This speed-reading book employs the standard techniques of language speed-reading converted to music reading. The key ingredients are mental focus physical eye focus and quick fingers. The virtuoso or the elementary player canbenefit from practicing these procedures. In 60 pages one will drill in all possible finger patterns including half steps whole steps augmented seconds and brief repetitions.

A first book of very easy pieces for viola. Par BLACKWELL KATHY / DAVID. lively original pieces, traditional tunes, and easy duets using open strings to finger pattern 0-1-23-4 audio play-along tracks available on major streaming platforms or to download from a companion website fantastic illustrations by Martin Remphry piano and viola accompaniments available separately in printed collections ideal for use alongside Viola Time Starters compatibility with Fiddle Time Joggers / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Recueil / Alto

A stockingful of 32 easy pieces for viola Forces or Category: Easy viola pieces 32 well-known Christmas carols and pieces with words to sing along solos and duets using finger patterns 0-1-23-4 and 0-12-3-4 easy chord symbols for guitar or keyboard accompaniment; these chords are not compatible with the CD performances a CD with performances to listen or play along to; the varied accompaniments use piano, guitar, drums, and bass piano accompaniments available in a separate volume

in Various Combinations of Double-Stops-Written by world renowned pedagogue Roland Vamos this collection of double-stop exercises fills a void in the literature of technical exercises for violists.These etudes feature a systematic series of fixed double-stops that enable the player to practice and master every possible combination of finger patterns across two strings without shifting.Vamos says of the book 'The most important accomplishment is the development of a strong left hand... These exercises when practiced slowly and carefully will help to develop a keen sense of pitch and intonation.' Includes a DVD with performance examples.

This pupil's book provides a lively and comprehensive introduction to the very first steps of playing the viola.All the titles in the Abracadabra series work in conjunction with each other making them ideal for ensemble group and whole class tuition. Used alone they remain perfect for individual lessons. The book contains activities games and pieces that teach the fundamentals of playing the viola : good posture (with and without the instrument) bow hold finger position and pitch awareness as well as developing rhythm and notation reading. The CD also aids pitch development with performances of the pieces and backing tracks to motivate pupils to practisepieces and activities outside of their lessons. The basics are constantly reinforced and revisited with the pupils building up to 'performance pieces' that combine and showcase all of the skills they have developed.

Each etude in this book primarily tackles one element or technique of viola playing. String crossing playing vigorously near the point of the bow trills finger exercises and double stopping are just a few of the specific topics covered.

Bags Of Tunes For Viola is packed with material on styles children will love including nursery rhymes rounds folk and popular songs as well as plenty of original pieces. The pieces are gently progressive and are all based around the first finger pattern. They are ideal for consolidation work for using alongside any method or tutor and are enjoyable sight-reading practice. Irresistible new tunes for beginner violists composed and arranged by one of the UK's leading string teachers and authors Mary Cohen creator of a wide range of imaginative teaching publications.

Par DUNCAN CRAIG. Prévoyant indispensables de littérature engageante l'altiste étudiant, cette collection d'Alto / arrangements pour piano est dérivé de sonates de Handel, oeuvres orchestrales et pièces accessoires. Les parties de l'alto relativement facile sont jouables tout en première position. Une partie d'arrachement commode pour le soliste dispose d'indications fingering et se. Cette collection commence avec des plus facile et progresse dans son niveau de difficulté. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Classic - Solos / Recueil / Alto

In 1922 Maurice Ravel heard the young Hungarian violin virtuoso and niece of Joseph Joachim, Jelly D'Aranyi, in concert in London. Following the performance, Ravel spent the remainder of the evening requesting D'Aranyi to play numerous gypsy tunes on her violin, probing her on the technical limits of the instrument. The result of this encounter is Ravel's virtuoso classic 'Tzigane?. Written originally for violin and piano or luthéal (a mechanism invented in 1919 that attaches to a piano, producing a sound similar to the rich overtones of the Cimbalon), the premiere took place in London in April 1924. The composer had finished the work only days beforehand. Ravel later orchestrated 'Tzigane? and both versions remain a 'must? for music-lovers and aspiring violinists today. Jelly D'Aranyi performed both versions regularly throughout her long career. This Urtext edition presents the first scholarly-critical edition of Ravel's masterpiece. It is published both in the orchestral version, complete with full score and performance material, as well as in the composer's earlier version for violin and piano. All known sources, including letters, have been drawn on for the new edition - one of the available sources, consulted for the first time, was a copy of 'Tzigane? from the estate of Jelly D'Aranyi, which is today part of a private collection. The version for piano and violin contains, besides the Urtext part, a second violin part as a facsimile with performance instructions by Jelly D'Aranyi. D'Aranyi's alterations and fingering reflect how Ravel must have heard the work in rehearsals and performance and as such are a document of early 20th century performance practice. The cooperation between Ravel and D'Aranyi is comparable to that of Brahms and Joachim working on the Brahms violin concerto.- First scholarly-critical Urtext edition of the work - Presented are both versions: for violin and orchestra and for violin and piano- Includes Jelly D'Aranyi's fingering / Alto

Providing much-needed engaging literature for the student violist this collection of viola/ piano arrangements is derived from Handel's sonatas orchestral works and incidental pieces. The relatively easy viola parts are allplayable in first position. A convenient pull-out part for the soloist features fingering and bowing indications. This collection begins with easier arrangements and progresses in its level of difficulty.

Many violists have grown up on a diet of Violin studies transcribed for Viola and plenty have thrived on them even though the studies are in many cases composed with melodic patterns and fingerings that suit the Violin better than the Viola. Robin Ireland's aim in composing this new study material was to write specifically for the Viola in ways which suit it both technically and tonally.The twelve concert études set out to be musically attractive pieces which in addition to addressing most basic aspects of technique will encourage the development of 'musical' and expressive playing.The set of études is unusual perhaps unique in that it covers a rangeof styles and thus provides a focus for developing an understanding of bowing and articulation appropriate to different periods of music. The first eight études move through baroque classical and romantic styles while the later études include material for developing confidence with metre change and other basic rhythmic skills and with atonality. The last étude introduces an improvisatory style of playing.The concert études should be appropriate for Viola students from Grade 8 upwards. Details of a companion volume of 'technical' études and their availability can be found at www.robinireland.co.uk. These studies are each focused primarily on a single area of technical development in many cases an area not specifically addressed in currently available study material.The new études do not set out to provide a comprehensive alternative to existing study material but rather to complement it and extend its range.

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.