Par HARRIS PAUL / O'LEARY JESSICA. Viola Basics is a landmark method by two of the leading figures in music education. Comprising pupil?s tutor book with online audio and downloadable teacher?s accompaniments, Viola Basics provides everything you need to get playing. This book starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to Grade 1.  Step-by-step technical progression is supported by fun exercises and warm-ups, alongside a wide range of imaginative repertoire, helpful fact files and rhythm boxes. Music theory and general musicianship activities help students to become well-rounded musicians.  / Methods

Instrumental Play-Along-15 solo arrangements of huge hits by the Lads from Liverpool are included in this collection perfect for budding instrumentalists. It features online access to audio demonstration tracks for download or streaming to help you hear how the song should sound. Songs include: All You Need Is Love Blackbird Day Tripper Eleanor Rigby Get Back Here There and Everywhere Hey Jude I Will Let It Be Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Penny Lane Something Ticket to Ride Yesterday.

Instrumental Play-Along-15 favorites arranged for instrumentalists with professionally-recording backing tracks for play-along fun. Includes: Amazing Grace Blessed Assurance In the Garden Leaning on the Everlasting Arms The Old Rugged Cross Shall We Gather at the River? Sweet by and By There is Power in the Blood and more.

In the composer’s own words ‘Keep in Touch is a lament a sort of chaconne divided up into sections by more freely-composed cadenzas for the Viola.’ The electronic CD supplied with the sheet music includes bluesy singing from Antony Hegarty among other sounds and Muhly clearly relishes the ‘inbetweenness’ of the singing and the falsetto of the Viola. Muhly’s music in this piece plays freely with time and key in a postmodernist way making the ultimate solitude of the Viola touching. Contemporary American composer Nico Muhly is a prolific writer and arranger who at 32 is theyoungest composer ever to have been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. His oeuvre includes two operas and many solo pieces and works for small ensemble Orchestra and Chorus and he has collaborated widely. Download the pre-recorded element  HERE . If you encounter any problems please email promotion@musicsales.co.uk .

A Must-Have Collection of Well-Known Songs!-If you've been taking viola lessons for a little while you're probably eager to put your new skills to use and learn to play some familiar songs. The First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Viola includes a wide variety of favorite songs from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs. Titles include: All of Me · All You Need Is Love · Canon in D · Dust in the Wind · Eleanor Rigby · Fight Song · God Bless America® · The Godfather (Love Theme) · Hallelujah · Hello · I Will Always Love You · Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring · Just Give Me a Reason · Just the Way You Are · Let It Go · My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from 'Titanic') · Pure Imagination · Roar · Rolling inthe Deep · Satin Doll · Shake It Off · Stand by Me · The Star-Spangled Banner · This Is Me · You Raise Me Up · and more.

Now in a third edition Abracadabra Viola has a fresh contemporary new look and is the perfect book for pupil and teachers.This title offers an identical selection of repertoire to the other books in the Abracadabra Strings series so they can be used in any combination for group or whole class lessons and mixed ensemble performances. Used alone they remain ideal for individual tuition.With tunes you know and want to play carefully graded in 20 learning steps this new edition of the popular tutor also includes duets trios and teacher's parts. Clear fingering and bowing diagrams and concise theory explanations help to teach thefundamentals of the instrument and each new technical aspect is reinforced by several pieces using that particular technique.Abracadabra Viola now also includes two CDs of performance and backing tracks featuring selected orchestral backings.

Music Minus One Viola-Schubert's seminal chamber composition the Piano Quintet in A major D667 commonly known as The Trout or Die Forelle is certainly one of the greatest pieces of music ever penned. Its rich textures and lovely melody create an unforgettable musical experience. Its celebration of nature's beauty stems from a summer trip in the Austrian Alps which inspired the young Schubert to rework a song into this complex chamber-piece. Composed of five alternating movements The Trout uses unique orchestration (substituting a double bass for the second violin) and gives special emphasis to the piano as well. But all the instruments take an equal role and this may also be a reason for thepiece's eternal popularity. The Trout instantly brings to mind the calm serenity of the summer mountain air and its sparkling melody and gentle poignancy leave a particularly happy feeling in both player and listener. It is a joy-filled piece but at the same time is filled with a serene quality that makes it one of the most exhilarating pieces for any musician to play and one of the most important compositions for any musician to learn. This Music Minus One edition gives you that opportunity in the comfort of your own home. Contains a high-quality printed solo part with informative liner notes and digitally remastered compact disc with accompaniments indexed for ease of practice. Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen piano The Classic String Quartet

Now in a third edition Abracadabra Viola has a fresh contemporary new look and is the perfect book for pupil and teachers.This title offers an identical selection of repertoire to the other books in the Abracadabra Strings series so they can be used in any combination for group or whole class lessons and mixed ensemble performances. Used alone they remain ideal for individual tuition.With tunes you know and want to play carefully graded in 20 learning steps this new edition of the popular tutor also includes duets trios and teacher's parts. Clear fingering and bowing diagrams and concise theory explanations help to teach the fundamentalsof the instrument and each new technical aspect is reinforced by several pieces using that particular technique.

