Violin For Dummies helps you teach yourself to play the Violin even if you've never read a note of music. From choosing the right Violin for you to playing a variety of musical styles this book has youcovered. You'll start with the basics of posture and bowing technique learn how to tune your instrument and keep it in beautiful condition with regular maintenance. You'll learn how to read ??? and feel ??? the music and how toinject your own personality into whatever you play. Before you know it you'll be playing classical jazz country and more as you become a bona fide Violin player. The included audio and video instruction encourages you to playalong as you learn and allow you to hear see and imitate proper technique. The Violin's small size portability and mimicry of the human voice have made it popular across cultures and throughout time. This book showsyou how to teach yourself the basics so you can start playing quickly. Start with the basics of proper hold and bowing technique. Learn how to properly tune and care for your Violin. Understandthe nuances of rhythm and musical notation. Play classical jazz and other popular styles of music. The Violin has a reputation of being difficult to learn but the reality is that it's difficult tomaster. Anyone can learn and practice over time will refine your technique and your musical style. You'll have fun make music and maybe even fall in love with this instrument that has inspired some of the world's best musiciansand composers. Get started today the easy way with Violin For Dummies.

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Violin. 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Violin by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the clarinet playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of guitar, piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the violin and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the violin. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are different versions: a version for Flute, Guitar, Bb and Eb Sax, Piano, Trumpet, Trombone and Clarinet. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google Quantity

Just as Earl Scruggs set the standard for bluegrass banjo during his tenure with Lester Flatt the fiddlers who worked with Lester and Earl in The Foggy Mountain Boys did the same during the bandâ??s 20 year tenure. Ron Stewart fiddler with The Boxcars and a go-to session player has made a lifeâ??s history of this music and shares his insight on this DVD. Ron starts with a look at Arthur Smith the granddaddy of American fiddle to show how much heinfluenced everyone that followed in the 1940s. From there he takes six prominent Flatt

Light music for Violin-This great play-along book is intended for the moderately advanced violin player who in addition to classical music wishes to play other styles of music such as blues rock Latin and jazz. The play-along CD presents each piece twice once with a complete performance which shows how a professional violinist deals with the rhythms and interpretation and a second backing-only track. Titles include: Swingtime Big Brother Boogie We Take Five Funky Violin and many more.

Violin Play-Along Volume 51. The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the written music, stream or download the online audio to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along with the separate backing tracks. The online audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, pan left or right, and more. This volume includes 8 of your favorite contemporary songs: Feel It Still (Portugal. The Man.) · Happy Now (Zedd and Elley Duhe) · Havana (Camila Cabello

Par ASCH GLENN / REINER DAVID. For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Mark O'Connor, Benny Thomasson, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Darol Anger. Helpful jazz theory sections with exercises alternate with tunes that show how the theory works inpractice. This book has two objectives: first, to present a broad, roughly chronological sampling of major jazz violinists and the styles associated with them, and secondly, to introduce the basics of jazz theory as applied to the violin. Whether consciously or intuitively, through critical listening or by practicing jazz patterns and exercises, the more knowledge of jazz you acquire, the better you will be able to think about the content of your playing without being bound by technical and theoretical aspects. This anthology was written to help provide that foundation. Interspersed with pragmatic jazz theory lessons, you'll find 28 original tunes in the style of various jazz violin luminaries. The book ends with an extensive discography of recommended jazz recordings with a violin focus. Mandolinists as well as other instrumentalists will find a wealth of useful information in this outstanding collection. Delightful broadcast-quality recordings of the repertoire are available online. Includes access to online audio. Written for intermediate to advanced violinists. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz / Recueil / Violon

Robert Gerle follows up his guide to successful violin practice with a penetrating study of the art of bowing. Matching artistic problems with technical solutions he shows how phrasing tone-production and interpretation may be improved by attention to the fundamental art of the bow.

Since it first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune a Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now for the first time C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrument technique for a new generation of musicians. A New Tune a Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention to detail but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of audio - with actual performances and backing tracks - will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. The video shows you the basics from how to set up your instrument to playing your first notes. It takes you through the first few pages of the book ensuring you get off to a good start. Plus excellent advice and tips from a professional player. Each book contains: advice on audio equipment · instructions for effective technique and comfortable posture · explanatory section on reading music · easy-to-follow lessons on clear uncluttered pages · audio with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examples · great music including duets and rounds · tests to check progress and comprehension · useful pull-out chart giving all first position fingerings · and video to help you get started on your instrument. Audio and video are accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files 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.

A unique guide to the composition of folk tunes. It requires no previous experience of tune writing is full of practical down-to earth suggestions about every aspect of composition and covers a wide variety of folk styles. The book shows you how to analyse deconstruct and rebuild traditional tunes and takes you step by step through the process of creating a tune. Chris Haigh's second book following close on the heels of Fiddling Around The World (SP600).

Arrangeur: Cho-Liang Lin. Over the wonderfully enjoyably years of conducting, there have been so many fine encounters with the Mozart Violin Concertos - mostly with very gifted players like Menuhin, Oistrakh, Stern and, more recently, Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin. There have, however, been instances (only a few, I'm pleased to say) when I've come, in the performances, to dread the onslaught of those cadenzas, which sound like a send up of Paganini, or belong to the wrong century with a plethora of double-stopping lasting too long, venturing into tonalities Mozart would not have recognized. After several performances with Jimmy came a request from him for suitable cadenzas that showed off the solo violin while commenting on Mozart's music he had just played. They worked, and Sony asked us to record them all and, with the welcome inclusion of Jaime Laredo, all the rest of Mozart's violin and orchestra repertoire. This led to in an invitation from Schott to have the cadenzas published, and this is the result. / Classique / Recueil / Violon

An opportunity for you to play along with ten of the greatest TV themes from your favourite shows. You can hear full performance versions of each theme before moving on to the playalong backing tracks professionally recorded toshowcase your Violin lead. The book features full notation for each song along with a helpful fingering guide and notes on performance.Step into the spotlight and take the lead on these wonderful television favourites!

Discovering Violin Book and CD is a revolutionary approach towards learning how to play the violin by Danielle Cummins. This Complete (96 pg) Method is designed to teach a beginning violinist proper technique in a logically progressive manner. The sole objective is to encourage students to develop a passion for music. We have included an instructional performance CD to make practicing fun, rewarding and productive. Each piece is designed to take a student on an inspirational journey by discovering the beauty of music and its purpose. This adventure in learning will benefit both the student and teacher.IntroductionGet ready to begin an exciting adventure. Experience the incredible satisfaction of learning how to play the violin. Begin to see the world from a whole new perspective, the world of musical sound. Gain new skills which will provide the ability to communicate through both visible and invisible means. This is the joy of musical sound.To follow are a few suggestions to make your musical journey both meaningful and enjoyable:Playing violin is a rewarding process that requires diligence, perseverance, creativity and humility.Music is a mirror of beauty, truth, knowledge and imagination.A gradual step by step process is the best approach towards achieving excellence.Practice sessions must occur on a regular basis and follow a daily disciplined schedule.Practice sessions do not need to be long and tedious - they just need to be consistent with focus.Don't be afraid to leave something for tomorrow. The anticipation towards the next day's workout is as beneficial as the work itself. The ultimate goal is to aim for just a little progress each and every day.Be sensitive towards your physical limitations as everyone's tolerance is a bit different. Pay close attention to your body and know when to take a break, preferably before your muscles become sore.Remain as relaxed as possible whenever playing and remember to always breathe naturally.Be generous when playing for an audience and cherish the ability to share the gift of music to all. / Violon