Composed by
Nigel Goldberg. String
music. Clifton Edition
#C544. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C544).
ISBN
9790570815449.
Student Violin part with
either teacher (as violin
duets) or with piano
accompaniment (Vln &
Pno).
This bumper
volume incorporates the
three separate former
publications from Spartan
Press, the series called
'Concertinos in the Olden
Style'
(SP1121–3). Piano
accompaniments by Heidi
Rolfe.
Nigel
Goldberg
writes:
I can
still remember the thrill
I felt as a child of 8
when my violin teacher
introduced me to my first
concertino. Learning,
playing and eventually
mastering the famous
Küchler Concertino in D
major made me feel
privileged and grown-up,
as if I were joining a
very special
club.
Tha
t was a long time ago,
yet for me concertinos
still hold a distinctive
place in the teaching
repertoire. Having now
taught the violin for the
last thirty years and
seen how happily my
pupils respond to
learning duets - that
distinctive sense of
enjoyment at playing with
an adult, the improvement
of intonation and tone
production, the
liveliness of the lesson
- I have composed three
new concertinos, inspired
by the duet
form.
Tak
ing three great keys for
the violin – G, D and A
minor, I have endeavoured
to combine emotionally
engaging and technically
educational music in the
'Olden Style'. Uniquely,
I have written a second
violin part for the
teacher to play alongside
their pupil's part and
there is also a piano
accompaniment for use
alternatively in concert
settings.
I very much hope that
these concertinos prove
as popular and as helpful
as the series of duets in
my previously published
books, Sounds of a
Rainbow and, that they
ignite that sense of
wonderment and purpose I
experienced while playing
the Kuchler, all those
years
ago.
Violin SKU: HL.360036 Composed by Various. Instrumental Folio. Chris...(+)
Violin
SKU:
HL.360036
Composed by
Various. Instrumental
Folio. Christian, General
Worship, Worship.
Softcover. 120 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.360036).
ISBN
9781705122822. UPC:
840126947168. 9.0x12.0
inches.
This
glorious collection
provides hours of
repertoire for
instrumentalists.
Includes: Amazing Grace
(My Chains Are Gone)
â?¢ As the Deer â?¢
The Blessing â?¢ Build
My Life â?¢ Do It Again
â?¢ Draw Me Close â?¢
Everlasting God â?¢
Goodness of God â?¢
Great Are You Lord â?¢
Here I Am to Worship
(Light of the World)
â?¢ How Great Is Our
God â?¢ In Christ Alone
â?¢ Living Hope â?¢
Mighty to Save â?¢
Oceans (Where Feet May
Fail) â?¢ Open the Eyes
of My Heart â?¢ Shout
to the Lord â?¢ 10,000
Reasons (Bless the Lord)
â?¢ This Is Amazing
Grace â?¢ Way Maker
â?¢ Yet Not I but
Through Christ in Me
â?¢ Your Name â?¢ and
many more!
Composed by
Nigel Goldberg. String
music. Clifton Edition
#C545. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C545).
ISBN
9790570815456.
Combines and replaces the
two original publications
of Sounds of a
Rainbow Book 1 from
Spartan Press (SP950-1),
into this volume that
includes both duets and
violin and piano versions
in one
volume.
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
the pieces for this book
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
violin part 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. The violin
student also has the
option to play with
piano. The accompaniments
included within this book
are written by Heidi
Rolfe.
The choice
of keys in this book
covers most of the
requirements for scales
in the Associated Board
syllabus Grade
1.
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.
Nigel
Goldberg
Grade
1 Former Spartan Press
Cat. No.: SP950 and
SP951.
Composed by
Nigel Goldberg. String
music. Clifton Edition
#C546. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C546).
ISBN
9790570815463.
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
the pieces for this book
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
violin part 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. The violin
student also has the
option to play with
piano. The accompaniments
included within this book
are written by Heidi
Rolfe.
