Sheet Music & Books

(Music Sales America). A New Tune a Day books have the same logical, gentle pace, and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of audio with actual performances and backing tracks will make practice even more fun and exciting, and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. The video shows you the basics from how to set up your instrument to playing your first notes. It takes you through the first few pages of the book ensuring you get off to a good start. Plus, excellent advice and tips from a professional player. Each book contains: advice on audio equipment · instructions for effective technique and comfortable posture · explanatory section on reading music · easy-to-follow lessons on clear, uncluttered pages · audio with a virtuoso performance, backing tracks and audio examples · great music including duets and rounds · tests to check progress and comprehension · useful pull-out chart giving all first position fingerings · and video, to help you get started on your instrument. Audio and video are accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

This carefully graded solo collection features artistic, challenging and beautiful violin solos from works by noted composers. While these pieces will be challenging for the intermediate violinist, they contain no double stops. Includes great themes from the works of Albinoni, Handel, MacDowell, Offenbach, Tschaikovsky, Schumann, Purcell, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Waldteufel, and Mozart. A keyboard accompaniment is included for each piece. These pieces are an excellent supplement to any violin method. Includes a separate 20-page insert pull-out part for Violin.

Two terrific duet collections including works by Haydn, Respighi, Elgar, Bach and more! Each duet book is published in score form (both parts on the same page) so that the players can play from the same part. All duets are arranged specifically for the listed instrumentation and cannot be used with a duet book from another series.   Published by Last Resort Music

From the creators of BARRAGE comes this useful collection of fiddle tunes for the beginning to intermediate violinist. The Fiddle Club is an educational series of books and recording each featuring a unique collection of traditional and original folk tunes. It provides a valuable resource of fiddle tunes for anyone interested in this style of music. The authors, music instructors, included various markings (bar numbers, fingerings, and bowings) which are helpful in teaching, especially in group situations.