A comprehensive musicianship String method.About The Book:Unique chapter layout provides a goal-orientated format organised by school quarter.4 full-page assessments include:- Critical Listening- Playing By Ear- Theory and Terminology- Composing Arranging and Improvisation- Performance- Advanced Bow StudiesWealth of classical and world music.8 arrangements and original compositions for String Orchestra.Duets rounds and a solo with Piano accompaniment.Play-along accompaniments feature demo and performance tracks with professionalmusicians.Featured in SmartMusic.Correlates with science and world history.Fully integrated with the National Standards for Music Education.Video tutorials with master teachers and students. About The Accompaniment Tracks:Each track includes a demo version with professional musicians followed by accompaniment only.Outstanding accompaniments explore a wide variety of musical styles to make practice exciting and fun.Play classical and world melodies with characteristic accompaniments that include:Full OrchestraRockLatinJazzFunkCountryElectronicWorld MusicMedia Options:DVD Features:Video tutorialsAccompaniments for the entire bookAbility to transfer MP3 files to a computer or portable deviceOnline Features:Stream or download all accompaniments at no chargeStream all video tutorials at no charge

Does the thought of sight-reading make you groan? The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve Your Sight-reading! for Viola by renowned educationalist Paul Harris is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems especially in the context of graded exams. Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously gradedsight-reading pieces.New edition devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012.

10 Easy Melodic Fragments-These First Finger patterns are a set of concert pieces for the inexperienced violin student with a limited technique. Each solo part is complemented by an attractive and imaginative accompaniment giving a â??concertâ?? feel to the pieces. This is intended to encourage performing experience - an important aspect of music making at any standard.

Cette école est écrit pour tous ceux qui veulent apprendre le jeu de Viola sans passer par l'intermédiaire du violon, dans une très courte période de temps dans les syndicats, orchestres musica et étudiant diplôma avec de la musique. Il est destiné aux adultes et ' être / Alto

Mary Cohen’s Superstudies For Viola Book 1 is a collection of nineteen original imaginative studies for solo viola which have been specially designed for young players. Each piece concentrates on one or two aspects of technique and the whole set covers a wide range of left and right hand skills including spicatto bowing string-crossing moto perpetuo cantabile and easy double-stopping. Teachers and pupils will find this invaluable yet light-hearted collection both enjoyable and stimulating.

Britten's Elegy was first performed at The Maltings in Snape Suffolk by Nobuko Imai in 1984 as part of the 37th Aldburgh festival. This beautiful piece was originally sketched by Britten in 1930 upon leaving school at the age of sixteen.

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)

Music Minus One Viola-Dvorak's beautiful Terzetto composed in 1887 at the very height of his career is one of only two works using the combination of 2 violins and viola. His masterful scoring for strings so evident in his symphonies and other works is brilliantly displayed in this lovely trio for strings. Highly recommended. Includes a complete high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist then performed again with accompaniments only minus you the soloist. Performed by Hugh Loughran viola Accompaniment: Emanuel Vardi violin Tony Rapport 2nd violin

The composer’s note on this copy of the autograph score has the following directions: ‘Out of the Night was written to be played in order to ‘greet the dawn’ outside St Catherine’s Monastery Sinai’ and it is recommended that the work be played outside or in a church or building with some resonance. The sound is Middle Eastern modal invoking the Orthodox Church with the Greek pronunciation of the single word ‘Alleluia’.Tavener was widely known as a composer of religious music and while this work does not fit any liturgical use it communicates the sacredness of a new day. Contemporary British composer John Tavener was that rare creature a composer of serious music andserious religious music who also achieved commercial success. He burst into the popular consciousness with the performance of his Song for Athene at the funeral of Princess Diana but had been a highly respected and frequently performed composer since the premiere of his dramatic cantata The Whale in 1968.

Cette pièce populaire est maintenant disponible dans une version pour alto. En étroite collaboration avec Henze, l'arrangeur Garth Knox a créé une édition dans lequel la dynamique et le phrasé ont été rendues plus précises et la notation été optimisées. L'arrangeur écrit: ' Je suis convaincu que ce coloré ' suite de danses miniature ' sera un ajout précieux pour le répertoire de l'alto - et également une étape importante vers l'avenir pour tous les musiciens qui veulent savoir à quoi s'attendre après Bach, Reger et Hindemith. ' / Alto

Easy Popular Movie Instrumental Solos is an accessible selection of movie hits for the beginning student, with simple notation and a play-along CD. Available for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, cello and piano accompaniment. Believe (The Polar Express); Come So Far (Hairspray); Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Balboa); Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone); In Dreams (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); James Bond Theme (Casino Royale); Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz); The Pink Panther Theme (The Pink Panther); Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark); Way Back Into Love (Music and Lyrics)

Instrumentalists will delight in this collection, which features thematic interpretations of 28 selections from Howard Shore's brilliant scores to The Hobbit motion picture trilogy. Shore masterfully expands upon the musical palette of Middle-earth, blending familiar motifs from the Lord of the Rings trilogy with an exciting array of memorable new themes. This beautifully produced folio features an array of colorful photos from the film. / Alto