This gorgeous beginner bowing resource meets your students where they are at!

These rhymes build on concepts that feel familiar to your students!

Showcasing:

Ha ha it’s a bit of a mouthful isn’t it?!

The idea is that by using fun and simple rhymes and songs, we can introduce some key bowing concepts!

Zlata, Teachosaurus and creator of the Violin Lounge actually helped me write the Dino version of Baa Baa Black Sheep years ago as a joke, making us giggle like naughty school kids. Upon reliving our youth, we realised this song would actually engage more kiddos in their learning!

What I love is the sheer volume of techniques we can cover by using these rhymes:

Pre bowing movements away from the instrument

Bow control, distribution, speed and tone quality

Simple detaché which can be extended to a simple martelé

Pre ricochet and pre spiccato for a relaxed bowing hand and arm

Bowing rhythms

Tremolo

Bowing on one string

String crossings