I Used to Play Viola is a new book for adults looking to get back into playing the Viola and will help jumpstart their memory and comfort with music. Its no. 1 goal is to get people re-acquainted with their instrument by providing them with types of music they want to play like pop jazz and classic tunes rather than etudes. The book contains a CD with audio MP3 files of complete performances of most songs plus accompaniment-only versions. The CD also contains printable PDFs of piano parts for practice or performance opportunities. It’s just the push former players need to fall back in love with the Viola again!

A first book for viola instruction in group classes or individual lessons. This edition is a licensed photocopy.

This award winning series of books offers an exciting advance in the teaching of stringed instruments intergrating musical awareness creativity and technical development from the outset. Making their way through the series pupils encounter an attractive selection of new tunes and arrangements on which to build their repertoire. The material is presented as a logical progression of musical activities involving both the instrument and the voice. These make learning fun and are easily incorporated into instrumental lessons simultaneously developing the pupil's technical and musical abilities while re-inforcing aspects of the school music curriculum.

Accompaniments Violin Viola Books 1 and 2-This book contains all the accompaniment parts necessary for use with the Essential String Method Violin and Viola pupil's books 1 and 2. The melody line from the Violin and Viola books haas been replicated here so accompanists and teachers can see exactly what the lead instrument should play.

An addition to the Viola Time series for young viola players this book provides viola accompaniments to all of the pieces in Viola Time Joggers. The duet part is suitable for a teacher or more advanced student and this new duet book will enhance lessons by providing an alternative accompaniment option for these popular pieces.

This is the piano accompaniment for Suzuki Viola School Volume 6 (Revised). Titles: Tonalization and Intonation Exercises (S. Suzuki) * Exercises in Octaves and Fifths (D. Preucil) * La Folia (M. Marais/arr. D. Preucil) * Allegro (G.H. Fiocco) * Suite in G Major from Suite in G Major for Violoncello BWV 1007 (Allemande Minuet I Minuet II) (J.S. Bach) * Arioso Sinfonia for Oboe Violin Viola Basso Continuo Ich Steh mit einen Fuss im Grabe BWV 156 (J.S. Bach) * Chromatic Scale Exercises (D. Preucil) * Three-Octave Scales and Arpeggios in D Major and D Minor (D. Preucil) * Adagio and Rondo in D (Adagio Rondo) (W.A. Mozart) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (J. Brahms) *Position Etudes (S. Suzuki) * Country Dances (L. van Beethoven) * Concerto for Two Violins Violin II arranged for Viola BWV 1043 (1st Movement: Vivace) (J.S. Bach) * Concerto in C Minor (I. Allegro molto ma maestoso II. Adagio molto espressivo) (J.C. Bach/arr. Casadesus). 

Continues with elementary material but presenting slightly more advanced exercises and pieces introducing third fourth and fifth positions.

Scales and scale studies for the viola-This is a scale book of unprecedented scope. Simon Fischer has developed an entirely new method in which using the traditional ways of practising scales only as a point of departure he focuses on numerous often-neglected aspects of the Violist’s technique. For every element he has designed exercises that sensitize the ear stimulate the mind and build the playing apparatus of the Violist. The many outstanding features of this book include: how to structure intonation around perfect intervals and leading notes a new approach to learning how to time shifts extensive notation for preparing and holding down fingersone- two- three- and four-octave scales and arpeggios two-octave scales and arpeggios on one string new sequences for single-finger scales Many well-known Fischer classics are also incorporated including practice methods for intonation smooth bowing string crossing fast fingers fourth-finger extensions and placing fingers in blocks. The innovative and wide-ranging material in Scales keeps the player turning the pages discovering yet more exciting ways to approach scales. The wealth of thought-provoking exercises encourages Violists to re-evaluate their practice – developing the playing skills of Violists at all levels from intermediate to professional.