After beginning with open strings and simple note values, learners become acquainted with the 'cuckoo call' (minor 3rd) as a basic interval for guidance purposes and for mastering good intonation. Volume 1 makes use of nursery rhymes, all of which are supplied with words to ensure that the melody lines can be easily grasped as a whole. All the fingers are introduced in succession, as well as simple accidentals and note values from whole note (semibreve) to eighth note (quaver). From the very beg...

• Preface
• Note Values And Symbols
• Open Strings
• String Crossing
• The "Cuckoo's Third" With The Second Finger
• The Fourth Finger
• The First Finger
• String Crossings And Fingerings On Different Strings
• The Third Finger
• Accidentals
• Scales On Two Strings
• More Exercises, Songs And Stroke Patterns
• New Stroke Patterns
• Slurred Notes
• The Portato Stroke