1st Position Through 7th Position Violin Teacher Study Manual (1st Through 5th Positions Card Game) - Finger Positions Made Easy

'Finger Positions Made Easy' is a series of teacher manuals that teach one 'bit' of information at a time. The First through Seventh Position manual teaches where the notes sit on the fingerboard and staff and which finger usually plays that note. It's just that easy. To play with quality and technique beyond that of the normal student, it takes a bit of thinking. The fingerboard often seems like a mysterious dark forest, but by taking one position at a time, you will embed the information so you can use it without thinking. Once you know here the notes sit on the fingerboard, they don't move. It's like bringing light into the 'dark 'forest'.After you have learned the basics, you must decide two things. What fingering will make the notes flow more musically, and where should the note be played to create the tonal quality the song requires. The goal is to allow yourself to know your fingerboard so intrinsically and completely that, without having to process the information, you can flow with the music. This is why the brain benefits from taking violin and music lessons.