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A student of the world-renowned violinist Leopold Auer, Maia Bang acted as the maestro's teaching assistant and preserved his acclaimed methods of instruction in a series of manuals. The seven-volume collection covers every aspect of teaching and learning the instrument, from the beginning to...

(String). This classic method is combined into one convenient and value-priced edition.Author: Friedrich DotzauerISBN-10: 1423490886ISBN-13: 9781423490883Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2011Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 11.87h x 8.99w x 0.24d

Violoncello Method by F. A. Kummer, reprinted from original authoritative plates of G. Schirmer, Vol.1169, 1900, Plate 15256. 132pps of cello loveliness. Contains the exercises and Paganini etude in the back. Edited by Leo Schulz. Edition Fleury 2013.Author: Friedrich August KummerISBN-10: 154005781XISBN-13: 9781540057815Publisher: G....

(Violin Play-Along). The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the demonstration tracks to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The purchase price...

(Violin). Lindsey Stirling's version of the modern classic song "Hallelujah" composed by Leonard Cohen is arranged here for violin and piano. Includes a pull-out violin part.Author: Leonard CohenISBN-10: 1540079287ISBN-13: 9781540079282Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2009Pages: 4Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.80w x 0.30d

How To Play The Fife: A Comprehensive Guide To Playing The Fife With 10 Songs Suitable For Beginners "How To Play The Fife" is the ultimate beginner's guide to mastering the art of playing the fife. This concise and accessible book provides everything you...

Easy ukulele learning for adults of all ages step by step with audio and videos. Everything you need to start learning the ukulele right away along with detailed pictures, videos and lots of popular songs. The book is designed for any adult who wants...

(String Solo). For unaccompanied violin. Text in English and Spanish.Author: Otakar SevcikISBN-10: 0793554411ISBN-13: 9780793554416Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

(Fretted). John King The Classical Ukulele is a collection of 19 classical and traditional works ingeniously arranged for ukulele by John King. While this book is ideal for more experienced players, all of the arrangements are written in tablature so that anyone can play...

For the first time an urtext edition is available of Giovanni Bottesini's Duetto Fantasia on Bellini's I Puritani. This edition contains a complete authentic edition of this piece, including all the cut material from the original manuscript as a optional performance extra. This edition...

The Baritone Guitar (Low A Tuning) Chord Bible, with its 1,728 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths...

So you want to learn how to play the mandolin? the Mandolin: Dead Man's Tuning series is a collection of instructional books based on one of the easiest to learn tunings for the Mandolin, ADAD or DDAD. Avast landlubbers, Mandolin Dead Man's Tuning has...

So you want to learn how to play the mandolin? the Mandolin: Dead Man's Tuning series is a collection of instructional books based on one of the easiest to learn tunings for the Mandolin, ADAD or DDAD. Mandolin Dead Man's Tuning Is Back Learn...

Fully learn this special skill: Half Position for the Cello teaches you to play in the position directly behind first position. Shifting back into half position and playing across strings are covered in depth. Half Position is often overlooked in cello methods, however is...

Introducing Third Position for the Viola!This book teaches the third position on the viola through exercises and relevant short pieces, each designed to teach a specific concept. Third Position for the Viola, Book One is a step-by-step method for introducing the position to you...

This easy Gypsy-style introduction takes you on a musical journey along theRomany Trail, assimilating the musical idioms of Eastern Europe and the Mideast.Here are the core nuggets of the flashy and exotic Gypsy style, distilled to their essence. Fun, easy Gypsy-style tunes; Authentic Gypsy...

Musical Bows of Southern Africa brings together current scholarly research that documents a rich regional diversity as well as cultural relationships in bow music knowledge and contemporary practices. The book is framed as a critical appraisal of traditional ethnomusicological studies of the region -...

This book is a short reference book for ukulele players; it includes many chord charts with other ideas and tips. It contains many illustrations which will provide handy information for the player. It is small-sized so as to fit in one's instrument case for...

(Ukulele). Perfect for singing, playing and listening, this book with online audio contains 38 songs that kids love! The book presents the melody, lyrics and uke chord frames for each song, and the accompanying audio features a full performance of each tune. Includes: Alphabet...

This vintage book contains a catalogue of the rare and antique violins offered for sale by the Lyon & Healy company of Chicago in 1917. For each piece there is provided an authentic photograph, as well as an expert description and other notable information....

This is the first book to address the full range of performance issues for the cello from the Baroque to the early Romantic period. The development of playing techniques and stylistic transitions are traced regionally through a comparison of Italian, French, German, English, and...

Improve your viola position playing!This book supplements Third Position for the Viola, Book One (a shifting method that introduces the positions) with exercises and short pieces that focus on increasing proficiency and note-reading in third position.Each short exercise teaches a note or skill and...

Designed for beginning fiddle students, these 36 lessons present basic techniques by applying them to fiddle tunes. Reading music is unnecessary, as the lessons are explained step by step, and fingerings are given for every note. Each version builds on the previous one and...

Originally published in 1896.Contents Include: Great Violinists of the Italian School Leader of the Royal Violins Cherubini as a Violinist Paganini Violin days of Balfe Charles Auguste de Beriot Souvenier of Sivori Two Josephs of Cremona Violin Recital in Mongolia Valuable Violins The Stradivarius...

This vintage book contains a fantastic guide to playing the violin, focusing on the elementary techniques and fundamental principles. Written in simple, clear language and full of helpful illustrations and expert tips, "The Technics of Violin Playing" will appeal to anyone wishing to learn...

