Plucking the Violin

1. Place the violin onStrings

your left
shoulder and hold the upper bout
with your left hand. Rest your
chin on the chin rest.
2. Check that your elbow does
not touch your waist! TIP:
imagine there is small balloon
between your elbow and waist
that you cannot pop!
3. Form a backwards L with
your right hand thumb and index
fingers.
4. Place your right thumb at the
base of the fingerboard and your
index finger above the
fingerboard to pluck the violin
strings.
Pluck your strings to the poem:
Eek Eek Eek go the
Ants Ants Ants as they