The Shirley Givens Children's Violin Method:
Flexible bow hold, straight bow direction and good tone from
the beginning are taught through fun exercises and gymnastics
by Captain Thumb and the Sailors, Violinland characters.


Ahoy There! I'M CAPTAIN THUMB: Let's imagine that your bow is a ship! Your fingers can be the sailors!
Book 1C
MEET THE BOW
Bow Position &
Gymnastics
















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Ms Givens wishes to thank her students, past and present, for contributing to this ongoing joyous advaenture. Special thanks to her son, Kevin Wimmer (
kwimmer@aol.com) for his brilliant trouble shooting and de-bugging, and to her daughter Tiana Wimmer for her ever-practical creative reality checks.

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