Over the years many examination pieces have captured the imagination of teachers and students but the stars of past syllabuses are often forgotten. This collection brings together best-loved grade 4 Violin pieces including Hindu Song (Rimsky-Korsakov) Sometime Maybe (Wedgwood) and Fly me to the Moon (Howard).Containing fresh editions of folk and classical masterpieces alongside contemporary favourites all pieces have been rigorously researched by violin expert Jessica O’Leary. A CD of performance and accompaniment tracks is included as are useful practice tips. This book includes pieces from current and past Trinity andABRSM syllabuses.Jessica O’Leary has a successful career as a teacher professional violinist ABRSM examiner and seminar presenter. She has toured and recorded extensively as a member of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and has performed with Madonna Led Zeppelin the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Opera House. She teaches violin and viola and directs string ensembles at St Paul’s Girls’ School Eltham College and Junior Guildhall London.

Fourteen beautiful solos based on favorite hymns and sacred melodies. Selections are appropriate throughout the church year and are easy to moderate in difficulty. Keyboard accompaniment is included with each selection.Includes access to online audio

Learn how to play Violin in the gypsy style with help from someone who has mastered the genre expert teacher Mary Ann Harbar.This book contains practice tips a helpful glossary a short essay onthe Gypsy touch and a fine assortment of approximately 50 annotated traditional Gypsy tunes from Russia Romania Hungary and Bessarabia.Based on many years of research travel and participation in slavas orGypsy jam sessions this long-anticipated book makes a significant and colourful contribution to the Violin repertoire while providing a thorough grounding in the characteristic elements of the passionate Gypsy style.Gypsy Violin includes access to online audio containing every song in the book at performance tempo with Violin accompaniment.

2-CD Set-Performed by Anna Reider violin Accompaniment: Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov The great composer/virtuoso Henryk Wieniawski wrote this concerto in 1853 at the age of 18. But it reflects an astounding musical maturity. In particular this concerto features a grand theatrical air with plenty of pathos and poetry and magnificent multiple-stopping for the solo instrument. This was a common part of the repertoire until his own second concerto supplanted it. Conventional only in its form it is extremely innovative in its musical and technical materials with a beautiful and heroic main theme. The second movement a short Larghetto is a simple yetexquisite musical prayer demanding exquisite musical tone. The Rondo movement is an energetic movement filled with extremely useful exercises in wrist movement and the martelé stroke. All in all a majestic example of the Romantic concerto and a very valuable learning tool for the advancing player. Here finally in a brand new digital recording is this Romantic-era treasure for your own discovery. Includes an authoritative newly engraved music score printed on high-quality ivory paper; a digital stereo compact disc featuring a complete performance of the concerto with flute and guitar and a second performance minus you the flute soloist; and a second compact disc containing a full-speed version of the complete version as well as a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes. The concerto is indexed for your practice and performance convenience.

Instrumental Play-Along-Play the recognizable riffs from 30 stand-out hits in instrumental solo arrangements. The accompanying CDs feature a tuning track and each complete riff played by a professional musician on the appropriate instrument. The books also include fascinating facts and trivia about each song album and/or band.

With Online Audio-The two southern-most counties in Ireland Cork and Kerry have legendary music and dance traditions. On the border of these two counties a rural area called Sliabh Luachra is especially well-known for its fiddle tunes anditinerant fiddle teachers. When speaking of this area's fiddle music some describe a special lilt or backbeat or they talk about the special role of set dances but the most often-expressed quality relates to the frequent use ofslides and polkas. This book features transcriptions of 107 tunes as played by three of the region's most distinguished fiddlers: Padraig O'Keeffe Denis Murphy and Connie O'Connell. Each fiddler is profiled followed by acollection of meticulously transcribed tunes and annotations. Includes access to online audio of 30 of these tunes played solo by Connie O'Connell.

Violin Play-Along Volume 30-The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody and lyrics included in the book you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

Violin Play-Along Volume 68-The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the online audio to hear how the Violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks.With the melody and lyrics included in the book you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio includes PLAYBACK+ features that allow you to loop passages change the tempo and more.This volume includes Another One Bites the Dust Bohemian Rhapsody Crazy Little Thing Called Love Don't Stop Me Now Killer Queen Somebody to Love WeAre the Champions and Who Wants to Live Forever.

Ten Latin style numbers with CD backing tracks to play along with. Suitable for Violin or Accordion.

Edward Huws Jones’ popular series of traditional fiddle repertoire now available with expertly-recorded audio CD. Containing colourful instrumental backing tracks and full demonstrations the new audio resource will aid and inspire your private practice and public performance alike. These generous collections of authentic music some familiar some more exotic but all of it faithfully arranged enable you to create your own ceilidh bluegrass club or charanga band.The violin edition includes optional easy violin part and guitar chords whilst the complete edition also includes both keyboard and violin accompaniments. Either format is highly flexible which means themusic can be played as solos duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles.Edwards Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style giving his own suggestions for a lively performance.

Violin Star 3 is part of a three-book series offering beginner violinists a refreshing and inspirational choice of pieces to help build confidence and musical skills. The repertoire is imaginatively tailored to develop specific techniques through an exciting range of musical styles. This Student's book contains the solo violin parts along with colourful illustrations activities and a playalong CD. The Accompaniment book available separately includes piano and violin accompaniments for every piece. Key features of the series: An approachable progression from beginner level to Grade 2 Playalong CDs with eachStudent’s book which contain specially created instrumental arrangements to convey style and mood Original compositions and arrangements by Edward Huws Jones

Violin Play-Along Volume 1-The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the audio to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to improvise on the melody.  This volume includes some of the best-known bluegrass songs including Foggy Mountain Breakdown Gold Rush John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man and many more!

A wonderful collection of music which will give Western Violinists a set of colourful and entertaining solos which both contrast with existing repertoire and offer a practical introduction to one of the world's most fascinating musical cultures. Fifteen solo recital pieces originally for the 2-String Chinese Fiddle derived from the traditional and contemporary musical repertoires of mainland China and arranged for Violin by Johnathan Stock.