Three vamp parts are layered on each other in this innovative improvisation collection, allowing soloists to join in as they please. Some vamps are simple, others more challenging. Improvising becomes accessible with soloing guidelines and tips. 35 different styles are covered, including jazz, classical, hip-hop, rock, country-western, Asian, African, Celtic, Latin, Gregorian and more. Each page has sugested notes for soloing, so your solo will always fit with the other players. These volumes are available for four instruments – violin, viola, and cello/string bass – so string players can improvise together.
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These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrass songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous improvisation, and each solo is transcribed in detail. The CD provides the audio versions of the solos, plus multiple rhythm tracks performed at moderate tempo for easy play-along. This great series will help you build your repertoire & get your licks in shape, so you can shine in your next performance or jam session!
Songs include: Bill Cheatham • Blackberry Blossom • Down in the Willow Garden • I Am a Pilgrim • I'll Fly Away • In the Pines • John Hardy • Old Joe Clark • Soldier's Joy • more!
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A comprehensive collection of exercises in the first position, which serve as excellent preparatory studies to the shake and development in double-stopping. This is the first part in a collection of studies for violin, composed and compiled by Otakar Sevcik.
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More than just a collection of difficult violin passages for the aspiring orchestral player, these extracts from the classical, romantic and 20th-century concert repertoire reveal the tricks of the trade. Unique color-coding shows at a glance the editor's suggested fingerings, bowings and commentary, demonstrating the articulation, phrasing and technique needed to solve all the practical problems faced by the player. Book 1 includes 27 excerpts; Book 2 includes 26 excerpts.
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For unaccompanied violin.
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Finally – a method that teaches violinists how to improvise! Plug in and take your violin on a journey beyond the world of classical music with Mark Wood and Electrify Your Strings. With instruction right out of Mark's famous music education program, you'll learn about improvising solo and rhythm parts, modern string techniques, playing in a band, buying electric gear, and much, much more! Plus, there's valuable information not just for students, but for string teachers and school musical directors alike so they can rock their orchestras! Audio is included with recorded examples plus jam tracks in different styles and previously unreleased material.
The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right – available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
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The purpose of this book is to facilitate the learning of scales and arpeggios through a combination of visual and physical memory of the fingerboard. One must memorize scales and arpeggios to become fluent in the very rudiments of musical performance. Playing scales and arpeggios while seeing the notes with fingerings enables one to quickly learn and memorize by associating the sound of each pitch with the written note. In addition to scales and arpeggios, the finger patterns of Emanuel Ondricek are an invaluable tool for playing repeated figures from memory and visualizing the fingerboard in all different keys. It may well be that the Ondricek finger patterns contained in this book are appearing in print for the first time. (from the introduction by Allyson Dawkins)
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An excellent set of bowing exercises that will help all violinists to develop their bowing styles, speed, control and rhythms.
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This method book teaches self-learning and recognition of rhythmic and melodic patterns through 149 carefully graduated pieces in a range of musical styles. Includes teacher/student duets. For beginners through intermediate players.
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An exciting and fun addition for beginner violinists to the highly respected Eta Cohen Violin Method. This book avoids difficulties of reading even at the earliest stage. Rhythm exercises are introduced before any pitch notation, preparing young violinists for the attractive tunes which follow. All the melodies are kept within the compass of the scale of D major. As well as being easy to read, sing and play, this ensures a natural height of the bowing arm, helping achieve a good sound. Words are included to help learning and so that even the simplest tunes are fun. Duet parts for the violin or piano are included so that the beginners learn the importance of ensemble playing and keeping time right from the start.
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An excellent set of bowing exercises that will all violinists to develop their bowing styles, speed, control and rhythms.
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Within Sevcik's School of Violin Technique, the Op. 7 series focuses on studies preparatory to the shake and development in double-stopping, for the slightly advanced pupil. Includes 28 exercises in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th positions.
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Violin Junior is a fun and creative violin method for children from the age of 5 years upwards. The repertoire covers a wide rangeof styles from classical music to folk, and world to popular music. Join Fiocco the Frog in this new approach and find out just how much fun playing the violin can be!
Lesson Books include many duets for two students to play together as well as imaginative technical, aural, rhythm and improvisation exercises. Piano and violin accompaniments are available for the Lesson Books.
Theory Books cover fun games and creative exercises on music reading, music writing, aural training, composition, and music theory.
Concert Books provide additional repertoire and enjoyable concert pieces.
Audio tracks (full version and play-along mp3s) are available for the Lesson Books, Theory Books and Concert Books. Tutorial videos are also available with technical and musical advice on many of the pieces and exercises in the Lesson Books. Additional online materials round off the method.
The series will be continued (5 levels).