How to play the Theremin is a comprehensive book that takes you on a journey into the fascinating world of playing and performing on the Theremin. Whether you're a beginner with no prior musical experience or an experienced musician looking to explore a unique...

The Guitar Capo Chord Bible, with its unparalleled 21,888 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by...

The Cambridge Companion to the Violin offers students, performers and scholars a fascinating and composite survey of the history and repertory of the instrument from its origins to the present day. The volume comprises fifteen essays, written by a team of ten specialists, and...

The Arborists studies paper ephemera-the notes, letters, and artwork that particular lives leave behind; and also the sensory ephemera of a life-the taste of pie, the depths of flowers. The book visits with family and friends, "our chairs blipping their white seats / like...

Use This Eminent Exercise Book to Perfect Your SkillNearly a century after its initial publication, Carl Flesch's Scale System remains one of the foremost scale books for violin. This comprehensive collection of exercises features the 24 major and minor scales, with emphasis on both...

After more than eight years of extensive research on the varnish used by the Italian Violin Makers from 1550 to 1750 A. D., it has not been possible to corroborate the results in the chemical laboratory. This is due entirely to the unavailability of...

Easy play-along intermediate ukulele method book for adults, for understanding music, building confidence and learning to jam like a pro, with over 100 downloadable audio play-along practice tracks.If you play ukulele to a basic level but want to reach the next level by being...

Originally published in 1924, this book is the result of many years' quiet thought and observation in connection with the authors own teaching. It focuses mainly on the essential skills of violin playing, rather than on the peculiarities that all players adopt to suit...

100 attractive and well researched photos and a soft padded cover make it the ideal book for toddlers and babies to learn simple words. This book will help your child to build vocabulary and observational skills. Author: Wonder House BooksISBN-10: 9387779475ISBN-13: 9789387779471Publisher: Wonder House...

Originally published in 1911. This book will prove indispensable to the student of the violin.Contents Include: The Left Hand, Strings and Tuning The Right Hand, The Bow and Bowing Faults and their Correction Scales and their Importance A Course of Study Harmonics, Octaves etc...

TheDouble Bass: How it Works provides information not usually found in traditional instrumental music method books. When used concurrently with any method book, the student's learning experience is expanded beyond "learning how to play" to include all topics relevant to the subject instrument. As...

One way to maximize your cello practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings!Open-string studies on the cello can help you focus on your bow and how it interacts with the string. Good bow technique is essential for creating beautiful sound.This...

Strum Bowing Etudes is a set of 29 solo etudes for string instruments that reinforces and utilizes the techniques from The Strum Bowing Method: How to Groove on Strings. It is available for Violin, Viola and Cello/Bass. Grade Level 1-3.These short solo etudes are...

This book teaches the second position on the viola through exercises and relevant short pieces, each designed to teach a specific concept. This book is a step-by-step method for introducing a student to second position in the least daunting way. With a systematic approach...

Suzuki Shin'ichi, the Tokyo String Quartet, Midori - How did Japanese violinists manage to revolutionize violin teaching, win international competitions, conquer Western concert stages, study at world-famous conservatoires and take up positions in leading orchestras and prestigious music faculties? What enabled the Japanese to...

Suzuki Shin'ichi, the Tokyo String Quartet, Midori - How did Japanese violinists manage to revolutionize violin teaching, win international competitions, conquer Western concert stages, study at world-famous conservatoires and take up positions in leading orchestras and prestigious music faculties? What enabled the Japanese to...

Dr Shinichi Suzuki, creator of "The Suzuki Method" is remembered in this important book for his extraordinary warmth, care, and sense of humour. Even as the word "Suzuki" slips into the realm of mythology, this book recalls scenes from his life, explains how he...

(Misc). This method book teaches self-learning and recognition of rhythmic and melodic patterns through 195 carefully graduated pieces in a range of musical styles. Includes teacher/student duets. For beginners through intermediate players. "This collection of sight-reading exercises and idiomatic tunes '...aims to establish good...

Get started on your ukulele journey today with this complete guide for beginners. Just like learning any other instrument, the ukulele may seem challenging to begin with. However, with this book it's never been easier to get started. With step by step lessons accompanied...

For an instrument whose origins date back to the 16th Century, the stirring sound of the violin plays a huge part in music being composed and played this very moment. From classical to country, from jazz to rock and even rap, the violin has...

"The Violin and its Story" is a 1905 work by Hyacinth Abele on the history of the violin, exploring its origins, evolution, notable makers and players, and much more. This fascinating volume offers a broad overview of the instrument's history, making it a must-read...

Originally published in 1920, this neat little book is the result of the authors desire to tabulate in a concise form, his own ideas on violin playing, with regard to both the technical and the interpretive aspects of the subject. The authors views are...

During the early nineteenth century, the harp was transformed into a sophisticated instrument that became as popular as the piano. This was largely the result of the harp's intensive technical, musical and visual upgrading, which gradually led to the transition from the single- to...

One way to maximize your viola practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings.Open-string studies on the viola can help you focus on your bow and how it interacts with the string. Good bow technique is essential for creating beautiful sound.This...

Easy ukulele learning for kids of all ages step by step with audio and videos included. This is a great first book choice for any child who wants to learn the ukulele. It contains all the necessary information and easy-to-understand explanations. It will stir...