Music of Spain and South America for Violin by Allan Alexander contains 44 pieces which can be played solo or with a chord instrument. This great collection includes music from the Spain and South America. Most of the pieces have been extended with variations which make the tunes a more suitable length for performances and are a lot of fun for the violinist to play. Every tune in the book is included on the digitally mastered CD. Though the tunes are very effective as solo material Allan chose to record them with violinist Elena Rojas. Elena has given a skillful delightful performance of the music and Allan has rendered the chords artfully. The result is a reallylovely CD; listening will be a pleasure. For the player who is new to music of Spain and South America the recording will give insights into the melodies and it will allow the violinist who has no access to a chord instrument to hear and play along with the guitar as the violin part can be turned down by fading one channel. For those who know some of these wonderful tunes it will be a joy to have the music and hear them played by two musicians who obviously love to play this music together. The CD which comes with the book has all 44 of the tunes in the same order in which they appear in the book. The CD will give you insights into the music and it will be enjoyable to listen to on its own merit. For additional information be sure to check out Allan's web site.

Folk Tunes of Malaysia for Violin Beginners combines the folk tunes of the various cultural groups in Malaysia with Ivan Galamian?s principles of learning the violin. It consists of 15 Malaysian tunes carefully chosen and arranged for violin and piano.Short stories and simple illustrations enhance the violin player?s knowledge interest and appreciation of the rich multi-cultural heritage of Malaysia. It is hoped that the beautiful and vibrant folk songs in this book will motivate violin beginner?s to continue mastering the techniques of the violin and explore knowledge on Malaysia?s rich multicultural heritage.This volume contains the pianoaccompaniment only.

Folk Tunes of Malaysia for Violin Beginners combines the folk tunes of the various cultural groups in Malaysia with Ivan Galamian?s principles of learning the violin. It consists of 15 Malaysian tunes carefully chosen and arranged for violin and piano.This violin book is one of the first books that explores the colourful folk tunes loved by Malaysians. Short stories and simple illustrations enhance the violin player?s knowledge interest and appreciation of the rich multi-cultural heritage of Malaysia.It is hoped that the beautiful and vibrant folk songs in this book will motivate violin beginner?s to continue mastering the techniques of theviolin and explore knowledge on Malaysia?s rich multicultural heritage.

A facsimile edition containing the original collection of 1 850 melodies consisting of airs jigs reels hornpipes marches and more for fiddle.

Violin Play-Along Volume 33-This volume of the Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favourite Hoedown classics quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

Carefully selected and edited violin arrangements with full demonstration recordings on the accompanying CD to help you learn the songs.

Violin Edition-This 2014 edition of Edward Huws Jones' popular series of traditional Fiddle repertoire now comes with an expertly-recorded audio CD. Containing colourful instrumental backing tracks and full demonstrations this expanded resource will aid and inspire your private practice and public performance alike. Jigs Reels & Hornpipes contains a generous collection of authentic music some familiar some more exotic but all of it faithfully arranged to enable you to create your own ceilidh bluegrass club or charanga band. This edition for the Violin includes an optional easy Violin part and Guitar chords whilst the complete edition alsoincludes both Keyboard and Violin accompaniments. Either format is highly flexible which means the music can be played as solos duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles. Edwards Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching Fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style giving his own suggestions for a lively performance.

This book provides a thorough introduction to Cajun music for fiddle players of all levels of ability. Beginning with a selection of easy arrangements of popular Cajun tunes The Cajun Fiddle progresseson to more difficult solos based on the playing of various well-known fiddlers including Dewey Balfa Michael Doucet Doug Kershaw and Rufus Thibodeaux.  This book covers Cajun stylings rhythms double stops slides turns and trills bowings and tunings. Fiddle and Guitar are used to demonstrate the tunes on the accompanying online audio tracks.  Covering most of the pieces in the book the recorded versions are played at a slower tempothan typical performance speed to allow the listener to pick out details of the Cajun style.

