Par CHAMBERLAIN LOUISE. Step It Up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards. Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, unaccompanied pieces and duets too - this carefully graded volume for violin also includes a CD of groovy backing tracks. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends, take your pl…

Par RICKER RAMON. 'Suspended Animation' is a contemporary straight-eighth feel with sections that can be opened up for any player to solo. The entire composition is built on only two suspended chords, and is written in a manner that makes it easy for young bands to quickly get into the piece. With only two chords to worry about, much of the anxiety of wrong notes is eliminated and the student can …

Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Throughout his life, Antonio Vivaldi wrote almost thirty instrumental works that use the cello as a solo instrument. Vivaldi knew how to tailor his music to the cello and in doing so, helped to establish this still young instrument in the music of that time. The Concerto RV 531 is the only double concerto in Vivaldi's 'uvre for two solo violoncellos. The two solo parts take ce…

Par WESSMAN HARRI. Harri Wessman's Summer Variations for viola and piano (1998) exploites the rich and romantic sound of the viola and enjoys the many shades of summer days. It is dedicated to violist Yuri Gandelsman, who premiered the suite with Risto Lauriala 15th June 1998. Duration: c. 11' Movements: 1. Summer theme 2. What is this? 3. Pizzicato 4. Con sordino 5. Stile concitato ostin…

Voix et tous instruments (flute, violon, violoncelle, clavier?) Table des matières : MacCrimmon?s Lament, Cha Til MacCriman - Jane Fraser Morison Johnnie Cope - James Gillespie Laughlan?s Lilt - James Oswald Lochaber - William Thomson Etrik Banks - William Thomson Loch - Erroch Side - Thomas Oliver & George Boyd The Flower of Edinburgh - James Oswald Lady Mary Hay?s Scotch Measure - Nathaniel Gow…

Cute narration and easy string parts! The perfect piece to play with parents of younger players or for older players performing for elementary students, the narration takes the audience on a musical tour of the creation of a beautiful stringed instrument. (3:25/6:45) / Orchestre A Cordes

These easy-to-read, progressive exercises by Joanne Martin develop a student's reading skills one stage at a time, with many repetitions at each stage. I Can Read Music is designed as a first note-reading book for students of string instruments who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method, or for traditionally taught students who need extra note reading practice. Its …

Par BEATLES THE. Junior Guest Spot is ideal for beginners and young performers. Play these fifteen hit songs in easy melody line arrangements by Paul Honey, with specially recorded backing tracks. The arrangements are short and simplified, using simple keys and rhythms, with short phrases for comfortable breathing. The accompanying CD contains full performance versions of the songs on tracks 2-16,…

Par DE KEYSER PAUL. Violin Duet Time presents easy/intermediate duets for young violinists. Following on from Violin Playtime Duets, this anthology provides a selection of carefully graded duets for more advanced players, or for a pupil to play with a teacher. The material covered by this volume ranges from Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Rossini to folk tunes from Bulgaria and the Canary Island…

Bassoon/Trombone/Euphonium B.C./T.C. - Grade 0.5 to 1. Par . There are two things that beginners really want to do: play songs they recognize and play the TUNE. In Tons of Tunes for the Beginner, many of the easiest of familiar songs are gathered together so that young musicians can do just that - play the tunes to familiar music! Most of the songs can be performed by players who have learned only…

Par BUTTERWORTH HELEN. A collection of entrancing, original pieces designed for young violinists (with piano or CD accompaniment) in either a reading-based or Suzuki group lesson environment. This collection enables players of different levels to perform together; many of the pieces include parts for beginner, elementary, and more advanced players, and can be played successfully in different combi…

Par EAST ANGELA. This fascinating introduction to the world of Baroque style and technique is perfect for players both young and adult who are learning on the modern Cello. Play Baroque! contains Twenty-six masterpieces from the Baroque period, arranged and edited for Cello with teaching notes and Piano accompaniments. Angela East provides lively insights into bowing, fingering, vibrato and other …