Givens Adventures in Violinland, Book 2D: "Fancy Skips and Leaps on Fiddle Hill"

Renowned pedagogue Shirley Givens' series for beginning violinists is widely respected for its clear, child-friendly format, and its sensible progression through techniques. There are lots of pictures, fun and familiar songs, and even pages for coloring! Ms.Givens uses a "Movable Do" system to teach pitch relationships and good intonation. Recommended for very young children.\nBook 2D, Fancy Skips and Leaps on Fiddle Hill, larger intervals are explored, the Perfect Fourth (SO-DO') and the Octave (DO-DO'). In bow technique the emphasis in on slurs, whole bows, straight bow, and bow division. There are more left hand agility exercises, pencil play, the Up Beat is introduced, etc. There is a great variety of violin songs and duets."Young children love the violin! It is small and huggable ƒ?? and it makes sounds! How to nurture this initial enthusiasm for the instrument and to transform it into a deeper love of music is the object of my books.""Don't be misled by the seeming simplicit