From an absolute beginner, non-music-reader and slow learner:

So far I have stayed with ode to joy and he's a pirate #5. My daughter has been working on twinkle and ode to joy. 

It would be nice if there was some sort of indication of which string(s) are used. If I have to remember where to find the notes on too many strings at once, I get a bit flummoxed.

Terry said
I did it by putting a small dot on the music relative to the open strings.

I colored each note in He's a Pirate #5 a different color for each string. I had already cheated by writing the names of the notes underneath, but toward the end of HaP I found myself playing notes on the wrong string. AND I have now printed out and taped on Kevin's "fret" pdf. Now at least I am playing the right note, I just have to be able to read it fast enough to keep the beat!

I find there are too many things for me to concentrate on at once - reading the music, where to put my finger, which string to play, getting the bow actually ON that string somewhere between fingerboard and bridge, bowing to produce a decent sound, and how long to produce that sound, then repeat ad infinitum [or at least for 106 measures!!]. I desperately need my "cheats", because I don't sound too good. I haven't even attempted the piano-forte stuff on HaP - my fiddle is LOUD no matter what I do.