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.
By Dana Freeman. For Violin. Book; DVD; Method/Instruction; String - Violin Meth...(+)
By Dana Freeman. For
Violin. Book; DVD;
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin Method or
Collection. The Ultimate
Beginner Series.
Beginner. 40 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
A violin method for children age four and older. By Egon Sassmannshaus; Kurt Sa...(+)
A violin method for
children age four and
older. By Egon
Sassmannshaus; Kurt
Sassmannshaus. American
English translation: Kurt
Sassmannshaus and Melissa
Lusk; Illustrations:
Charlotte Panowsky. For
Violin. Take advantage of
our exclusive
introductory offer now
and save 25% off the
regular price - this
special price is
available for a limited
time only. Baerenreiter's
Sassmannshaus. Original
German title: Fruher
Anfang auf der Geige -
Band 1; Eine Violinschule
fur Kinder ab 4 Jahren.
Instructional Method.
Method book. Text
language: English. 64
pages. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(German import).
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.
(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
Selections from the Student Repertoire. By Barbara Barber and Trudi Post. String...(+)
Selections from the
Student Repertoire. By
Barbara Barber and Trudi
Post. String - Violin
Studies or Collection;
Suzuki. Solos for Young
Violinists. CD. Alfred
Music #00-8015. Published
by Alfred Music
As performed by Barbara Barber, Trudi Post. By Barbara Barber. Edited by Judi Go...(+)
As performed by Barbara
Barber, Trudi Post. By
Barbara Barber. Edited by
Judi Gowe. Suzuki Violin:
Compact Disc. 4 pages.
Published by Warner
Brothers.
Selections from the Student Repertoire. By Barbara Barber and Trudi Post. String...(+)
Selections from the
Student Repertoire. By
Barbara Barber and Trudi
Post. String - Violin
Studies or Collection;
Suzuki. Solos for Young
Violinists. CD. Alfred
Music #00-8011. Published
by Alfred Music
Violin SKU: HL.50499695 First edition. By Barta. By Andras Szollos...(+)
Violin
SKU:
HL.50499695
First
edition. By Barta. By
Andras Szollosy. Edited
by Barta Mihaly. 20th
Century. EMB. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 2014. 8 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#Z14885. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(HL.50499695).
ISBN
979080148853.
9.0x12.0x0.063 inches.
Andras Szollosy; Mihaly
Barta.
Andras
Szollosy (1921-2007) was
one of the most
significant Hungarian
composers of the second
half of the 20th century,
yet his oeuvre has not
become as well-known as
that of Gyorgy Ligeti,
two years his junior, or
of Gyorgy Kurtag, five
years his junior.
Szollosy did not compose
many works and he was
strict about which of
them he would allow to go
public. As a younger
colleague of his once
remarked: He only
composed his good works.
Szollosy's Sonata for
Solo Violin, which was
written at the age of 26
and was publicly
performed only in 2006,
almost 60 years after its
composition, fell victim
to his self-criticism.
Although the model of
Bartok's Sonata for Solo
Violin of just three
years earlier was
obviously on the young
composer's mind, he was
no epigone of the great
master. From the aspect
of both composition and
instrumental technique,
the 11-minute Sonata for
Solo Violin represents
exacting and prominent
music, and is a
remarkable piece among
works written for the
violin in 20th-century
Hungarian music. The
score of the posthumously
published work was edited
by the soloist of its
world premiere, Michael
Barta.
Selections from the Student Repertoire. By Barbara Barber and Trudi Post. String...(+)
Selections from the
Student Repertoire. By
Barbara Barber and Trudi
Post. String - Violin
Studies or Collection;
Suzuki. Solos for Young
Violinists. CD. 4 pages.
Alfred Music #00-8014X.
Published by Alfred Music
As performed by Barbara Barber, Trudi Post. By Barbara Barber. Edited by Judi Go...(+)
As performed by Barbara
Barber, Trudi Post. By
Barbara Barber. Edited by
Judi Gowe. Suzuki Violin:
Compact Disc. 4 pages.
Published by Warner
Brothers.
Selections from the Student Repertoire. By Barbara Barber and Trudi Post. String...(+)
Selections from the
Student Repertoire. By
Barbara Barber and Trudi
Post. String - Violin
Studies or Collection;
Suzuki. Solos for Young
Violinists. CD. Alfred
Music #00-8012. Published
by Alfred Music
Violin - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1104881-400 32 pieces to play in thi...(+)
Violin - intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1104881-400
32 pieces to play in
third, second and half
position. Composed by
Nico Dezaire. Book with
CD. Composed 2009. 68
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1104881-400. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1104881-400).
ISBN 9789043133333.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Positions 3
- 2 - ½ - a
collection of over 30
pieces, some well-know
and some not to develop
playing between position
3, 2 and ½.
Positions
3-2-½ is een
leerzame en prettige
kennismaking met de
verschillende
vingerstanden zoals die
voorkomen in de derde,
tweede en halve positie.
Deze uitgave is een
logisch vervolg op
Position 3 en
Position 2,waarin
een basis wordt gelegd
voor het spelen in de
derde en tweede positie.
Op het gebied van de
verschillende
vingerstanden en de lees-
en speelvaardigheid gaat
Positions 3-2-½
verder. Het boek bevat 17
oefeningen en32
speelstukken in diverse
stijlen. De
begeleidings-cd maakt het
boek compleet en zorgt
voor extra
speelplezier.
P
ositions 3, 2 and
½ ist die neueste
Ergänzung der Reihe
der Bücher Position
3, Position 2, Positions
4 and 5 sowie
Position Shifts.
Positions 3, 2 and
½ behandelt den
Zusammenhang zwischen den
unterschiedlichen
Tonarten mit bis zu drei
Vorzeichen und den
verschiedenen
Griffmustern in der
dritten und zweiten Lage.
Danach kommt die halbe
Lage an die Reihe. Das
Buch enthält
zahlreiche Ã?bungen und
Spielstücke in
diversen Musikstilen
sowie zwei
Begleit-CDs.
5
pubblicazioni per
apprendere facilmente a
suonare con le prime
posizioni.Positions
3-2-1/2 è il nuovo
libro della serie.
Affronta il cambio di
tonalit fino a tre
alterazioni e i vari
esempi di impugnatura
nella terza e seconda
posizione. Viene quindi
trattata la mezza
posizione. La
pubblicazione, corredata
di due CD, contiene
numerosi esercizi e brani
in vari generi
musicali.