Eleven well-known beautiful pieces for solo Violin performing as part of a stri...(+)
Eleven well-known beautiful pieces for solo Violin performing as part of a string quartet! The enclosed CD not only lets you hear what the end result should sound like it also enables you to play along as part of the ensemble and experience these wonderful pieces with accompaniment.
Light music for Violin-This great play-along book is intended for the moderately...(+)
Light music for Violin-This great play-along book is intended for the moderately advanced violin player who in addition to classical music wishes to play other styles of music such as blues rock Latin and jazz. The play-along CD presents each piece twice once with a complete performance which shows how a professional violinist deals with the rhythms and interpretation and a second backing-only track. Titles include: Swingtime Big Brother Boogie We Take Five Funky Violin and many more.
Famous classics for violin-Essential Melodies is a delightful collection of repe...(+)
Famous classics for violin-Essential Melodies is a delightful collection of repertoire pieces by famous composers. These pieces have been skilfully adapted for the violin by a number of excellent arrangers with the emphasis on variety musical quality and melodic interest. Various dance forms are presented in this book including the rondeau waltz and tango. With a selection of styles to choose from you can be confident that concerts and school performances will be a success. Some of the pieces can be played entirely in the first position; others involve some position changing but none of them requires virtuoso technique.
Scott Joplin was undoubtedly the master of ragtime and is today probably the bes...(+)
Scott Joplin was undoubtedly the master of ragtime and is today probably the best known of all jazz composers. His catchy rags have been used throughout the world as theme tunes and for television adverts with many being instantly recognisable. This album contains six of his greatest rags including The Entertainer Maple Leaf Rag and The Chrysanthemum. A separate piano accompaniment book is available for concert performances.
99 melodies for solo Violin-A delightful collection of ninety-nine pleasurable a...(+)
99 melodies for solo Violin-A delightful collection of ninety-nine pleasurable and satisfying melodies arranged by Colin Cowles for Violin Solo. As well as being enjoyable these lasting pieces are also useful in practising tone production finger technique bowing and general musicianship.
from The Carnival of Animals-Camille Saint-Saens' The Swan from The Carnival of ...(+)
from The Carnival of Animals-Camille Saint-Saens' The Swan from The Carnival of Animals suite arranged here for Cello and Piano accompaniment. The Cello part edited by Jaqueline du Pre.
10 Easy Melodic Fragments-These First Finger patterns are a set of concert piece...(+)
10 Easy Melodic Fragments-These First Finger patterns are a set of concert pieces for the inexperienced violin student with a limited technique. Each solo part is complemented by an attractive and imaginative accompaniment giving a ‘concert’ feel to the pieces. This is intended to encourage performing experience - an important aspect of music making at any standard.
Dmitri Shostakovich's 1955 work Romance (The Gadfly Suite) has been arranged her...(+)
Dmitri Shostakovich's 1955 work Romance (The Gadfly Suite) has been arranged here by Colin Cowles for Cello and Piano. Set as part of the ABRSM Cello Syllabus.
18 tuneful and jazzy pieces for the beginner celli-The tunes in Mellow Cello are...(+)
18 tuneful and jazzy pieces for the beginner celli-The tunes in Mellow Cello are designed to provide an introduction to jazz and popular music styles for young cellists ranging from beginners to performers at a somewhat more advanced level. The first pieces use only open strings both pizzicato and bowed: here the cellist gains experience in counting rests as well as exploring the four strings. From pieces 4 to 9 the fingers are brought into play starting with the first finger only until all four are used. The pieces in the second half of the book allow the cellist to explore a variety of jazz styles. A piano accompaniment part is included for concert performances.