MusicYears 1–3Violin

Violin Grade 1: Sight-Reading

Sight-reading a short passage in C, G, or F major; 4/4 or 3/4 time; crotchets, minims, semibreves

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Pretend you have a toy violin 🎻. When you read music, you play the notes you see on the page!

  2. 2

    Here is a music note 🎵 sitting on a line. It's called a 'note on a line'.

  3. 3

    Where is this note sitting? 🎵

  4. 4

    Let's read a note together! 🎻

  5. 5

    Tap the note that is on a line! 🎵

  6. 6

    What do you do when you see a note on a line? 🎻

  7. 7

    Now try this: a note in a space 🎶. It sits between two lines. See the gap?

Practise Violin Grade 1: Sight-Reading with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 5–8. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.