The ABCs of Violin for the More Advanced, Book 4 - Softcover

Rhoda, Janice Tucker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0825836395 ISBN 13: 9780825836398

Publisher: Carl Fischer Music, 2000

Synopsis

This ABCs of Violin Book 4 is the perfect instruction book for the More Advanced student of any age on the Violin!
*Enjoy learning 2nd position for the very first time with easy and familiar melodies like "Oh, Susanna" and "Up on the House Top." "A Paris," "L'enfant" and "Kerry Dance" are fun to play. Many warm-up and shifting exercises make your knowledge of 2nd position thorough!
*More advanced pieces in 1st and 3rd position are "Fiddle Study" and "Heifetz Study." They are recital favorites along with Tchaikovsky's "Marche Slav," and Stephen Foster's "Old Kentucky Home" and "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" which incorporate 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions.
*Learn to play harmonics and pizzicato a chord! A note-reading worksheet and practice planner are also included along with many graphs to show left-hand finger placement for 2nd position.
*This ABCs of Violin Book 4 is the fourth book in a series of five books. All five books will help prepare you to play duets, string quartets, and in your local community orchestra's violin section! Add The ABCs of String Orchestra Violin part for additional reinforcement!
*In addition, The ABCs of Violin Easy Piano Accompaniment for Book 4 will help facilitate practice and recital performance.

About this title

About the Author

Janice Tucker Rhoda's biography is included in Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in the World. She has designed her path-breaking instruction series, The ABCs of Strings, to encourage students of all ages to play the Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass. She has given clinics and courses at colleges worldwide and has served as an adjudicator for solo competitions. 

Review

"Extremely clear and beautifully organized, The ABCs of Violin are a truly valuable resource for every teacher of students in the early stages of exploring the instrument. They are immensely helpful not only in laying the essential groundwork, but also in making the process enjoyable." -- Dorothy DeLay, Violin Pedagogue, Juilliard School

Edition details

• Publisher: Carl Fischer Music
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0825836395
• ISBN 13: 9780825836398
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48