Violin Tutor & Technique Books

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Violin Tuition Books
	Abracadabra Violin - Book and CD   £ 9.99   The perfect book for pupil and teacher, songs and tunes you will know and want to play, carefully graded to cover each aspect of technique for the beginner.
	Essential Elements Violin - Book CD and DVD   £ 6.75   A fully comprehensive string method that combines the traditional elements of book-based learning with the possibilities of DVD. Learn all the basic techniques, notes, theory and music-reading you need to get on the right track with the Violin. Everything is covered, right from how to hold the instrument and its bow, up to full pieces and even improvisation! An enhanced CD is included, allowing you to hear each example before you play it, and providing accompaniments with full tempo-adjusting software for your PC.
	Essential String Method Violin  Book 1   £ 6.75   Essential String Method offers an exciting advance in the teaching of stringed instruments, integrating musical awareness, creativity and technical development from the outset.
	The String Time Series   Fiddle Time, Viola Time and Cello Time are a series of string tutors for young players. Packed with lively tunes, simple duets and traditional pieces, the books are carefully paced and organized to build confidence. With entertaining illustrations and a CD to playalong to they really make learning fun.   Fiddle Time Starters     £ 4.95 Fiddle Time Joggers     £ 7.95 Fiddle Time Runners     £ 7.95 Fiddle Time Sprinter     £ 7.95 Fiddle Time Scales 1     £ 5.95 Fiddle Time Scales 2     £ 6.50 Fiddle Time Christmas  £ 6.50
	New Tune a Day Violin   (DVD Edition)   £14.95 A New Tune A Day features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone, technique and posture. The book includes: Advice on your instrument and the equipment you will need Instructions for effective technique and comfortable playing Explanatory pages on reading and understanding music Tests to check your own progress and comprehension
	Strings in Step Book 1 for violin, viola, and cello includes a CD featuring performances of all the pieces and exercises with piano accompaniments and some additional backing.   Strings in Step Violin Book 1 (book only)   £ 7.95
	Strictly Strings This easy-to-teach, straightforward string method is designed to promote success in beginning string players through the joy of ensemble playing. A unique letter-note style of music notation ensures a smooth and successful transition to note reading.   Strictly Strings Violin Book 1 (book only)   £ 5.50
	Team Strings   For everyone who wants to play strings. Team Strings is ideal for individual, group or class tuition.   Team Strings Violin (book only) £ 6.50
Books for String Technique
	Elementary Progressive Studies (Violin)   £ 4.95 Herbert Kinsey
	Mazas Studies Opus 36 Book 1 (Stainer & Bell)  £ 7.95 Violin Studies (Etudes Speciales) Op.36 is an invaluable resource for advancing violinists wishing to further develop their technical control. Composed by Jacques Mazas, these 30 studies cover a complete range of techniques including dynamics, articulation and bowing techniques
	Melodious Double Stops for the Violin   £ 7.95 Josephine Trott   For the intermediate violinist a series of exercises that tackle bowing double stops. The exercises begin at a moderate level and progressively get more advanced through the book.
	Quick Change (Viola)   £ 6.50 Mary Cohen
	Technique Takes Off 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 and easy double-stopping.   Technique Takes Off! Solo Violin   £ 7.50
	Stepping Stones etc, a string series by K & H Colledge. By gradually introducing new ideas and giving several examples to illustrate each point, the student has the opportunity to consolidate newly acquired skills and build a firm foundation for future learning.   Stepping Stones Violin/Piano £ 8.99 Stepping Stones Violin/CD      £ 5.99 Waggon Wheels Violin/Piano  £ 8.99 Waggon Wheels Violin/CD       £ 5.99 Fast Forward Violin/Piano       £ 8.99 Fast Forward Violin/CD            £ 5.99 Shooting Stars Violin/Piano     £ 8.99
	Sevcik School of Violin Technique Opus 1 Part 1   £ 5.50 Since 1901, Otakar Sevcik's works have formed the basis of many schools of string playing around the world. Thousands of players continue to find Sevcik an invaluable aid to technical development. In practising Sevcik, as in playing scales, etudes, or pieces there are always four main headings to consider: purity of intonation, evenness of tone, exactness of rhythm and physical freedom and ease. Opus 1 Part 1 focuses on exercises in the first position. Sevcik School of Violin Bowing Technique Opus 2 Part 1   £ 6.50 An excellent set of bowing exercises that will help all violinists to develop their bowing styles, speed, control and rhythm.
	Seven Positions of the Violin   £ 5.50 Basil Althaus   A fantastic volume that contains a wide range of exercises for all seven positions of the Violin. Also includes shifts and changes to and from the positions as well as notes on each section.
	Superstart Violin & CD   £ 9.99 Mary Cohen Superstart introduces rhythmic work in the early stages through imaginative use of words and rhymes, while simple tunes and 'real' pieces are incorporated from the very beginning. With brilliant, witty illustrations by Todd O'Neill, loads of humour and a host of rewarding musical experiences, Superstart will inspire and stimulate both pupils and teachers.   Superstudies Book 1 Violin £ 6.50 Mary Cohen   Superduets Violin   £ 5.50 Mary Cohen
	Technique Flies High! Solo Violin   £ 7.50   Technique Flies High! is an exciting book of new performance studies for the intermediate to advanced level of violinist. In using baroque, romantic, contemporary and folk styles, these studies makes these studies ideal for unaacompanied concert repertoire. The book includes practice and performance tips to guide the student and outlines the technical and musical goals. The grade standard is approximately 6-8.
	Violin Study Time   £ 6.50 Violin Play Time      £ 6.50 Paul De Keyser
	Improve Your Sight-Reading These series of books are designed to help overcome sight-reading problems.  Step-by-step they help the player to build up a complete picture of each piece, first through rhythmic and melodic exercises, then by the study of a prepared piece with questions for the student to answer, and so finally to the real, unprepared sight-reading test itself. Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 1   £ 5.50 Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 2   £ 5.50 Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 3   £ 5.50 Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 4   £ 6.50 Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 5   £ 6.50 Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 6     £ 6.50 Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 7-8  £ 6.99
	Space It! Tuneful Guide to 2nd Finger Spacing £ 6.50 Mary Cohen Presents well known pieces in two versions, finger pattern one, then, an octave higher in finger pattern two.    Nifty Shifts (Violin)   £ 5.50 Mary Cohen Designed to kick-start position changing.    Scaley Monsters £ 6.50 Mary Cohen A monster guide to practise!  Each scale and arpeggio is accopmpanied by a 'Donosaur Footprint Map' indicating finger patterns.
	Position Changing for the Violin   £ 6.50 Neil Mackay
SUZUKI METHOD
	The SUZUKI METHOD is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that man is the son of his environment. According to Dr. Suzuki the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings.   The Suzuki philosophy is based upon the idea that children can learn music in the same manner they do their native language, through repetitive listening. This listening is then followed up with: 1) Individual Instruction with a trained Suzuki teacher 2) Group lessons on a bi-weekly / weekly basis 3) Parent Involvement 4) Encouragement. Students begin lessons as early as two years old and through repetition of small and enjoyable steps begin building a music vocabulary. Suzuki Violin School - Books 1 £ 4.99 Suzuki Violin School - Books 2 £ 4.99 Suzuki Violin School - Books 3 £ 4.99 Suzuki Violin School - Books 4 £ 4.99 Suzuki Violin School - Books 5 £ 4.99 Suzuki Violin School - Books 6 £ 4.99   Recording available at £12.99 per disc