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This series of three progressive volumes is ideal for beginning to advanced violinists interested in the fiddle tradition. Students of all ages will enjoy playing new works as well as fun arrangements of traditional tunes. Each book incorporates both solos and duets with accompaniment chords that set the stage for ensemble performance. Using the CD included at the back of each book, students can listen to the performance-tempo tracks to become familiar with the tunes and use the practice-tempo tracks for daily practice. Highlights include jigs, waltzes, reels, marches, as well as Old Time, Celtic, Eastern European, and North American tunes.

Brazilian Folk Music for Violin and Piano.

(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.

(Instructional). Charlie Bisharat, renowned violinist for John Tesh, offers every violinist the tools and skill necessary to play improvised music! This book/CD pack contains everything you need to know about groove and feel, playing over chord changes, and extended techniques.

19 well-known pieces from the Renaissance to the Modern era, including music by Corelli, Handel, Dancla, Gretchaninoff, and others. Intermediate level.

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.

With bowings and fingerings. Baroque and Classical Period. Jean-Marie Leclair, who is considered to have founded the French violin school, was born in Lyon on May 10th, 1697. Famed as both violinist and composer (many suites, sonatas, and concerti survive, along with his sole opera, Scylla et Glaucus), he drew successfully upon all of Europe's national styles.

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