Where it comes from
An American folk tune, common in Suzuki Violin School Book 1.
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
A major · 4/4 · 12 bars
Score
- Level
- Elementary
- Key
- A major · F♯ C♯ G♯
- Time
- 4/4
- Bars
- 12
- Range
- A4 – F♯5
- Fingering
- marked
How to practise this piece
Take it at 77 BPM first, then move up to 96 once the notes sit under your fingers.
What this piece trains
Repeated notes alternating with leaps: clean finger drops and a bow arm that stays quiet.
Where it usually goes wrong
Repeated notes are slurred over by a shaking bow; leaps arrive out of tune.
Does it need shifting?
Range A4–F♯5; everything stays in first position, no shifting.
Practice steps
- Take the repeated notes alone, one bow per note, restarting each one.
- Find the leap slowly until the finger has a fixed destination before speeding up.