Instrumental Play-Along-Violin players will love the 15 folk favourites in this collection provided complete with backing tracks on CD: A-Tisket A-Tasket â?¢ Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie â?¢ (Oh My Darling) Clementine â?¢ Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping') â?¢ The Galway Piper â?¢ Greensleeves â?¢ Home on the Range and more.

Airs & Dances is a collection of Scottish strathspeys (rugged lyrical dance tunes) for violin and other melodic instruments. Strathspeys are usually played slower than reels with many long-short dotted rhythmic patterns.This compilation features some of the best-known strathspeys as well as some of the quirkier rarer tunes in this wonderful repertoire. The pieces are arranged chronologically.The melodies as written are the skeletonsof the tunes without much additional information like bowings dynamics and articulations. This presentation allows the reader to both learn the melodies in their most general sense as well as use their creative judgment to varyeach tune's melody and nuances. Each piece is framed with historical and cultural context and audio is available online.

Swedish fiddle music has been greatly influenced by the surrounding countries. Evidence of this can be found in the names of some types of tunes such as Polska from Poland Schottis (a schottische) from Scotland and Engelskafrom England. Other popular types of tunes included in this collection are gånglåt which is a kind of march brudmarsch which is a wedding tune skänklåt which is played at weddings when gifts are given to the bride and groom andvals (a waltz). With Swedish music being very much an aural tradition there are almost as many versions of tunes as there are people who play them. For this reason the notation does not include much ornamentation leaving it upto the player. Second parts have been included with some of the tunes. Each tune includes a translation of the title.

Highland Fiddle Music Of Aonghas Grant-The Glengarry Collection contains 164 Slow Airs Marches Strathspeys Reels Jigs and Hornpipes with Stories History and Photographs. It focuses on the core of Aonghas' music: Highland Fiddling withits links to Pipe tunes and Gaelic songs. Some of these tunes have never been published before while others are available only in out-of-print books or in Pipe settings and the collection also includes a number of tunes composedby Aonghas himself and tunes composed in honour of Aonghas.The tunes are fully chorded in a style appropriate to Aonghas' band experience. All these are richly illustrated by transcriptions ofAonghas' bowings grace-notes stories and photos of scenes and people from Aonghas' varied life careers including old family photos. Finally there is an accompanying video download available online withvideos of Aonghas' impromptu and passionate performances of 61 of the tunes in the collection.

There are 50 well known waltzes fully notated in the book and played on the CD with a full backing band. (play-a-long tracks including melody line played by another instrument). These pieces are all easy to learn. If you do not read music well (or at all) you can pick up the melody from the CD.The book can be used to build a repertoire of waltz music. At live engagements especially weddings the audience will always ask for a few waltzes. The material in this book covers a wide range of tempos and styles not just slow waltzes.The melodies of these pieces are easily recognizable although you may not remember the name of a specific tune.Many of the tunes are verywell known such as: Daisy Home On The Range Anniversary Waltz After The Ball Ash Grove Greensleeves Laredo Scarborough Fair Star Of The County Down The Black Velvet Band The Greenwood Tree Southwind The Four Marys Barbara Allen Flowers Of The Thorn Beautiful Brown Eyes Give Me Your Hand and many more.

This book presents transcriptions with detailed bowings in tandem with three recorded festival versions (played very slowly at a modest tempo and up-to-tempo) of 35 Appalachian Fiddle tunes. A clearly written description ofold-time style focuses on developing a rhythmic bow by presenting default bowing systems (Nashville shuffle 3-1 bowing bow rocking ghost bows) and other techniques and topics such as anticipations left-hand ornamentation drones chording dissonances altered tunings the concept of swing tips on learning by ear and more.This book and accompanying online audio are designed to be accessible and appropriate for all levels ofplayers.

31 Traditional Pieces for Violin-The author of Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Violin (ED 13379) Ros Stephen presents a wide-ranging collection of Russian tunes for Violin. Highly flexible to use the pieces may be performed by a solo violinist or as Violin duets. The music has been carefully edited to create authentic arrangements. Ornamentation bowing and fingering have been included to enable stylistic performances and there is also guidance on general style as well as note on all of the individual tunes. The volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes performed by Ros Stephen.