Violinstar1

• • 101n 47 progressive pieces for beginner violinists

Edward Huws [ones Illustrations by Mark Beech

Welcome to Violin Star To the teacher: This series will inspire violinists to develop confidence and musical skills through a refreshing choice of pieces. The repertoire presents a logical and approachable progression from the very first stages of playing through to Grade 2. Each piece is designed to develop a specific technique; as the series progresses, the pieces introduce the keys (and their related finger patterns) encountered at the early grades. There is a fun mix of musical styles, which include arrangements and original compositions. For each of the three

Violin Star levels, there is one Student's book and one Accompaniment book.

The Student's books contain the solo violin part, and an audio CD.The Accompaniment books have separate piano and violin accompaniments for every piece. The three different forms of accompaniment in

Violin Star offer variety, flexibility and interaction for both pupil and teacher.

Dotted around the Student's books you will find suggestions for supporting activities, which can be used in individual or group teaching and can form a base to develop your own ideas. All 106 pieces in

Violin Star were created during the course of my work as a peripatetic violin teacher.

Children are wonderful critics, and if they don't like the music they won't mince their words. The repertoire in Violin Star passed the test - in fact, it could not have been written without the students. I hope you enjoy

Vio/in Star!

Edward Huws [ones

Book design, cover and text origination Illustrations

by Kate Benjamin

by Mark Beech. represented by NB Illustration

Music origination

by Andrew [ones Notation

CD recording credits: solo violin played by Alexandra Wood; produced.by Ates Orga; balance engineering. editing and mixing by Ken Blair; recorded rn March 2011 at Red Gables Studio, Greenford; a BMP Production CD backing tracks by john Maul. Frank Mizen and Chris Norton

for ABRSM

Printed in England by Caligraving Ltd, Thetford. Norfolk Published in 2011 by ABRSM (Publishing) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABRSM

f) 2011 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music eprinted in 2011 978 1 86096 899 O

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Contents~.

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First plucldng and bowing pieces

Second finger on D and A strings

Big Ben Edward UttLe Ben EHJ

StrictLy Tango EHJ London Eye EHJ Maiden Fair 17th-century ALLSiLk and Satin EHJ

Musette

Huws Jones [EHJl (b.1948)

4 4

J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Ready, Steady, Bow! Trick or Treat EHJ

EHJ

5 5 6

19 19 20 20

English

Second finger on G string Crotchets and mínims FiddLe FaddLe Welsh Open-String Boogie EHJ SnowfLakes EHJ The Hundred Pipers Scottish Swanee River s. C. Foster (1826-64)

6 7 7 8 8

3/4 and dotted míntms ViLanova Spanish CircLes in the Air EHJ Heading South Latin American SiLent Night F.x. Gruber (1787-1863)

11 11

EHJ North American

21 22

Second finger on E string Nobody ELseBut Woodpecker Tap

Me

23

Greek

24

EHJ

Plus... 8 9 10 10

Crotchets and quavers CrocodiLe UncLe joe

Too Much Rosin! EHJ Happy Hippo EHJ

Plus...

WiLliam TeLL

25

Rossini (1792-1868)

Thírd finger on D and A strings OLd- Timer North American Greek Night Out Greek Violin Star EHJ House ofthe Rising Sun Spanish Steps EHJ

25 26 26

27

NorthAmerican

28

Third finger on G string

TroLLs,OrcsandCoblins

Grieg(1843-1907)

12

TwinkLe Toes EHJ Lady Meng jiang

29 29

Chinese

First finger on D and A strings First Finger Rag EHJ Witches' CauLdron EHJ Peeler's jig Irish Tudor Pageant EHJ Saraswati South Indian Friday Evening Hungarian

Thírd finger on E string

13 13 14 14

Hampton Court EHJ The Collier's WaLtz Welsh

15

Plus...

15

Autumn

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30 31

I

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Vivaldi (1678-1741)

First finger on G string jitterbug EHJ jewish Wedding

Klezmer

16 16

First finger on E string Cow's Reei On the River

Scottish EHJ

17 17

Plus... Paganini!

Paganini (1782-1840)

18

Using the CD Each piece in this book has two consecu.tive tracks on the CD: a full performance wl:h solo violin, followed by a play-along version of just the accompaniment.

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J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Gently

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Ready, Steady, Bow! Lively

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Trick .-----_._or Treat

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Welsh

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To help you create the difference between minims (long bows) and crotchets (shorter bows), try bowing the rhythm to Fidd/e Fadd/e on your left shoulder, without the violino(Try not to get toa much rosin on your shoulder!)

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Open-String Chunky

Boogie

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Snowf1akes J = c.100

Gently

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(Move around the room and make free, floating movements in the air with your bow.)

The movements in the second half of Snowflakes will help you to get used to the feel of the bow.

ACTIVITY

The Hundred Pipers Scottish

With energy

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Heading South while gently swaying from foot to foot. This will help you to feel the

rhythm and free up your bowing arm. Follow the movement of your bow, and remember to

ACTIVITV

keep swaying when you lift your bow off the string (retake) for the bar's rest.

Silent Night Gent1y ~~

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Trolls, Ores and Goblins Steady at first, and with menace

Grieg

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First Finger Rag

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Slow and spooky

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ACTIVITV Now try making up your own tunes for

Saraswati. Let your

teacher begin by playing the opening two-bar phrase of the melody for

Saraswati and then you can make up your own

two-bar answer. Continue to take turns, with your teacher repeating the same opening phrase while you respond with a different pattern - see how long you can keep going! • Use these notes:

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• Vou don't need to play all the notes - you can just choose one or two of them. • Play the notes in any order, and as many times as you like. It works best if you don't look at the music!

Friday Evening

Hungarian

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Jitterbug Solid swing beat

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Jewish Wedding With movement

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Klezmer

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Scottish

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Flowing

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Paganini!

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(1782-1840)

With a flourish

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Strictly Tango With,movement

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London Eye

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During the introduction,

try making big circles in the air with your bow in time

to the music. Use two bars - or six beats - for each circle.

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Maiden Fair Like a stately dance

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(Sing along if you like!)

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Happy Hippo Big bows (splosh around!)

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Nobody Else But Me T

Lightly

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Woodpecker Tap Ragtime

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(Tap on a table with the screw end of your bow.)

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As fastasyoulike!

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(1792-1868)

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getting faster!

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Greek Night Out Gently swaying

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~rt_-~ Violin Star

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~tl-IVI - O-LIN STAR!

House of the Rising Sun J = c.69

Slow blues

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Spanish Steps Boldly

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Twinkle Toes With a heavy tread!

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Lady Meng Jiang Flowing

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Chinese

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Hampton Court With a flourish

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The Collier's Waltz Welsh

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7

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Autumn

Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Not too fast

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