Playing With Scales: Violin Level 1: Violin: Instrumental Album

For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Mark O'Connor, Benny Thomasson, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Darol Anger. Helpful jazz theory sections with exercises alternate with tunes that show how the theory works in practice. This book has two objectives: first, to present a broad, roughly chronological sampling of major jazz violinists and the styles associated with them, and secondly, to introduce the basics of jazz theory as applied to the violin. Whether consciously or intuitively, through critical listening or by practicing jazz patterns and exercises, the more knowledge of jazz you acquire, the better you will be able to think about the content of your playing without being bound by technical and theoretical aspects. This anthology was written to help provide that foundation. Interspersed with pragmatic jazz theory lessons, you'll find 28 original tunes in the style of various jazz violin luminaries. The book ends with an extensive discography of recommended jazz recordings with a violin focus. Mandolinists as well as other instrumentalists will find a wealth of useful information in this outstanding collection. Delightful broadcast-quality recordings of the repertoire are available online. Includes access to online audio. Written for intermediate to advanced violinists.

A violin method for children age four and older-The second volume already presents classical Violin duets. The child’s knowledge and technique is expanded by dotted rhythms sixteenths notes and first double stops. And here is the most revolutionary aspect of the method: different finger patterns can be connected and combined to create any major and minor scale without the use of open strings. This creates the ability to practice scales in any position often within the first year of playing!With this skill songs learned in first position are easily transposed to other keys and higher position. Coupled with beginning shifting exercises this sets a foundation for an early virtuoso technique notavailable in any other method.The authors:The original German Violin method was first published in 1976. The author Egon Sassmannshaus is one of the most experienced and renowned Violin pedagogues in Germany.For the new English edition his son Kurt Sassmannshaus worked as co-author and adapted his father’s successful method for English-speaking children.The combined knowledge and experience of father and son make the four volumes of the Sassmannshaus Tradition the most thoroughly researched and thought-through beginner Violin method in the world.The second volume already presents classical Violin duets. The child’s knowledge and technique is expanded by dotted rhythms sixteenths notes and first double stops. And here is the most revolutionary aspect of the method: different finger patterns can be connected and combined to create any major and minor scale without the use of open strings. This creates the ability to practice scales in any position often within the first year of playing!With this skill songs learned in first position are easily transposed to other keys and higher position. Coupled with beginning shifting exercises this sets a foundation for an early virtuoso technique not available in any other method.The authors:The original German Violin method was first published in 1976. The author Egon Sassmannshaus is one of the most experienced and renowned violin pedagogues in Germany.For the new English edition his son Kurt Sassmannshaus worked as co-author and

Here is a daily dose of vitamins to keep your chops fine tuned! 365 exercises – one for every day of the year. Musical styles include pop rock bluegrass Irish jazz funk and more. Techniques taught include scales ornaments rhythm/feel bowing arpeggios playing with others and stretching out. These exercises will improve facile technique intonation style vocabulary rhythmic acuity ensemble playing and more. The accompanying audio includes all 365 workout licks plus play-along grooves in every style at eight different metronome settings.

Book Two introduces Finger Pattern No 2 together with portato bowing extended scales in C major G Major & F major. It then goes on to Finger Patterns No 3 & No 4 develops bowing technique including linked dotted rhythm bowing more extended scales chromatics minor scales scales in broken thirds and elementary double stops.There are many original teacher/pupil duets throughout. (Book Two covers the requirements for Grade One and Grade Two.)See https://www.violaplaying.com

The comprehensive string method that covers it all! A successful ensemble string method series for classroom or individual study. Provides the beginning string player with a solid foundation in all aspects of string playing withan emphasis on rhythmic strength. Topics include: Starting by rote Starting by note Instrument positions Bow grips Rhythm Theory Technique Major scales Duets/Trios/RoundsShifting for string bass Instrument care and maintenance Glossary Detailed photographs and diagrams Special score supplements: Teaching tips Counting systems Selecting instruments for studentsRecruiting tips Bibliography

Book One - introduces Finger Pattern No 1 including all four fingers elementary one-octave major scales & arpeggios with rhythmic variations detached bowing slurring and crossing strings. There are many original violin duets throughout. Some of these are published separately with piano accompaniments by Sally Mays. (This book covers the requirements for the Preparatory or Initial Grade Exam.)

La méthode d'initiation aux instruments à cordes d'Egon Saßmannshaus publiée par Bärenreiter est réputée depuis longtemps dans les pays germanophones et anglophones et permet une initiation précoce solide tout en étant ludique.Un cahier supplémentaire en français reprenant les deux premiers volumes de la méthode ' Early Start on the Violin ' est désormais disponible afin de rendre l'accès aux francophones plus facile. Ce cahier peut être commandé séparément ou avec un des deux premiers volumes de la méthode pour violon, sans supplément de prix. Il peut également être téléchargé ci-dessous.Le premier volume de 'Early Start on the Violin' présente l'apprentissage la lecture des notes, leurs valeurs et les altérations de manière adaptée aux jeunes enfants. Différents coups d'archet ainsi que l'usage de la main gauche sont introduits en s'appuyant sur des chansons enfantines connues. L'utilisation de plusieurs structures de la main gauche est un des aspects les plus importants du second volume. Cette technique pose de manière convaincante les bases nécessaires à une virtuosité précoce. / Violon

Aerobics & Warm Ups for Fiddlers & Violinists is not for the sophisticated violinist with years of classical training. It has been created especially for the more casual player who is sincerely interested in getting maximumbenefit from a minimum of effort. Aerobics & Warm Ups for Fiddlers & Violinists helps to fill this need for technical studies applicable to both the worlds of classical violin and fiddling. I first tested these scales andexercises on myself for six months faithfully using them for about 20 minutes as warm ups to my daily practice. I was rewarded with a definite improvement in my technique. I was actually surprised to see my dexterity grow as Icharted my metronomic progress on a calendar. I remember thinking 'I will never be able to play faster than this.' But then a couple of weeks later I would indeed climb a notch higher! Through the years I have used theseexercises in countless fiddle workshops and with private students. The letters of thanks and positive feedback from students who were thrilled with improved fiddle technique have brought me great satisfaction. I sincerely believethat these exercises when faithfully practiced will help violinists improve their playing skills. The exercises will help develop and strengthen muscles used for finger dexterity clarity of notes tone bowing arm control intonation double stops and a flexible bowing arm wrist. Companion free Audio Tracks available online.

This Violin method provides the beginning as well as the advanced violinist with the main step-by-step information on playing the Violin. Many photos show the correct way of holding the Violin and bow. Musical notation and music theory are explained in an easy-to-understand manner. The well-chosen musical pieces teach the basics of playing the Violin from the very first notes to well-known pieces. Fingering diagrams and scales help the student to quickly feel at home on the Violin. The included CD contains all songs with accompaniment. Practicing with a jazz trio is a lot of fun and will pep up your playing.

The purpose of this book is to facilitate the learning of scales and arpeggios through a combination of visual and physical memory of the fingerboard. One must memorize scales and arpeggios to become fluent in the very rudimentsof musical performance. Playing scales and arpeggios while seeing the notes with fingerings enables one to quickly learn and memorize by associating the sound of each pitch with the written note. In addition to scales andarpeggios the finger patterns of Emanuel Ondricek are an invaluable tool for playing repeated figures from memory and visualizing the fingerboard in all different keys. It may well be that the Ondricek finger patterns containedin this book are appearing in print for the first time. (from the introduction by Allyson Dawkins)