Violin Books

Violin Star Book 1, 2 & 3  (With CD)


 Violin Star offers beginner violinist a refreshing and inspirational choice of pieces to build confidence and musical skills. The repertoire is imaginatively tailored to develop specific techniques through an exciting rage of musical style. The student’s books contain the solo violin parts, along with colourful illustrations, activities and a play-along CD.
Author/Composer: Edward Huws Jones.

Violin Star 1 ........................................................................................................... MRV-8031-01
Violin Star 2 ........................................................................................................... MRV-8031-02
Violin Star 3 ........................................................................................................... MRV-8031-03


Fiddle Time Series  (With CD)
Fiddle Time Starters is a great beginner book for the budding violinist. Now in its brand new look! 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. With plenty of entertaining illustrations and a CD to play along to, with Fiddle Time Starters it really is fun to play! An ideal collection of fiddling books for beginners with lots of short easy tunes for children. Complete with helpful fingerings charts, puzzles games, duets with 2nd violin part and colourful illustrations.
Author/Composer: Kathy and David Blackwell.

Fiddle Time Starter ................................................................................................................. MOS–8002
Fiddle Time Joggers .................................................................................................................MOJ-8003
Fiddle Time Runners.................................................................................................................MOR-8003
Fiddle Time Sprinters .............................................................................................................. MOS-8003
Fiddle Time Christmas .............................................................................................................MOC-8001

Hal Leonard Essential Elements 2000 for Strings

The Essential Elements for Strings 2000 is a superb method book for strings learners. Short melodies emphasize on technique building. The book features orchestral accompaniment whether symphonic orchestral or modern band that will enlighten each of your practice session. Each book comes with a CD with features a demo track and an accompaniment track.
Author/Composer: Michael Allen, Robert Gillespie and Pamela Tellejohn – Hayes.

Essential Elements (Violin) Book 1 ….…………………………………............................HL00868049
Essential Elements (Violin) Book 2 ….…………………………………............................HL00868057
Essential Technique (Violin) Book 3 ….…………………………………...........................HL00868074


Masterworks for Young Violinist


Pieces for the Intermediate Violinist arranged by Samuel Applebaum and Eric Steinern in only the first and third positions. Features a range of music from Telemann to Tchaikovsky.

Masterworks for Young Violinist .........................................HL50328560








Christmas Time For Violin

14 solos with piano accompaniment. Also includes lyrics and Christmas stories with illustrations. The repertoire are all written for in 1st position up usage of 4th finger. Complete with Violin part and Piano accompaniment.

Author / Composer:- Harvey S. Whistler

Christmas Time for Violin .....................................................HL04472620






Preparing for Kreutzer Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

This intermediate course of violin study, based on the works of Kayser, Mazas, De Beriot and other masters of the violin repertoire, is published in two volumes and is an introductory course for the famous 42 Etudes or Caprices of Rodolphe Kreutzer. These collection of studies can be used as supplementary materials for violinist to refine playing technique. Suitable for Late Intermediate to Early Advance learners.





Preparing for Kreutzer Volume 1 ...........................................................HL04472570
Preparing for Kreutzer Volume 2............................................................HL04472580



This book provides a wide variety of style, colour and character, with the world's most popular pieces for violin. Carefully revised and edited original compositions and expert arrangements are included.

Album of Violin Pieces .................................................................................................HL014001566



An imaginative and exciting collection of unaccompanied duets and studies, expertly written to develop technique. Each piece concentrates on a particular skill; the whole set works as a concentrated course in developing vibrato, double - stopping and shifting. Double - stopping pieces can be played both as a duet (to hear the correct tuning) and as a solo version with double - stopping. Practice and performance tips guide the student and outline the technical and musical goals. Approximately grade 4 to 6 level. 

More technique takes off .................................................................... ISBN 0-571-52484-2


Fourteen original, imaginative studies for solo violin, designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to those of Mazas and Kreutzer. Each piece concentrates on one or two aspects of technique, and the whole set covers a wide range of left and right hand skills, including spiccato bowing, string crossing, moto perpetuo, cantabile, playing and easy double - stopping. Teachers and pupils will find this invaluable yet light - hearted collection both enjoyable and stimulating. 
* Suitable for Grade 5 to 7 level. 

Technique takes off .................................................................... ISBN 0-571-51307-7



Technique Flies high is an exciting book for new performance studies for the intermediate to advanced violinist. 
- Using the baroque, romantic, contemporary and folk styles, these studies are also ideal as unaccompanied concert repertoire. 
- Practice and performance tips guide the student and outline the technical and musical goal;
- Techniques covered include : advanced position changing, fast passage work and string crossing, natural and artificial harmonics, slow bowing and playing many notes in one bow, working in unusual or changing time signatures, free improvisation with strict boundaries, double - stopping, and rapid changes between arco and pizzicato.
- Follows on directly from Technique Takes off!
- Approximately grade 7 to 8 standard.

Technique flies high .................................................................... ISBN 0-571-51827-3



Duel is a collection of Eleven violin duets from the best classical & contemporary composers includes piano accompaniment and pull out violin parts. A selection from the No. 1 best selling classical album. 
Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
Barcarolle - Offenbach
Bridal March - Wagner
Canon - Pachelbel
Cavatina - Myers (Deer Hunter)
Chi Mai - Morricone (Life & Times of David Lloyd George)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Brahms
In The Bleak Midwinter - Holst
Minuet - Boccherini (The Lady Killers)
Nocturne - Borodin (Kismet)
Theme from Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrance - Sakamoto

Duel ........................................................................ ISBN 1-8449-635-X






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