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King's Hawford
30 September
Getting to grips with the violin
Pupils in Year 1 at King’s Hawford have been getting grips with and learning how to play the violin in their curriculum music lessons. So far, this excitable cohort have learnt that a violin is made of wood, has 4 strings, 4 tuning pegs, and a bridge to raise the strings above the fingerboard. They have learnt the parts of the violin, head, neck and body, and that the wooden violin’s body is hollow to help the instrument make a louder sound. To the amazement of them all, they discovered that the bow is made from wood and horsehair!
The violin taster sessions form an integral part of our musical offering at King’s Hawford, allowing each individual child to spend a few weeks exploring the basics of violin playing before deciding whether they would like to take this a little further. Lessons are fun and engaging, with plenty of games designed to engage the pupils and spark their imaginations, whilst simultaneously instilling good habits for playing the violin. In such a short space of time, it is fabulous to witness the pupils grow in confidence and skill!
Mrs Hughes, Director of Music and Performance at King’s Hawford is delighted with how carefully the children handled the instruments and that they were able to float the bow like a butterfly, gently on the strings, with no nasty scraping sounds to be heard. Well done Year 1; you might play in an orchestra one day! Aim high!
At King’s Hawford, we are delighted to be able to offer peripatetic music lessons in a range of different instruments; should this be of interest then please contact Mrs Hughes for further information about 1:1 music tuition on any instrument: shughes@ksw.org.uk