The celebrated and award-winning series continues with a selection of pieces in a wide range of styles and varieties chosen to give you a superb repertoire of music at an early stage.From well-known classical melodies andshowstoppers of the stage to jazz hits folk songs and film themes - the diversity of these accessible arrangements will provide vital early experience in all manner of performance styles. The music includes full accompanimentsfor Piano Keyboard or Guitar making this volume the perfect companion to A New Tune A Day Book 1. Furthermore a professionally produced audio CD packed with stunning recorded accompaniments and demonstrations willallow you to develop your confidence and skills at home as well as offering spectacular backing tracks for your showcase performances.Take your playing to a new level with this superb collection.Voted Best InShow at NAMM 2006 by Music Inc. Magazine.

Esa-Pekka Salonen's Pentatonic Etude for solo viola written in 2008 and revised in 2014. / Partitions classique / Cordes / Alto / CHESTER MUSIC

60 studies for the development of the left hand and the technique of the bow. Par VOLMER BERTA. This volume of studies is intended not only as a supplement to the 'Viola Method' but also, in the coise and varying difficulties of its contents, to be of value to every student of the Viola. These studies which have been extracted from the multitude of excellent etudes for the Violin for their varying technical problems have been chosen with special regard for their suitability to the Viola. The order in which the student works at these studies is left to his, or his teacher's discretion, and therefore as it is not proposed that the book is worked through from beginning to end but that each technical problem is overcome by the most suitable exercise. Unklike hitherto existing collections the technique of the instrument is divided under 7 main headings. As the bowing exercises are in no way exhaustive space has been left for the student or teacher to devise his own./ Etude / Alto

Par WORTH MARILYN. Une collection complète de 64 tours disposées spécifiquement pour alto solo ou ensemble. Idéal pour la salle de classe ou de la leçon privée ! Solos sont cambriolés Freshman, Sophomore, Junior et Senior niveau répertoire. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Classic - Ensemble / Recueil / Alto

Garth Knox est l'un des plus éminents altistes de sa génération, et comme ancien membre de longue date du Quatuor Arditti, il a développé et maintenu un penchant de la musique contemporaine. Pendant ce temps, il donne des concerts et enseigne le cours entier th / Alto

15 easy viola pieces for the second year-More Viola Fun the sequel to Viola Fun is meant for second year viola pupils. As before a real orchestra plays along with you on the accompanying CD. Many of the titles show that several musical instruments may join you for example an oboe or a flute amongst others. You can easily tell by looking at the titles and the beautiful illustrations which instruments to expect.

Many violists have grown up on a diet of Violin studies transcribed for Viola and plenty have thrived on them even though the studies are in many cases composed with melodic patterns and fingerings that suit the Violin better than the Viola. Robin Ireland's aim in composing this new study material was to write specifically for the Viola in ways which suit it both technically and tonally.The twelve concert études set out to be musically attractive pieces which in addition to addressing most basic aspects of technique will encourage the development of 'musical' and expressive playing.The set of études is unusual perhaps unique in that it covers a rangeof styles and thus provides a focus for developing an understanding of bowing and articulation appropriate to different periods of music. The first eight études move through baroque classical and romantic styles while the later études include material for developing confidence with metre change and other basic rhythmic skills and with atonality. The last étude introduces an improvisatory style of playing.The concert études should be appropriate for Viola students from Grade 8 upwards. Details of a companion volume of 'technical' études and their availability can be found at www.robinireland.co.uk. These studies are each focused primarily on a single area of technical development in many cases an area not specifically addressed in currently available study material.The new études do not set out to provide a comprehensive alternative to existing study material but rather to complement it and extend its range.

Viola Time Joggers boasts no less than 47 simple yet delightful melodies that will encourage and inspire the Viola beginner. The pieces have been written and selected to offer opportunities to develop all the skills the early Viola player needs and to develop your confidence with the instrument. The book includes: Open-string pieces and tunes for finger pattern 0-1-23-4 All manner of styles from Rock to Calypso C-String Specials to give you plenty of practice on the C stringEasy duets to play with friends ofyour teacher Simple slurs and dynamics giving you your fist taste in expressive and legato playing A Music Fact-Finder page to help with awkward words and signs A CD is included that features full performances that you can play along to with Drums and Bass added to the Jazz and Rock numbers. Many of the tunes are also compatible with the Fiddle Time Joggers collection for Violin (catalogue no.322089X)A set of straight-forward Piano accompaniments are also available (catalogue no.3221195)

There has long been a need for a comprehensive book of elementary intermediate and advanced scales for the Viola. Since the Hrimaly scale studies filled a similar need in the Violin repertoire these scales transcribed and edited for the Viola should effectively fill a void in the Viola literature.

Student's Book of Rounds: Viola Edition is a comprehensive collection of 64 rounds arranged specifically for Viola solo or ensemble. Ideal for classroom or private lesson. Solos are broken into Freshman Sophomore Junior and Senior Level repertoire.

Published in 1927 20 studies for Viola is the most famous work by Maurice Vieux (1884-1951) a French violist. Composed for upper intermediate / advanced players these twenty studies of two pages each will help to improve bow technique. Most of the studies are dedicated to famous violists who won the First Prize of the Paris Conservatoire: Jean Gay Etienne Ginot André Jouvensal Jacques Desestre Denise Thoret Pierre Pasquier Robert Boulay François Broos Louis Artières Mrs Crunelle-Martinet Louis Chaaton Alice Goninet Jean Lefebvre Albert Bernard Jean Cauhapé René Cézard Suzanne Robin Marcel Quattrochi Emile Amette and Alice Merckel. Marcel Vieux was also a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and a soloist at the Paris Opera. The Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition was established in 1983.

Mary Cohen's 'Quick Change!' is a brilliant new collection of traditional well known pieces and scales in both alto and treble clefs it is perfect both for violinists taking up the viola who need to build confidence playing in the alto clef and viola players who need to build confidence in both alto and treble clefs. 'Quick Change!' is the great new way to come to terms with those tricky clef-reading problems.