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.
Edited by David Brody. For violin. Format: fake book. With lead melody, chord na...(+)
Edited by David Brody.
For violin. Format: fake
book. With lead melody,
chord names,
instructional text and
performance notes. Folk,
americana and british.
302 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Oak
Publications.
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.
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.
Violin - easy SKU: HL.44005955 For Violin & Piano. Composed by Col...(+)
Violin - easy
SKU:
HL.44005955
For
Violin & Piano.
Composed by Colin Cowles.
Fentone Instrumental
Books. Educational Tool.
Book with CD. Composed
2003. 32 pages. Fentone
Music #F834. Published by
Fentone Music
(HL.44005955).
UPC:
884088044251. 9x12
inches. International
(more than one
language).
The nine
easy, fun-to-play
fragments in this book
can be played in the
first position with
occasional fourth finger
use. These lovely pieces
enable the beginner
musician to perform
comfortably at an early
stage in their
development - and
performing experience is
vital for any musician!
Violin and Piano. Book
and CD.
The nine
easy, fun-to-play
fragments in this book
can be played in the
first position with
occasional fourth finger
use. These lovely pieces
enable the beginner
musician to perform
comfortably at an early
stage in their
development - and
performing experience is
vital for any musician!
Die einfachen,
melodischen Stucke in
Easy Melodic
Fragments sind fur
Violinschuler mit
geringen technischen
Fertigkeiten geeignet.
Sie sind in der ersten
Lage zu spielen mit
gelegentlicher Verwendung
des vierten Fingers. Mit
diesen Stucken will der
Komponist Colin Cowles
die Spieler zum
Vorspielen motivieren -
ein wichtiger Aspekt des
Musizierens in jedem
Lernstadium! Auf der
beiliegenden CD werden
die Stucke abwechselnd
von Violine und Viola
vorgespielt, dann folgt
die Begleitung zum
Mitspielen. Die
Klavierbegleitungen sind
ebenfalls im Buch
notiert.
The
Easy Sound of Pop, Rock &
Blues e una raccolta
di pezzi divertenti
pensati per tutti i
musicisti che desiderano
diventare delle vere star
in tutti i generi
musicali.
L'accompagnamento sul CD
e tonico e movimentato.
Nei brani potrete dare
spazio alla vostra
creativita inventando i
vostri soli.
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.
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.
Violon [Partition] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
(Traditional Fiddling in the String Orchestra). For violin. String Orchestra Col...(+)
(Traditional Fiddling in
the String Orchestra).
For violin. String
Orchestra Collection.
Folk. Difficulty: medium.
Violin solo songbook.
Standard notation,
bowings, introductory
text, chord names and
glossary. 40 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Violon [Partition + CD] - Intermédiaire/avancé Mel Bay
Written by Craig Duncan. Fiddle solo book and performance CD for fiddle solo. In...(+)
Written by Craig Duncan.
Fiddle solo book and
performance CD for fiddle
solo.
Intermediate-Advanced.
With standard notation,
chord names, introductory
text and black and white
photos. 118 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc..
Chamber Music Violin SKU: CF.BF115 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edi...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: CF.BF115
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Rachel Barton Pine. SWS.
Collection. With Standard
notation. 80 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #BF115.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.BF115).
ISBN
9781491150993. UPC:
680160908493. 9x12
inches.
Johann
Sebastian Bach’s
(1685—1750)
SixSonatas and Partitas
have captivated
violinistsfor centuries.
Rachel Barton
Pine—havingspent
decades studying the
music of Bach,his
contemporaries, and his
predecessors—now
offers this unparalleled
edition completewith
detailed historical
notes,
performancesuggestions,
and downloadable study
materialsincluding a new
Urtext edition and a
speciallyprepared
manuscript. Pine’s
interpretationis informed
by thorough historical
study, which has been
polished byyears of
performance insight, but
also encourages those
studying
Bach’srepertoire
to craft their own unique
interpretation of these
timelessmasterpieces.
This edition closely
follows Pine’s
critically acclaimed
2016recording
“Testament:
Complete Sonatas and
Partitas for Solo Violin
byJ.S. Bach†(Avie
2360) making it an
invaluable resource for
any student,teacher, or
performer enthralled with
J.S. Bach’s long
standing legacy.Ms. Pine
holds the distinction of
being the only American
and youngestperson to win
the gold medal at the
J.S. Bach International
ViolinCompetition in
Leipzig, Germany,
1992. here is no one
right way to play Bach.
More thanalmost any
repertoire, each
individual’s
interpretation isas
unique as their
personality. Though I
have spent
decadesstudying
Bach’s music as
well as that of his
contemporariesand
predecessors, my final
rationale for
artisticdecisions is
often taste and instinct.
Every violinist
whoundertakes a
lifetime’s journey
with this incredible
repertoireis continually
discovering new ideas.
Thus, theopinions on the
following pages may
evolve over time.However,
everything in the sheet
music closely follows
my2016 recording
“Testament:
Complete Sonatas and
Partitasfor Solo Violin
by J.S. Bach†(Avie
2360), which I trulyfeel
represents the
culmination of my
exploration intothese
extraordinary works.In
choosing to present this
edition, my hope is
thatyou will find useful
solutions to challenges
of fingering,bowing, and
polyphony, and helpful
information
aboutphrasing. I have
also included additional
dynamic suggestionswith
the hope that trying
these ideas will help
inspireyou to discover
your own. All of these
markings aredesigned to
work with a baroque
violin and baroque bow,a
modern violin and baroque
bow, or a modern
violinand modern bow.
While the information in
this editionis unusually
dense, there is much that
I did not include,such as
lifts, breaths,
articulations, whether to
play on oroff the string,
metronome markings,
details of timing,and
emphases other than
hemiolas.I offer this
book to you in the spirit
of Bach: “SoliDeo
Gloria.â€.
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
by Dean Marshall and John Crozman. For Fiddle. solos. Swath Publishing. Bluegras...(+)
by Dean Marshall and John
Crozman. For Fiddle.
solos. Swath Publishing.
Bluegrass and Country.
Level: Beginning. Book.
Size 9x12. 60 pages.
Published by Swath
Publishing.
Craig Duncan. For fiddle. Bluegrass and country, bluegrass. Level: Intermediate-...(+)
Craig Duncan. For fiddle.
Bluegrass and country,
bluegrass. Level:
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book. Solos. Size
8.75x11.75. 152 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Pub., Inc.
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).
Composed by William Bay. Saddle-stitched. Lively Tunes. Celtic / Irish. Book...(+)
Composed by William Bay.
Saddle-stitched. Lively
Tunes. Celtic / Irish.
Book.
32 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #WBM38.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
Playable on Any Two Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble. Arrang...(+)
Playable on Any Two
Instruments or Any Number
of Instruments in
Ensemble. Arranged by
Michael Story. For
Violin. Mixed Instruments
- Flexible
Instrumentation. Pop
Instrumental Ensembles
for All. Pop. Book. 24
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.