Loreta Fin’s Beginner Series is aimed at Year 2/3 students and this philosophy for teaching beginner strings has been trialled with students aged between 7 and 9, over many years. Students learn tunes aurally in the first stage, singing the fingers, letters, solfa and later using the “hand-staff” to assist with note-reading in different clefs. They can play familiar tunes quickly and experience success early on.