Violin
SKU:
ST.C545
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.
