Duncan, C.: First Lessons (+Online Audio)


item number: 913462
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Edition for violin solo, includes access to online audio.

This volume in the popular First Lessons series introduces beginning Violin players to the fundamentals of music reading and instrumental technique, starting with the very basics.

In First Lessons Violin there is 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. The companion audio download 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.

Author: Craig Duncan.
Mel Bay Publications MLB99292M.

Content:
  • Bourée from Water Music [Handel, George Frideric]
  • Gavotte from Sonata #2, Opus 5 [Handel, George Frideric]
  • Largo from The New World Symphony [Dvorak, Anton]
  • Marche from The Algerian Suite [Saint-Saëns, Camille]
  • Allegretto [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
  • Andante Grazioso [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
  • Bonaparte's Retreat
  • British Grenadiers
  • Camptown Races
  • Can, Can [Offenbach, Jacques]
  • Country Gardens
  • Dixie
  • Etude [Paganini, Nikolai]
  • Fanfare Minuet
  • French March (duet)
  • Gavotte
  • Gavotte in C
  • Gavotte in D [Corelli, Arcangelo]
  • German Dance [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
  • German Dance in A [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
  • Glockenspiel [Mozart, Wolfgang A.]
  • Hungarian Folk Song #1
  • Jamaica English Dance Tune
  • Jingle Bells
  • King William's March [Clarke, Jeremiah]
  • Lavender's Blue
  • Lightly Row
  • London Symphony Joseph Haydn
  • Mary Had A Little Lamb
  • Menuet [Bach, J. S.]
  • Minuet [Telemann, Georg Philipp]
  • Ode to Joy (Ninth Symphony Theme) [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
  • Ride, Ride [Kabalevsky, Dmitri]
  • Riguadon [Purcell, Henry]
  • Ritard
  • Russian Dance Tune
  • Scherzando [Bartok, Bela]
  • Simple Gifts (Shaker melody)
  • Soldier's March [Schumann, Robert]
  • Sonatina [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
  • Surprise Symphony [Haydn, Joseph]
  • Symphony Theme [Brahms, Johannes]
  • The Harmonious Blacksmith [Handel, George Frideric]
  • The Old Gray Goose
  • Theme from the Fourth Symphony [Schubert, Franz]
  • Trumpet Minuet
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star