The choice
of keys in this book
covers most of the
requirements for scales
in the Associated Board
syllabus Grade
1.
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.
Nigel
Goldberg
Grade
2 Former Spartan Press
Cat. No.: SP952 and
SP953.
Composed by
Nigel Goldberg. String
music. Clifton Edition
#C547. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C547).
ISBN
9790570815470.
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
the pieces for this book
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
violin part 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. The violin
student also has the
option to play with
piano. The accompaniments
included within this book
are written by Heidi
Rolfe.
The choice
of keys in this book
covers most of the
requirements for scales
in the Associated Board
syllabus Grade
1.
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.
Nigel
Goldberg
Grades
3–4 Former Spartan
Press Cat. No.: SP954 and
SP955.
Chamber Music Violin SKU: CF.BF131 Composed by Roland Vamos. With Standar...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: CF.BF131
Composed by Roland Vamos.
With Standard notation.
168 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #BF131. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.BF131).
ISBN
9781491153765. UPC:
680160911264. 9 x 12
inches.
Inspired by
Clarence Cameron
White’s book The
Violinist’s Daily
Dozen, The
Violinist’s Daily
Sixteen is a collection
of daily exercises
compiled by Roland Vamos.
Intended for student and
professional violinists,
the collection provides
the performer with a
variety of exercises for
daily warm-ups. Mr. Vamos
also focuses on
developing dexterity and
flexibility in the
fingers and joints, the
first and fourth fingers
in particular. Each of
the sixteen exercises is
notated for each of the
four strings, and Vamos
recommends that the
exercises be practiced as
warm-ups, choosing a
different string for each
day of practice.Also
included with the Daily
Sixteen is a
comprehensive set of
studies for developing
fluency with scales and
arpeggios. Mr.
Vamos’ unique
methodology is to begin
with major scales and
arpeggios, followed by
minor scales and
arpeggios, all of which
are notated in two, three
and four octaves.
Alternate fingers are
provided, as well as a
variety of slurred and
mixed bowings using the
three parts of the bow
whenever feasible. It is
a remarkably systematic
approach to performing
scales and arpeggios on
the violin and will
surely benefit students
and professionals
alike. ForewordThis
short hand-setting set of
exercises was inspired by
a book entitled The
Violinist’s Daily
Dozen, conceived by
Clarence Cameron White, a
prominent
African-American
violinist, composer and
arranger who enjoyed the
bulk of his career in the
first half of the
twentieth century.I have
practiced this set of
exercises since I was
twelve years old. It has
served me as a superb
warm-up and hand setting
tool. Over the years, I
have found that there are
some aspects of this
warm-up routine that were
not given sufficient
attention or not
addressed at all.
Consequently, I have
expanded the Daily Dozen
to create a new work
entitled The
Violinist’s Daily
Sixteen.I have also paid
particular attention in
this work as to how these
exercises are to be
practiced. In exercises
one and two, I have
indicated some notes to
be played before the
actual written exercises.
This is to ensure that
the fourth finger will be
over the string in a
position ready to strike
even though it is not
being used. Before
playing exercises three,
four, nine, ten, eleven
and twelve, I have
indicated silent fingers
to be placed on the notes
they would be playing if
they were being used.I
have replaced Mr.
White’s grace
notes with notes of
specific value and have
slowed down the exercises
so that the first joint
(the joint nearest the
string) of each finger
can move with flexibility
and strength. At no time
should the first joint
buckle.In Mr.
White’s version,
the last exercise gave
the first finger some
very valuable backward
extensions. In this
exercise (number 14 in
this book), I caution the
student not to move the
hand along with the first
finger. The hand should
remain in position while
the first finger
independently moves back
and forth.It became
obvious to me that if the
first finger were given
the opportunity to
develop the dexterity
that Mr. White’s
twelfth exercise
emphasizes, the fourth
finger could benefit from
an exercise that gives it
a forward extension.