Composed in 1741 Handel's Messiah has remained a popular choice for choir performances for nearly 275 years. With 3 Steps To Sing anyone can now learn and rehearse the piece at home, regardless of their ability to read music.This easy-to-follow learning method for the Alto part includes the following steps:Step 1 - Visual Learning DVDA voice part recorded by a professional singer (Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass). The notes and words are displayed on the screen and change colour in time with the music - all you have to do is join in as if singing a duet to learn your part.Step 2 - Voice Part Rehearsal CDIn this second step a narrator guides you, telling you when to sing and calling out where you are so that you don't get lost. Rehearse using your vocal score (available separately) and you will soon know the words and be singing the right notes.Step 3 - Chorus Backing Track CDPut what you've learned into practice with the third step, the Chorus Backing Track CD. Listen out for your part and sing along with the choir and background music - it's like singing with a real choir. / Alto

Par BLACKWELL KATHY / DAVID. Il couvre les modèles utilisés dans les doigts Viola Time Joggers et coureurs, et comprend toutes les gammes et arpèges pour les élèves de ABRSM 1 et 2, y compris le mineur naturel Etablit chaque forme avec un tableau de doigté, d'un téléphone 'helpline' pour renforcer le doigté arpège, et un jeu de rythme à pratiquer l'échelle Inclut une variété de pièces amusantes pour chaque touche, et une gamme de puzzles et des jeux de composition L'édition révisée de Viola échelles de temps déborde d'idées créatives et emballé avec des dessins animés imaginatives et amusantes à faire échelles d'apprentissage et d'arpèges faciles. / Niveau : Facile / Etude / Alto

A viola method for children-For more than three decades the Sassmannshaus Tradition has been the household name for excellence in beginner string methods in German-speaking countries. More than half a million students have successfully learned to play string instruments using this publication.The publication of the four Violin books in 2008 in a fully adapted English version has been a big success. On the back of this success story Bärenreiter published the four books for Cello in 2009 and now presents the four books for Viola in a newly adapted version for today's English speaking children.What makes this Viola method so unique?Large print notes and texts as wellas many colourful illustrations are ideal for pre-school as well as school children.Note reading is emphasised from the first lesson encouraging ensemble playing from the very beginning.Songs and scales in different positions are easily mastered within the first year of playing to ensure that children are not confined to first position playing.Advanced viola techniques such as varied bow strokes and shifting are introduced in a basic form.

This work for viola chorus and percussion was commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus and was first performed in October 1994 at the Barbican Hall London by Yuri Bashmet and the London Symphony Chorus conducted by StephenWestrop.The remarkable text of the Troparion written by the great Byzantine poetess-nun Cassiana was the inspiration of The Myrrh-Bearer. The text informed the architecture of the music. The viola solo represents MaryMagdalen as the cello solo represented the Mother of God on The Protecting Veil. This is where the resemblance between the two pieces ends.In The Myrrh-Bearer the Chorus symbolises ‘us’ the ‘sins of the world’ from‘stylized dictatorships’ to ‘the frivolous inane escapist vanities of the world ’ the to cries of ‘help’ after the cosmic catastrophe and finally reaching an apocalyptic climax in the words ‘We have no king by Caesar;’ adownright condemnation of God in the Earthly power.In a surreal way the Magdalen’s ‘sin’ shines through in the viola music because she recognises the Godhead and the endless ‘Kyrie eleison’ chanted by the semi-chorusrepresents her repentance and whatever is left of a ‘repentant’ world.The Myrrh-Bearer explores the whole range of the viola climbing from the depths up to the highest notes and then falling again at the end after theMagdalen’s recognition of the Risen Christ ‘Rabboni.’The last stroke of the gong in the viola’s final bottom C gives a deliberately ominous end to the piece.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail ourMail Order Department for further information.

for Viola-Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 timeless pop songs! Songs include Another Brick in the Wall • Billie Jean • Dust in the Wind • Easy • Free Bird • Girls Just Want to Have Fun • Hey Jude • I'm a Believer • Jessie's Girl • Lean on Me • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • Livin' on a Prayer • My Girl • Piano Man • Pour Some Sugar on Me • Reeling in the Years • Stand by Me • Sweet Home Alabama • Take Me Home Country Roads • With or Without You • You Really Got Me and more.