The note-set repertoire is growing and children start to sing, read and play children songs and nursery rhymes consisting already four-note melodies. For four notes we need two lines where the fourth note is placed on the second line. This two-line system considerably diminishes reading mistakes. The intonation of the semi-tone in the major tetrachord (Do-Re-Mi-Fa) is demanding, therefor singing with the syllables Mi-Fa before playing is recommended. The high vowel “I” and the low vowel “a” helps the intonation.

Music played in the program:
          László Rossa: “Stork Song” from Chamber Music for Young String Players Volume I (Publisher: Fennica Gehrman) played by the East Helsinki Music Institute’s Helsinki Children Strings orchestra led by Géza Szilvay

          Ilkka Kuusisto: “Little Train” from Colourful Music for Strings Volume I (Colourstrings International) played by the East Helsinki Music Institute’s Helsinki Children Strings orchestra led by Géza Szilvay

         László Rossa: “Meditation and Merry Making” from Colourstrings Sonatini (Publisher: Fennica Gehrman) played by Katarina Záborszky (violin) and Virva Garam (piano)