Consequently, I added
another exercise to
create a Baker’s
Dozen (thirteen).Several
years later, I felt that
the second and third
fingers should also have
an exercise to further
develop their
dexterity…hence
exercise fourteen was
added to create a
“Vamos
Dozen.â€Because the
first finger did not have
sufficient practice in
the development of the
first joint in the
original version, I have
added two exercises to
precede White’s
fifth exercise. After
re-working and
re-numbering these
exercises, I have come up
with a total of sixteen
exercises. It is my
suggestion that these be
practiced as a warm-up,
choosing a different
string each
day.—Roland
VamosEvanston, Illinois
2017Â PrefaceScales are
a means of teaching a
person the fingerboard on
his or her instrument.
The fingers move across
the strings and are
required to make shifts,
all in highly organized
patterns. Scales and
arpeggios are the
foundation upon which our
repertoire is built. Many
scale books have been
written; each one being
organized in its own
specific way. The Flesch
Scale System has been a
standard for many
decades. It is very
comprehensive and
systematic. From the
point of view of
establishing similar
patterns, it has one
drawback: it is organized
by starting with a major
key, followed by its
relative minor, going
through the circle of
fifths. I believe that it
is more profitable to do
only major scales with
their arpeggios first,
going up chromatically,
and then follow them in a
similar way with the
minor scales. In using
this approach, the
similarities in
fingerings between the
various scales are more
apparent. It is also
profitable to have
alternate fingerings
whenever possible. My
approach to scales and
arpeggios includes a
variety of slurred and
mixed bowings using the
three parts of the bow
whenever feasible. These
bowings are not
all-inclusive. Whenever a
particularly awkward
bowing pattern is
encountered in the
repertoire, it can be
practiced as an
additional bowing
variation in the scales
and arpeggios. Â Â I
have chosen to introduce
the three and four octave
scales by teaching two
octave scales across the
strings in one position
going up chromatically
through seven positions;
starting on the first,
second, third, and
finally fourth fingers in
major and melodic
minor.—Roland
VamosEvanston, Illinois
2017.
By Aly Bain. Book and CD. Published by Music Sales. Fifty minutes of recorded m...(+)
By Aly Bain. Book and CD.
Published by Music Sales.
Fifty minutes of
recorded music by the
world renowned Shetland
fiddler, complete with
full accompaniment and a
fabulous photo-filled
book present the best of
Scottish fiddle music. A
must for the traditional
musician!
by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle. All styles, fiddle tunes. Level: Multiple Levels....(+)
by Stacy Phillips. For
fiddle. All styles,
fiddle tunes. Level:
Multiple Levels. Book.
Solos. Size 8.75x11.75.
268 pages. Published by
Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
(Violin). For Violin. Book; CD; Play-Along; String Series. Ultimate Pop Instrume...(+)
(Violin). For Violin.
Book; CD; Play-Along;
String Series. Ultimate
Pop Instrumental Solos
Series. Movie. Grade 2;
Grade 3. 84 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Featuring 43 Fiddlers
and 188 of Their
Tunes. Perfect
binding. Folk. Book. 212
pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #30091.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.30091).
ISBN
9781513466378. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
Appalachian
fiddle music, based on
the musical traditions of
the people who settled in
the mountainous regions
of the southeastern
United States, is
widely-known and played
throughout North America
and parts of Europe
because of its complex
rhythms, its catchy
melodies, and its
often-ancient-sounding
stylistic qualities. The
authors explore the lives
and music of 43 of the
classic Appalachian
fiddlers who were active
during the first half of
the 20th century. Some of
them were recorded
commercially in the
1920s, such as Gid
Tanner, Fiddlin? John
Carson, and Charlie
Bowman. Some were
recorded by folklorists
from the Library of
Congress, such as William
Stepp, Emmett Lundy, and
Marion Reece. Others were
recorded informally by
family members and
visitors, such as John
Salyer, Emma Lee
Dickerson, and Manco
Sneed. All of them played
throughout most of their
lives and influenced the
growth and stylistic
elements of fiddle music
in their regions. Each
fiddler has been given a
chapter with a biography,
several tune
transcriptions, and tune
histories. To show the
richness of the music,
the authors make a
special effort to show
the musical elements in
detail, but also
acknowledge that nothing
can take the place of
listening. Many of the
classic recordings used
in this book can be found
on the web, allowing you
to hear and read the
music together.
