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Easy carols for the young violinist with piano accompaniment. Twelve best-loved carols, in easy, imaginative arrangements for violinists of elementary standard. Simple piano accompaniments are designed for the parent or teacher of modest keyboard ability, and four of the carols have additional duet accompaniments for a second violin. This is an essential book for class or family music-making at Christmas!

Lindsey Stirling's version of the modern classic song “Hallelujah” composed by Leonard Cohen is arranged here for violin and piano. Includes a pull-out violin part.

Are You Ready to Learn Viola Treble Clef? Treble Clef for the Viola gives you a systematic study of viola treble clef at an intermediate level. The exercise on the left-hand pages teach you to read and recognize treble clef notes, one note at a time. Corresponding short pieces on the right-hand pages use the notes that were just learned, helping you put viola technique into context. This book focuses on transitioning from alto clef to treble clef and helping your brain instantly recognize the notes in the new clef. Start your study of treble clef on the viola today!

Music has always been an integral part of the holiday season. As everyone knows, there is no better way to celebrate than with a song. Re-live your childhood memories and share your love of music this holiday season with Santa's Little Helper published by Santorella Publications. Santa's Little Helper is written as solos or duets in accommodating keys for all strings. This best selling Santorella Publication includes a piano accompaniment CD with lyrics, so the whole family can sing along. The Piano Accompaniment book for this Stringed Instrument Edition is sold separately.

Christmas Strings are arranged to be performed with various combinations of instruments. This volume presents some of the most beloved repertoire for the Christmas season. Some works are well known, others will sound fresh and new to most players. The pieces may be performed as a solo for each instrument with piano accompaniment, or as duets or trios, as well as full orchestra. If performed with full orchestra, the piano accompaniment is not necessary.

Fiddling Fingers presents the ideal way to enrich string classes with fiddle music in six simple lessons that teaches students the basic elements of fiddling. The performances of the tunes on the CD helps them to learn the songs in true fiddling style by listening and joining in, just as if they were sitting in a real fiddling session with an authentic string band. Each tune is also performed at a Learning Speed and then at a Practice Speed to encourage students to learn by listening and playing by ear. Students will learn to play the basic fiddling techniques of shuffles, slides and drones , which can be applied to all fiddling tunes. They will learn how to kick-off a tune and then end it with a tag. They will be encouraged to develop their own fiddling style while applying the basics of good position, listening for good intonation and playing rhythmically. This book contains lyrics, historical backgrounds and suggestions for activities that will expand and deepen an understanding of the fiddling style. It also offers ways for students to monitor their fiddling progress. A glossary is included at the end of the teacher s score and each part that clearly defines all of the fiddling terms used in the book. Fiddling Fingers is the perfect way to add excitement and variety to your string classes, and to expand and enrich the musical life of string players. Included with each book is a supplemental CD of accompaniment and performance tracks.

Inspired by the Celtic circles of ancient Scotland, Bonnie paints a musical picture through time, joining the heavens and earth to the cycles of everyday life. Performed on Scottish fiddle with gold medal piper Eric Rigler on the Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish smallpipes and uilleann pipes. Also accompanied by guitar, Celtic harp, viola da gamba, hammered dulcimer, bass and bodhran. Includes North Highland tunes from The Patrick McDonald Collection, 1784, pipe marches, strathspeys, jigs and reels, laments and traditional favorites.