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Violin Christmastime! Christmas carols: easy and fun!
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Violin Christmastime! Christmas carols: easy and fun!

Learn your favorite Christmas carols on time for the holidays. Amaze your friends, bring on the holiday spirit!
Created byYuliyan Stoyanov, DMA
Last updated 12/2016
English
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What you'll learn

  • Play some of the most popular Christmas carols for violin
  • Get useful practice strategies, which you can use to learn other new songs
  • Get tips on how to make different characters with the violin, so you sound like a professional

Course content

1 section • 17 lectures • 3h 5m total length

  • Introduction5:20

    The introduction invites learners to pick up easy Christmas carols on the violin, using close-up hand views, simultaneous sheet music, and adjustable playback speeds to practice at a comfortable tempo.

  • Away In A Manger18:59

    Learn away in a manger by mastering the left-hand notes and a scale-like opening. Refine bow arm and dynamics, practice in small chunks, and build tempo with repetition.

  • First Noel18:22

    Explore the first Noel as an easy, repeatable melody built on scale patterns and tetrachords, practicing in small chunks, then shaping crescendos and diminuendo toward a joyful ending.

  • Silent Night13:53

    Practice silent night in three parts, mastering bow speed and measure repetition, preparing the forefinger and using second low and second high fingers for calm, connected phrasing across one bow.

  • Up On The House Top12:43

    Learn the structure of up on the housetop, practice with correct arm position and fingers, and apply per-note impulse bowing to play the tune with clear articulation.

  • Deck The Halls17:45

    Map deck the halls form, group notes into patterns a b c and g f sharp g, repeat sections, practice finger shifts to c sharp with a bow impulse.

  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas13:11

    Learn to perform we wish you a Merry Christmas on violin with an energetic, cheerful character by practicing the opening and ending melodies and applying bowing and scale patterns.

  • Jingle Bells, part one.10:16

    Learn violin technique for jingle bells part one by practicing section by section, focusing on posture, finger placement, and tempo, while mastering two melodies repeated with a subtle ending variation.

  • Jingle Bells, part two.17:07

    Practice jingle bells part two by aligning first and second finger positions and switching between high and low bow fingers to keep notes in tune, with relaxed posture.

  • Jingle Bells, part three.16:50

    Practice jingle bells part three with posture checks, violin on the shoulder, chin rest, and curved fingers, aligning the d string and forefinger by starting at the measure beginnings.

  • Jingle Bells, part four.16:45

    Explore the second melody’s refrain in jingle bells part four and master three approaches—lifting the finger, pressing between the strings, or shifting weight between strings—while checking posture.

  • Jingle Bells, part five.11:11

    Revisit the earlier sections, assemble each part from the beginning, and prepare to play the complete jingle bells tune, part five.

  • Jingle Bells accompaniment, 50 BPM (beats per minute)4:03

    Master the jingle bells accompaniment at 50 bpm on violin, delivering an easy and fun Christmas carol experience.

  • jingle Bells accompaniment, 75 BPM2:44

    Master the jingle bells accompaniment at 75 bpm on violin, turning Christmas carols into easy and fun performances.

  • jingle Bells accompaniment, 90 BPM2:18

    Learn easy and fun violin accompaniment for jingle bells at 90 bpm, perfect for Christmas carols.

  • jingle Bells accompaniment, 100 BPM2:03

    Play along with the jingle bells accompaniment at 100 bpm for easy Christmas carols on violin.

  • jingle Bells accompaniment, 100 BPM, No click2:03

    Learn to play jingle bells accompaniment on the violin at 100 bpm, no click, for easy and fun Christmas carols.

Requirements

  • Violin and a bow
  • Positive attitude and willingness to practice 15-30 min a day
  • Previous experience playing the violin. If you have never played the violin before, consider enrolling in my other courses for beginners, to learn the basics and set up a good way of holding the instrument.

Description

Have you ever wanted to be able to play some of the best Christmas carols, but have been struggling where to begin? Or after trying to learn them for a while, you gave up, because it was too difficult to read the music, or to find a consistent fingering, or simply to establish a good practice routine?

Well, you are lucky! There is no need to search any more! The Violin Christmastime online course is offering a quick and easy way to learn some of the most popular Christmas carols. The video lessons include explanation on how to organize the tunes, so you memorize them easier. Simultaneous sheet music and close-up shots of the fingers show you exactly what to do. Play-along practice sessions, starting slower and moving up to a faster tempo give a steady learning pace, and finally, simple directions on how to make the song more musical, will make you sound like a true professional!

Improve your violin technique while having fun learning these beautiful tunes!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for you if you do not wish to commit to regular violin lessons, but want to learn as your time allows
  • These video lessons are designed so they can be used by every one who likes Christmas carols and has some experience playing the violin. We start very slowly and introduce the songs gradually, practicing section by section, so it is easier to learn

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