Bags of Fun for Violin

Author: Mary Cohen
Publisher: Faber Edition: Bags of
ISBN: 9780571536009
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Bags of Fun for Violin is packed with imaginative pieces for absolute beginners: try chattering with skeletons, making a gate creak, admiring an octopus trampolining, and watching frogs doing high jump! Written by leading string pedagogue Mary Cohen, this book is gently progressive yet always entertaining, with plenty of material on the open strings and a gradual introduction of first and second fingers. Ideal for consolidation alongside any method, for sight-reading practice---or just for fun!

80 Graded Studies for Violin Book 1

Author: Jessica O'Leary
Publisher: Faber Music Ltd
ISBN: 0571591728
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
The full eBook version of 80 Graded Studies for Violin Book 1 in fixed-layout format. 80 Graded Studies for Violin Book 1 is a must-have resource for teachers and students. Studies are an established part of every instrumentalist's training. They place technical problems in musical contexts, and can be invaluable aids for development. This study book brings together a broad selection of repertoire including works by famous pedagogues such as Wohlfahrt, Schradieck and Kayser, as well as folksongs, lesser known gems, contemporary studies and some original compositions. The studies in Book 1 are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, according to a carefully planned technical progression from Grades 1-5. Each grade features solo studies focussing on specific areas of technique, plus one accompanied piece per grade available to download, to help with intonation and for use as a performance resource.

The really easy violin book

Author: Edward Huws Jones
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571510917
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
If you can play just a few notes on the violin, then you're ready for this book. Here are 15 imaginative, newly-composed little pieces for the absolute beginner, all with attractive piano accompaniments. The pieces are arranged progressively, so you can hear the step-by-step improvement as well as simply enjoying music.

The Abc's of Violin for the Absolute Beginner

Author: Janice Tucker Rhoda
Publisher: Carl Fischer, L.L.C.
ISBN: 9780825834097
Category : Violin
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
"A violin method book that's fun for both children and adults; includes classical and popular melodies you know and love!"--Cover.

Progressive flute method for young beginners

Author: Peter Gelling
Publisher: L.T.P. Publications
ISBN: 9781864692358
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An enjoyable, easy to follow flute method for the young beginner. Includes fundamentals of fingering and reading music, along with sharps, flats and a variety of musical terms and expressions. By the end of the book the student will be able to play many popular children's songs and have a solid understanding of flute playing.

Nifty Shifts for Violin

Author:
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571521876
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ideal for the Early Intermediate (Grade 3-4) violinist, Mary Cohen's Nifty shifts! is specially designed to kick-start position changing. Featuring lots of well-known tunes and technical tips - including the use of a 'guide' finger, preparation strategies, melodic fragments to play in different keys and positions, and by ear - there are also handy technical exercises in the form of 'fingerobics' and 'glisserobics', helping the player to develop these new skills.

All for Strings Theory

Author: Gerald Anderson
Publisher: All For Strings
ISBN: 9780849732461
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description

Fiddle Time Christmas

Author: Kathy Blackwell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780193220904
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
A collection of 32 easy Christmas pieces for violin, with words to sing along and chords for guitar or keyboard. There are a mixture of solo and duet arrangements which span the level of difficulty of the Fiddle Time Joggers and Fiddle Time Runners books. Many tunes are compatible with Viola Time Christmas and Cello Time Christmas.

Technique Flies High!

Author: Mary Cohen
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571518272
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Technique Flies High! is an exciting book of new performance studies for the intermediate to advanced violinist. Using baroque, romantic, contemporary and folk styles, these studies are also ideal as unaccompanied concert repertoire. Practice and performance tips guide the student and outline the technical and musical goals. Techniques covered include: advanced position changing, fast passage work and string crossings, natural and artificial harmonics, slow bowing and playing many notes in one bow, working in unusual or changing time signatures, free improvisation within strict boundaries, double stopping, and rapid changes between arco and pizzicato.

Folk Bag

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description