🎻 Beginner Violin Songs | Famous Tunes with the D Major Scale (Pages 38 - 48)
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SONG LIST (⬇️Click on SHOW MORE below.⬇️)
00:00 - #87 Clowns of Paris (How do I play beginner violin songs using the D major scale?)
02:38 - #88 Ode to Joy (How do I play Ode to Joy on the violin?)
04:55 - #89 Good King Wenceslas (How do I play Good King Wenceslas on the violin?)
05:44 - #90 Aura Lee (How do I play Aura Lee on the violin, the melody later used for Love Me Tender?)
07:46 - #91 Frog Song (How do I practice all the notes of the D major scale on the violin?)
08:54 - #92 Dreydl, Dreydl (How do I play the Dreydl song on the violin for Hanukkah?)
10:40 - #93 Jolly Old St. Nicholas (How do I play Jolly Old St. Nicholas on the violin?)
12:27 - #94 Bridge at Avignon (How do I play Bridge at Avignon on the violin?)
13:31 - #95 Pop Goes the Weasel (How do I play Pop Goes the Weasel on the violin?)
14:46 - #96 Are You Sleeping? (How do I play Are You Sleeping as a round on the violin?)
15:54 - #97 Musette (How do I play Musette on the violin as a simple classical piece?)
16:34 - #98 Lo Yisa Goy (How do I play Lo Yisa Goy on the violin?)
17:38 - #99 Symphony No. 1 by Brahms (Who was Brahms and how do I play a theme from his Symphony No. 1 on the violin?)
18:20 - #100 This Little Light of Mine (How do I play This Little Light of Mine on the violin?)
19:56 - #101 Up on the Housetop (How do I play Up on the Housetop on the violin?)
21:36 - #102 This Old Man (How do I play This Old Man on the violin?)
22:15 - #103 Largo from the New World Symphony (How do I play Largo from the New World Symphony by Dvořák on the violin?)
22:55 - #104 Kum Ba Yah (How do I play Kum Ba Yah on the violin?)
24:32 - #105 Shepherd’s Hey (How do I play Shepherd’s Hey on the violin as an English folk tune?)
Beginner Violin Songs | Play Famous Tunes with the D Major Scale 🎻
Now that you can play the full D major scale, it’s time to put those notes into action with fun, familiar songs! This beginner violin lesson from The Violin Fun Book for Young Students uses all eight notes of the D major scale and introduces a wide variety of folk, holiday, and classical melodies.
In this lesson you’ll discover:
How to play famous songs on the violin, including Ode to Joy, Good King Wenceslas, Aura Lee, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Pop Goes the Weasel, Are You Sleeping?, This Old Man, Kum Ba Yah, and more
How to play a round with Are You Sleeping?
How to connect violin study to great composers like Brahms (Symphony No. 1) and Dvořák (Largo from the New World Symphony)
How to apply dynamics, bowing, and steady rhythm while playing well-known tunes
How to use the D major scale to build confidence and accuracy across strings
This lesson matches the numbered exercises in the Violin Fun Book, making it easy for students, parents, and teachers to follow along with the book and video.
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