Friday, December 10, 2004
Student Violin—Developing Site Reading Skills
Our daughter has always excelled at playing the student violin by ear. From the first year of violin lessons she has known how to tune a violin because her ear is so good. However, because she had such a good ear, her site reading skills were behind. This became a major frustration for her.
To help her elevate her site reading skills we started her on a duet book. Because I play the piano, this turned out to be a great time together. It is amazing how her site reading has improved. To effectively implement this method you must be sure to not give in and play the tune before the student tries it. Any student who has a good ear only needs to hear the tune once and they've pretty much got it. This, of course, defeats the whole purpose if you are trying to develop their site reading skills.
Leah is a Mom and proud creator of www.student-violins.com, a site aimed at helping and encouraging parents of violin students.
To help her elevate her site reading skills we started her on a duet book. Because I play the piano, this turned out to be a great time together. It is amazing how her site reading has improved. To effectively implement this method you must be sure to not give in and play the tune before the student tries it. Any student who has a good ear only needs to hear the tune once and they've pretty much got it. This, of course, defeats the whole purpose if you are trying to develop their site reading skills.
Leah is a Mom and proud creator of www.student-violins.com, a site aimed at helping and encouraging parents of violin students.
