A. Let’s prepare
- You will use the fingers on your left hand to press the string down and play different notes.
- REMEMBER! Don’t squeeze. Just relax and stay loose.
- Use your tapes to help you place your fingers.
- When you come to an open string, you will see the string name in your music. No fingers should be down at that point.
- Remember that your index finger is your first finger (1), your middle finger the second finger (2), and so on…
B. These are the notes on the D string:
C. Add a skill
• This is a “Quartet Note Rest.”
• It receives 1 beat of silence
• When you encounter a rest in your music, do not play. Take a rest!D. Play the lines below.