Chamber Music Violin SKU: PR.144407530 Composed by Lauren Bernofsky. 12 p...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: PR.144407530
Composed by Lauren
Bernofsky. 12 pages.
Duration 10 minutes, 30
seconds. Merion Music
#144-40753. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.144407530).
ISBN
9781491136614. UPC:
680160687992.
A
violinist herself, Lauren
Bernofsky has described
SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN as
drawn from
autobiographical
inspiration, including
gestures from Bachâ??s
beloved Partita in E
Major. Bernofsky opens
with a Preludio movement
whose references to Bach
may be disguised, but
they are surely lurking.
The second movement is
lusciously contrapuntal
with the idiomatic
finesse of a violinist
composing for her own
instrument, while
musically journaling the
emotional pain of living
through 2020. The third
and final movement is
aptly marked
â??white-hot,â? and
the music certainly
is. My SONATA FOR SOLO
VIOLIN was commissioned
by violinist Megan Healy
as part of The Maud
Powell Project, which
celebrated the 100th
anniversary of the
ratification of the 19th
Amendment. The project
included the creation of
five new works for solo
violin inspired by and
dedicated to the memory
of pioneering American
violinist Maud Powell
(1867-1920). Healy
premiered the sonata on
May 8, 2021 at PianoForte
Studios in Chicago.Among
the works Powell most
frequently performed in
her recitals was the
â??Preludioâ?
movement from Bachâ??s E
major Partita, and I
decided to refer to that
music in my own first
movement, also titled
â??Preludio.â? The
beginning subtly reflects
Bachâ??s opening
three-note motive,
wherein the music dips
down a semitone and then
comes back up. This
melodic material returns
throughout the movement
in various forms. I also
refer to Bachâ??s
sixteenth-note dominated
texture, and the gesture
in the third measure,
which outlines a perfect
fifth and then fills it
in with notes that
alternate between a scale
and a pedal tone. The
corresponding passage in
my piece occurs in the
same place, measure 3.
Apart from these
references to Bach, my
sonata is much more
modern sounding,
especially in its
chromatic character.I was
still thinking of
Bachâ??s solo violin
writing while composing
the second movement,
particularly the
polyphonic nature of the
slow movements, where the
melodic interest moves
around between the
voices. Emotionally, I
wanted my movement to
reflect the acute sadness
I had been experiencing
over the political and
social situation in the
United States as I wrote
the piece. I realized
that this is a
historically noteworthy
time in U.S. history,
marked not only by
political unrest, but
also by a challenge to
the very values that I
consider essential to
what makes a person
fundamentally human. I
wanted to create a record
of that pain in my
music.The final movement
is marked
â??White-hot.â? It is
imbued with a relentless,
passionate intensity.
Wanting again to reflect
aspects of our own time,
I included glissandi that
refer to rock music,
specifically the
â??fall-offsâ? I
frequently hear played by
electric guitarists. I
borrowed from another
(completely different)
musical tradition as
well, one that is
near-and-dear to my
heart: Klezmer. Klezmer
(Eastern European Jewish
folk music) is
characterized in part by
scales colored by
augmented seconds, and is
often performed by solo
instrumentalists who
improvise embellishments
like quick grace notes.
The second, more lyrical
theme in this movement is
my nod to Klezmer
style.While this piece is
an homage to Maud Powell,
I also think of it as my
own musical
autobiography, as it
combines some of my
favorite aspects of
music, and is played on
my own instrument.
