), a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiddleheads.ca\/shop\/violin_template.htm\" target=\"_blank\">home-made cardboard<\/a> or a <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iejf9J\" target=\"_blank\">purchased foam \u201cviolin\u201d<\/a> may be used for a short time. This allows the youngster to:\n<ul>\n<li>Become accustomed to placing and holding the instrument correctly on the shoulder;<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to carry and balance the instrument correctly;<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to tap fingers in good form; and,<\/li>\n<li>Learn how and where to place the \u201cbow.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When the child is ready to use a \u201creal\u201d violin, the teacher can measure the child\u2019s arm to determine the size required. The parent has the choice of buying onto a trade-up-in-size plan, or renting from a local dealership or from one of the online companies (I like <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iL62Ct\" target=\"_blank\">Shar Music<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iwd8vm\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Strings<\/a>. The violin outfit includes:\n<ul>\n<li>Violin;<\/li>\n<li>Bow;<\/li>\n<li>Violin case and rosin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will also need a shoulder rest. In my studio, I carry <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iL0A2l\" target=\"_blank\">shoulder rests<\/a> of differing sizes, so as to be able to fit each child. A good shoulder rest brand that I use is the <a title=\"Michael Kimber Poly-Pad Shoulder Rest\" href=\"http:\/\/m_kimber.tripod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">poly-pad shoulder rest by Michael Kimber<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When the child is ready to start to read notes, I use: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ieaxZn\" target=\"_blank\">I Can Read Music: A Note Reading Book for Violin Students (Volume 1)<\/a><br \/>\nby Joanne Martin, published by Summy-Birchard Inc. (There is also a viola version available: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ieaFrv\" target=\"_blank\">I Can Read Music: For Viola Volume 1<\/a>\u00a0as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ieaE7f\" target=\"_blank\">I Can Read Music: For Cello Volume 1<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This list shows you what materials you&#8217;ll need when getting started with violin lessons. As you can see, some items are age-specific and therefore not appropriate for all beginners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When parents ask me what materials will be needed for beginner lessons, I recommend the following items: Notebook and pencil for Mom or Dad, whomever is the practice companion at home; Foot position mat for the child (I show you how to make one); CD of all of the Book<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/?p=158\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[14,28,15],"tags":[17,7,27,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elainesviolinstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}