Please visit www.violin-junior.com
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This violin course brings together the Step One Teach Yourself series instruction book and DVD. The DVD features an expert teacher demonstrating proper playing techniques.
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This method book teaches self-learning and recognition of rhythmic and melodic patterns through 195 carefully graduated pieces in a range of musical styles. Includes teacher/student duets. For beginners through intermediate players.
“This collection of sight-reading exercises and idiomatic tunes '...aims to establish good practice and provide an early introduction to the essential skill of sight-reading,' according to the introduction...Violin Sight-Reading I is systematically presented in eight chapters that gradualyl progress from open-string patterns to those that utilize all four fingers...The solos with piano accompaniment that are included at the end of each chapter are practical and original gems that could easily be prepared as part of a concert program. These pieces are in a wide variety of tempos and musical styles and contain some lovely harmonic twists that will have the performers eager to try the next one...Excellent definitions of new musical terms and tempo markings are included at the beginning of each chapter, and there is a table for the student to make a glossary of these terms at the end of the book.”--Strings magazine
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For unaccompanied violin. Text in Spanish and English.
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Fiddling: The Basics & Beyond covers the essentials needed to be a successful fiddler. No matter if you are an experienced player, or a complete beginner, the four versions of each tune will keep you challenged. Each tune has etudes that are specifically written to cater to the techniques that will be needed to play every version of that tune. There is also information that is specific to each version that will help you learn faster and understand more. All of this information is specifically geared to building proper playing technique so violinists are welcome! And if that's not enough, there are customized checklists to help you narrow down what's really important to remember while practicing each tune. The best part is that all four versions can be played together so teachers with students at various ability levels can still play together. The online audio available for download or streaming contains more than two hours of music. It includes recordings of many of the songs in the book at both a slow and normal tempo.
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Former Strad magazine Editor-in-Chief Eric Wen re-examines these classics with consideration for today's violinist with the first new, modern edition in almost 100 years – meticulously re-engraved and attractively designed for years of use.
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Based on the first edition. Contains the original musical text and fingering with an added more modern setting. Indispensable studies for the intermediate to advanced level violinist.
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The legendary 19th century violin pedagogue Sevcík created repertoire specific exercises, insightfully addressing skills required in various pieces. Not available for 75 years, these landmark editions are back in print for a new generation of violinists, newly edited by Stephen Shipps and Endre Granat.
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The Performance Pieces books are inspiring collections of favorite melodies, clearly presented with play-along audio for the advanced beginner. These pieces have been chosen and arranged to build a repertoire for performance and for fun, and include well-known classical melodies, showstoppers, jazz hits, folk songs, popular tunes, and film & TV themes. Complete with chord symbols for accompaniment on piano, keyboard or guitar, these volumes are the perfect companion to the A New Tune a Day instruction books.
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Playing with Scales is a new resource, designed to help motivate and encourage young musicians to practice their scales. It presents imaginative backing tracks in a variety of styles to transform scales and arpeggios from dry rudiments into an exciting musical experience. The accompaniments can be played by the teacher in lessons, plus all of the tracks are included for student practice at home using the supplied download card. This volume contains accompaniments for scales and arpeggios required at the first level of playing, and is compatible with the syllabus requirements of the major examination boards.
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Contents: Ann and Dan • G-String George • The Worm • Lazy Song • Late for School • Swing-Boats • Ringing Bell • Sail in a Pail • Jonathan Rat • George Got Out of Bed Too Late • I've Got Fivepence • Lullaby • Don't Bother Me • Rainy Day • Three in a Bar • Over the Water • Holiday • The Centipede • Fiddler's Fancy • Cowboy Tune.
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The final part of Op. 2, which provides 4,000 exercises in bowing. This edition was prepared by Millan Sachania with directions in German, French, English and Italian.
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Sevcik's practice guide to Paganini's ultimate display piece for violin and orchestra is available for the first time with this modern and corrected publication. This Urtext edition includes a new violin part prepared from the manuscript with practical applications and suggestions throughout, as well as a corrected cadenza of Emile Sauret, edited by distinguished violin artist and professor Stephen Shipps.
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Fiddle Fundamentals, the first book of the Once Upon a String series, covers beginning fiddle technique in an easy to understand, step-by-step fashion that is perfect for students, parents and teachers. This colorful resource includes: pictures illustrating how to hold the violin and bow; ready to cut out “at-a-glance” checklists for key concepts; basic theory as it applies to fiddle playing; orientation for two important scales; basic rhythmic patterns for waltzes, jigs, and reels; and more.
“I love how you have explained everything simply and effectively! The artwork throughout keeps it light and fun. Nothing to be fearful of here – just excited to learn the fiddle!”–Natalie MacMaster
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