Learning names of open strings

[nafmeadmin]

What phrase do you use to help kids learn the names of the open strings? I’ve used ‘Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie,’ a colleague in another district uses ‘Every Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually’ and so on. Wouldn’t be unreasonable to have the kids do their own, I reckon. Maybe a contest and the winner gets a pick. . .

[nafmeadmin]

I like to go from the highest strings up using Easter Bunny Goes Dancing After Easter.

Hope this helps

[nafmeadmin]

I use Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears, but also give students the opportunity to make up their own. The reason I like the one I use is I relate the large size of an elephant to the large size of the low E string, which helps them remember which string to start the pattern on.

[nafmeadmin]

For my HS kids I’ve used “Elvis ate drugs good by Elvis.

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