Violin SKU: HL.239841 Grades 1-3 (Violin). By Marjory King. Arrang...(+)
Violin
SKU:
HL.239841
Grades
1-3 (Violin). By
Marjory King. Arranged by
Jerry Lanning. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2012.
134 pages. Chester Music
#CH78573. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.239841).
ISBN
9781780382531.
This
collection of 50 popular
tunes has been carefully
arranged and graded to
provide attractive
repertoire for young
violinists. The
familiarity of the
material will stimulate
pupils' enthusiasm and
encourage
theirpractice.
The
technical demands of the
solo part increase
progressively up to the
standard of Associated
Board Grade 3. The piano
accompaniments are simple
yet effective and should
be within the range of
most pianists.
Violin - difficult SKU: HL.49017065 For solo violin. Composed by K...(+)
Violin - difficult
SKU: HL.49017065
For solo violin.
Composed by Kenneth
Hesketh. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. String Solo. Book
only. Composed 2005. 16
pages. Duration 12'.
Schott Music #ED 12878.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49017065).
ISBN
9790220130571.
9.0x12.0x0.052
inches.
Taking his
starting point from 17th
century philosopher-poet
Cyrano de Bergerac's
'Grandes Plaines du
Jour', Hesketh powerfully
fuses a huge range of
performing and
compositional techniques
into this 12 minute work
for solo violin. Inspired
by Bergerac's
imaginations of other
worlds and utopian
societies, the work
explores extreme ranges
and timbres whilst using
techniques such as left
hand pizzicato and
natural harmonics.
Open-fifth material,
which is natural to the
instrument, is prominent
and short duets
alternating between arco
and pizzicato figures add
yet another
dimension.
By Bonnie Rideout. For Fiddle. Solos. Encyclopedia. Scottish. Level: Intermediat...(+)
By Bonnie Rideout. For
Fiddle. Solos.
Encyclopedia. Scottish.
Level: Intermediate.
Book. Size 8.75x11.75.
136 pages. Published by
Mel Bay Publications,
Inc.
(70th Anniversary Edition). By E. Y. Harburg, music by Harold Arlen. For Violin...(+)
(70th Anniversary
Edition). By E. Y.
Harburg, music by Harold
Arlen. For Violin. String
Series. Pop Instrumental
Solo Series. Movie. Level
2-3 (grade 2-3). Book and
CD. 76 pages. Published
by Alfred Music
Publishing
B-Tonarten, C-Dur, 2.
und 3. Lage, Doppelgriffe
und andere Kniffe.
Composed by Renate
Bruce-Weber. Arranged by
Mark Bruce. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. 144
pages. Schott Music #ED
8432. Published by Schott
Music (HL.49015482).
ISBN 9783795754631.
9.0x12.0x0.42 inches.
German.
Vol. 3 of
'Die frohliche Violine'
pursues the same musical
and technical goals as
the first two volumes. It
contains a detailed
introduction to the flat
keys, C major key as well
as the 2nd and 3rd
positions. The last
chapter takes up the
subject matter of the
first chapters again in a
more demanding form and
with longer charming
pieces, giving an insight
into 'virtuoso' violin
technique.
Violin Solos. Arranged by Various and ed. Bill Galliford. Play-Along; SmartMu...(+)
Violin Solos. Arranged by
Various and ed. Bill
Galliford. Play-Along;
SmartMusic; String
Series.
Pop Instrumental Solos
Series. Broadway; Movie.
Book; Digital Download;
Software. 28 pages.
Alfred
Music #00-47979.
Published
by Alfred Music
By Jenni Norey. Playalong 50- 50. Pop & Rock. Book with Online Audio. Com...(+)
By Jenni Norey. Playalong
50-
50. Pop & Rock. Book
with
Online Audio. Composed
2014.
144 pages. Wise
Publications
#MUSAM1007226. Published
by
Wise Publications