Fiddle Time Starters: A Beginner's Book for the Young Violinist

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She has a special interest in teaching the violin and viola to young children, both individually and in groups. I think this book is an absolute must for anyone teaching strings as part of a wider opportunities program and it is a most valuable addition to the the existing beginners' repertoire. S. Bach, Haydn and Verdi, a spiritual and folk tunes from Ghana and Poland, and ‘The Hippopotamus’ by Flanders and Swann. Carefully paced to suit young learners, it supports players through the important early stages, step by step - from how to hold your instrument and bow through basic notation to exciting pieces in a range of styles. The Fiddle Time Starters book is a very good start for the young to start learning how to play the Violin, it is very easy to follow and has a few songs to get you going.

My daughter has just started violin lessons at school, and is plowing though this with some degree of success and mouse squawking sounds!

Simple and very clear and concise explanations about time and notes, good illustrations and easy little songs to learn at the beginning, but get longer and slighter harder towards the end as you would expect when a child progresses with violin skills. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Included in book 1: pieces by Vivaldi, Mozart and Saint-Saëns, Scottish, Chinese and Ukrainian folk tunes, music by Saint-Georges and Ignatius Sancho, and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’. However, if you would like to, you can change your settings at any time using the Change cookie settings link in the Special menu.If your product comes complete with a CD or if you purchase a CD separately, then the tracks on the CD can easily be converted to MP3 files by using, for example, the “Rip CD” option in the Windows Media Player on a PC.

Carefully paced to suit young learners, it supports players through the important early stages, step by step-from how to hold your instrument and bow, through basic notation, to exciting pieces in a range of styles. Fiddle Time From the very first lessons to Grade 8, the Fiddle Time books are packed with lively original material, duets, and traditional and concert pieces for all to enjoy. David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press.With tunes, quizzes and games, it covers introductory points such as how to hold the instrument and bow, though to notation and musical pieces in a range of styles. Original pieces, classical and folk music, lively concert repertoire, this is a great resource for all violinists. Carefully paced to suit young learners, it supports and guides through the early stages, step by step.