Grades 3=-4-Composer's Description:Whether a student or a great artist the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician's voice the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.The inspiration for writing these pieces came to me from the wish to give the young children I teach music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the second violinpart is therefore to enable the teacher to underline the harmony as well as to influence the student's tone production and intonation through his own sound as much can be taught by good example.Finally I think that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically and I hope that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.

J. S. Bach’s two-part keyboard pieces form a significant body of musical literature but only occasionally have they been arranged for strings. This carefully transcribed collection of violin duets and its two companion volumes Duets for Two Violas (MB # 21438) and Duets for Two Cellos (MB #21439) bring many additions taken from Bach’s suites preludes and inventions to the string player’s repertoire. Intermediate and advanced instrumentalists willdelight in the musical complexity contrapuntal dialogue and variety of moods in these pieces. Since bowing and fingering preferences vary greatly among string players editorial marks have been kept to a minimum. Thesearrangements are an attractive valuable addition to string ensemble work.

Easy Violin Duets. Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Sir Roger Moore's drawings together with Aleksey Igudesman's music and poems make a wonderful package - all about fish. Written for two violins, these easy pieces would be great fun for developing players. The enclosed CD provides inspiring demonstration performances and play-along tracks for each part. The pieces could be performed with or without the relevant poem, either way, they are sure to be appreciated! Proceeds from the sale of each book are donated to UNICEF. • Easy violin duets with humorous poems by Aleksey Igudesman and amusing fish drawings by Sir Roger Moore • Incl. CD recorded live with full performances and play-alongs for the first and second parts • All duets are suitable as performance pieces • Proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to UNICEF/ Recueil / 2 Violons