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 SKU: BT.9781408114612 Composed by Peter Davey. Abracadabra. Method...(+)
Violin
SKU:
BT.9781408114612
Composed by Peter Davey.
Abracadabra. Method. Book
with CD. 64 pages.
Collins Music Publishing
#9781408114612. Published
by Collins Music
Publishing
(BT.9781408114612).
ISBN 9781408114612.
English.
Now in a
third edition,
Abracadabra Violin
has a fresh and
contemporary new look and
is the perfect book for
pupil and
teacher.
This
title offers an identical
selection of repertoire
to the other books in
theAbracadabra 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
toplay, 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
thefundamentalsof the
instrument, and each new
technical aspect is
reinforced by several
pieces using that
particular
technique.
Abra
cadabra Violin now
also includes two CDs of
performance and backing
tracks, featuringselected
orchestral backings.
(Foreword and Additional Editing by Doris Gazda). By George Frideric Handel Fede...(+)
(Foreword and Additional
Editing by Doris Gazda).
By George Frideric Handel
Federigo Fiorillo. Edited
by Larry Clark, Leopold
Auer, Doris Gazda.
Arranged by William
Strasser. For Violin,
Violin and Piano. Book.
96 pages. Published by
Carl Fischer
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.
Arrangements for Solo Instrument to Full Orchestra; Flexible for any number o...(+)
Arrangements for Solo
Instrument to Full
Orchestra; Flexible for
any number or combination
of instruments with piano
or CD accompaniment.
Arranged by Stan Pethel.
Advent; Christmas;
Epiphany;
Transfiguration; Christ's
Gracious Life; Palm
Sunday; Easter;
Eastertide; Pentecost;
Holy Trinity;
Reformation; All Saints';
Christ the King;
Communion; Stewardship;
Thanksgiving; General.
Book and CD. Published by
Chorister's Guild
(CG.CGIN16CD).
Arrangements for Solo Instrument to Full Orchestra; Flexible for any number o...(+)
Arrangements for Solo
Instrument to Full
Orchestra; Flexible for
any number or combination
of instruments with piano
or CD accompaniment.
Arranged by Stan Pethel.
Advent; Christmas;
Epiphany;
Transfiguration; Christ's
Gracious Life; Palm
Sunday; Easter;
Eastertide; Pentecost;
Holy Trinity;
Reformation; All Saints';
Christ the King;
Communion; Stewardship;
Thanksgiving; General.
Book only. Published by
Chorister's Guild
(CG.CGIN16).
Violin Play-Along Pack. By Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg. Instrumental ...(+)
Violin Play-Along Pack.
By Alain Boublil,
Claude-Michel Schonberg.
Instrumental Folio. Play
Along. Softcover with CD.
16 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard.
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, music by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg. Vio...(+)
Lyrics by Herbert
Kretzmer, music by Alain
Boublil, Claude-Michel
Schonberg. Violin solo
songbook (no
accompaniment) for
violin. 15 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
For Violin Solo. Composed by Pierre Rode (1773-1830). Edited by Friedemann Ei...(+)
For Violin Solo. Composed
by
Pierre Rode (1773-1830).
Edited by Friedemann
Eichhorn and Norbert
Gertsch. Henle Music
Folios.
Classical. Softcover. G.
Henle #HN1186. Published
by
G. Henle
compiled by Dr. Ed Whitcomb. For Fiddle. songbook. Canadian. Level: Beginning-In...(+)
compiled by Dr. Ed
Whitcomb. For Fiddle.
songbook. Canadian.
Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book. Size 8.75x11.75.
224 pages. Published by
Mel Bay Publications,
Inc.
Edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. Arranged by Melissa Emmons and Brenda Stubbert....(+)
Edited by Paul Stewart
Cranford. Arranged by
Melissa Emmons and Brenda
Stubbert. For Fiddle.
Perfect binding, Solos.
Cranford Publications.
Canadian-Maritime.
Intermediate. Book. 72
pages. Published by
Cranford Publication
8 Famous Works for Violin. By Johann Sebastian Bach. De Haske Play-Along Book. P...(+)
8 Famous Works for
Violin. By Johann
Sebastian Bach. De Haske
Play-Along Book. Play
Along. BOOK W/CD. Size
9x12 inches. 16 pages.
Published by DeHaske
Publications.
(Newly Composed Fiddle Tunes). Edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. For Fiddle and V...(+)
(Newly Composed Fiddle
Tunes). Edited by Paul
Stewart Cranford. For
Fiddle and Violin.
Transcribed Solos.
Cranford Publications.
Fiddle Tunes.
Intermediate. Book/CD
Set. 112 pages
Chamber Music Violin SKU: CF.BF150 30 Easy Level Arrangements for Any ...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: CF.BF150
30 Easy Level
Arrangements for Any
Combination of String
Instruments. Composed
by Benjamin Hanby,
Bernard de la Monnoye,
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver
Gruber, French carol,
James Murray, James
Pierpont, John Henry
Hopkins, John Neale, John
Wade, John Wesley Work,
III, Lowell Mason,
Melchior Franck, Mykola
Leontovich, S. Goldfarb,
Spanish Carol, and etc.
Arranged by Kathryn
Griesinger. Collection -
Part. 28 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #BF150.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.BF150).
ISBN
9781491162101. UPC:
680160920846.
Learn
ing to play chamber music
is an important milestone
in the music
student’s journey.
Playing with a teacher or
friend helps develop
rhythmic independence,
intonation, listening
skills, and sense of
pulse that are vital to
playing in an ensemble.
These progressive duets
offer beginning and
developing players the
opportunity to play along
with others, or with the
helpful support of the
teacher in a lesson. Each
duet adds new techniques
and challenges that align
with the natural
advancement of lessons,
moving from easy rhythms
and keys to staccato bow
strokes, slurs,
accidentals (low or
extended finger
patterns), and more
complex or independent
rhythms. While the melody
remains in the top line,
musicians can alternate
playing the melody as all
efforts have been made to
keep both parts at a
similar difficulty level.
This book features
familiar melodies for the
holidays, including
sacred and secular
Christmas songs, music
for Hanukkah, and folk
tunes from many
countries. Appropriate
for caroling, recitals,
or chamber holiday
concerts, there are 30
festive selections of
different tempi, styles,
and keys for variety,
while remaining in
string-friendly ranges.
Each duet is one page or
less in length, ensuring
an immediate sense of
success for young
players. Put new skills
into practice while
celebrating the
season.