FIRST LESSONS VIOLIN (BOOK + ONLINE AUDIO/VIDEO)
BY CRAIG DUNCAN

FORMAT: BOOK + ONLINE AUDIO/VIDEO
SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNING
NOTATION TYPE: STANDARD NOTATION
PAGES: 32
BINDING: SADDLE STITCHED
SERIES: FIRST LESSONS
PUBLISHER: MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC.
DATE PUBLISHED: 9/15/2015

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS TEXT PRESENTS BEGINNING VIOLIN TECHNIQUE AND BASIC MUSIC-READING FUNDAMENTALS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF MELODIES AND CLASSICAL PIECES TO TEACH EACH NEW CONCEPT. THE 28 LESSONS INCLUDE BASIC TECHNIQUE AND READING SKILLS, SCALES IN THE KEYS OF A, D, G, AND C AS WELL AS BOWING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS DYNAMIC CONTRAST, SLURS, ACCENTS, AND STACCATO BOWING. THERE ARE 47 MELODIES PRESENTED INCLUDING WORKS BY BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, HANDEL, MOZART AND OTHER CLASSICAL COMPOSERS. INCLUDES ACCESS TO ONLINE AUDIO, VIDEO AND PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT PDF. THE AUDIO FEATURES ALL OF THE EXERCISES AND PIECES RECORDED WITH SOLO VIOLIN AND PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT.

• USES MELODIES AND PIECES TO INTRODUCE TECHNIQUE AND FUNDAMENTALS.
• INCLUDES SCALES IN A, D, G, AND C; SLURS, ACCENTS,AND STACCATO BOWING.
• 47 MELODIES, INCLUDING WORKS BY BACH, BEETHOVEN,BRAHMS, MOZART, AND MORE.
• COMPANION AUDIO DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE ONLINE CONTAINS ALL EXERCISES AND PIECES.
• FREE ONLINE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT PDF.

CONTENTS:
LESSON 1
HOLDING THE VIOLIN
PLAYING THE OPEN STRINGS
QUARTER NOTES AND HALF NOTES

LESSON 2
NOTES IN THE FIRST POSITION ON THE A AND E STRINGS
TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

LESSON 3
KEY SIGNATURES
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
JINGLE BELLS

LESSON 4
REPEAT SIGNS
RUSSIAN DANCE TUNE
LIGHTLY ROW
DOTTED NOTES
CAMPTOWN RACES

LESSON 5
EIGHTH NOTES
HUNGARIAN FOLK SONG #1
THE OLD GRAY GOOSE

LESSON 6
NOTES IN THE FIRST POSITION ON THE D STRING
ODE TO JOY (NINTH SYMPHONY THEME)-LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
RESTS
SCHERZANDO-BELA BAROTOK

LESSON 7
D SCALE
GAVOTTE
COUNTRY GARDENS
CAN, CAN-JACQUES OFFENBACH

LESSON 8
DYNAMICS
DIXIE
'LARGO' FROM THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY-ANTON DVORAK

LESSON 9
NOTES IN THE KEY OF D ON THE E STRING
RIGUADON-HENRY PURCELL

LESSON 10
TIME SIGNATURE
LAVENDER`S BLUE
ALLEGRETTO-LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

LESSON 11
SLURS
GAVOTTE
SIMPLE GIFTS-SHAKER MELODY

LESSON 12
ACCENTS
FANFARE MINUET
KING WILLIAM`S MARCH-JEREMIAH CLARKE

LESSON 13
KEY OF G
LONDON SYMPHONY-JOSEPH HAYDN

LESSON 14
CRESCENDO AND DESCRESENDO
JAMAICA ENGLISH DANCE TUNE

LESSON 15
THE UPBEAT
BRITISH GRENADIERS
SYMPHONY THEME-JOHANNES BRAHMS

LESSON 16
ACCIDENTALS
MINUET-GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
THE HARMONIOUS BLACKSMITH-GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL

LESSON 17
KEY OF C
TRUMPET MINUET

LESSON 18
RITARD
FRENCH MARCH (DUET)

LESSON 19
PLAYING TWO NOTES WITH THE SAME BOW DIRECTION
GAVOTTE IN C
'MARCHE' FROM THE ALGERIAN SUITE-CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

LESSON 20
THE FOURTH FINGER
'BOURÉE' FROM WATER MUSIC-GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL
ETUDE-NIKOLAI PAGANINI

LESSON 21
FOURTH FINGER AND OPEN STRINGS
'GAVOTTE' FROM SONATA #2, OPUS 5-GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL
MENUET-J. S. BACH

LESSON 22
KEY OF A
GERMAN DANCE-LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

LESSON 23
GERMAN DANCE IN A-LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
ANDANTE GRAZIOSO-WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

LESSON 24
SIXTEENTH NOTES
RIDE, RIDE-DMITRI KABALEVSKY
BONAPARTE`S RETREAT

LESSON 25
DOTTED EIGHTH NOTE
SOLDIER`S MARCH-ROBERT SCHUMANN
THEME FROM THE FOURTH SYMPHONY-FRANZ SCHUBERT

LESSON 26
STACCATO
GLOCKENSPIEL-WOLFGANG A. MOZART

LESSON 27
STACCATO AND LEGATO
SURPRISE SYMPHONY-JOSEPH HAYDN
GAVOTTE IN D-ARCANGELO CORELLI

LESSON 28
GRACE NOTES
SONATINA-LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN