Practice correct bow grip.

Do the Lesson 1 bow exercises.

Go from Rest position to Playing position with the violin. 

Practice holding the violin with just the neck (do this over a soft surface), your left hand on your right shoulder, for 30 seconds. 

Practice playing whole notes on open strings, counting to 4 while drawing the bow evenly from frog to tip ("down bow"), then back ("up bow"). Practice on all four strings.

Memorize the string names and where they fall on a treble clef. 

Practice tuning the violin if you have a tuner.

(*Parents, please download a tuner/metronome app.)
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