Violin Junior: Lesson Book 1Includes Online Audio
A Creative Violin Method for Children
From the Publisher
Violin Junior … is a fun and creative violin method for children from the age of 5 years upwards. The repertoire covers a wide range of styles from classical music to folk, world and popular music. Join Fiocco the Frog in this new approach and find out just how much fun playing the violin can be!
Lesson Books include many duets for two students to play together as well as imaginative technical, aural, rhythm and improvisation exercises. Piano and Violin Accompaniments are available for the Lesson Books.
Theory Books cover fun games and creative exercises on music reading, music writing, aural training, composition and music theory.
Concert Books provide additional repertoire and enjoyable concert pieces.
Audio tracks (full version and play-along mp3s) are available for the Lesson Books, Theory Books and Concert Books. Tutorial videos are also available with technical and musical advice on many of the pieces and exercises in the Lesson Books. Additional online materials round off the method.
The series will be continued (5 levels).
Contents
- Hold the Violin like a Sports Star!
- Pizzicato Open-String Pieces
- Composing with String Colours
- Bars and Bar Lines
- Quarter Notes/ Crotchets, 4/4 Time Signature
- 2/4 Time Signature
- Quarter-Note Rests / Crotchet Rests
- 3/4 Time Signature
- Holding the Bow
- First Pieces with the Bow
- String Crossing
- Levitating Bow, Retakes
- Half Notes/Minims
- Dotted Half Notes/ Dotted Minims
- Introduction to the Left Hand
- Playing with the 1st Finger
- Long Bows and Short Bows
- Whole Notes/Semibreves
- Harmonics
- Playing with the 2nd Finger
- Eighth Notes/Quavers
- Improvising Sheep
- Dynamics
- Tempo
- Playing with the 3rd Finger
- Octaves
- The Musical Ladder
- Tied Notes
- Gradual Dynamic Changes
- Accented Notes
- Slurring Two Notes
- Playing with the 4th Finger
- Upbeats
- Slurring Three Notes
- 1st and 2nd Ending/1st and 2nd-Time Bars
- Appendix: Scales and Arpeggios
Item Details
Instrumentation
- Part 1: Violin
Publisher: Schott
Publisher's reference: ED 23101
Part of the Violin Junior series
Our Stock Code: 1670790
Media Type: Paperback; includes accompaniment Online Audio
