• Basic instrument care
• Tall, supported violin posture
• Secure, relaxed, and curved bow hand
• Balanced violin arm and “straight-line” wrist
• Strong, clear tone in long bows and short bows
• Introduction to dynamics and styles
• Accurate finger placement for basic intonation
• Ear-finger connection
• Basic major scale pattern, including “theory” of scale construction and basic intervals
• Confident reading of notes on D, A, and E string, as well as eighth, quarter, half, and whole rhythms

Core Repertoire

• Blue Book of Violin Tunes
• Suzuki 1+CD
• Freddie Fiddle and Betty Bow (optional)
• Adult beginners may follow a slightly different path, using the Essential Elements ($7), Strings Extraordinaire ($7), or Doflein ($10) books rather than Suzuki in the early levels.  At later levels the paths will blend.