Easy Violin Trios

This series contains all of the pieces from Volumes 1 and 2 of the Suzuki Violin School arranged for three violins. Suzuki Violin Volume 1 serves as the violin 1 part. The pieces can be played with or without piano accompaniment, which expands their performance possibilities. Another advantage is that students at different playing and reading levels can make music together. The score contains a chart that lists the level of difficulty of each piece and each part so that the teacher can easily assign parts. All of the parts were purposely kept as simple as possible. A table listing the reading skills required for each piece is found in the back of the violin 2 and violin 3 books.

More than seventy easy trios for beginning and intermediate level violin players.

A highly illustrated biography and study of Stradivari, the greatest violin maker, including colour photographs of his most famous instruments.

This book is a great addition or follow-up to The Violin Fun Book for Young Students Series by Larry E. Newman. Extra-large musical notation and a deliberate absence of markings makes for a clean, easy-to-see music book for the young reader. The teacher can supplement the music with additional markings such as bowings, dynamics, etc.

(String Duet). 30 holiday classics arranged in unique arrangements for two violins: Blue Christmas * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Do You Hear What I Hear * Frosty the Snow Man * Grown-Up Christmas List * A Holly Jolly Christmas * It's Beginning to Look like Christmas * The Little Drummer Boy * The Most Wonderful Time of the Year * Silver Bells * White Christmas * and more.

(Hal Leonard Solo & Ensemble). Violin trio only (different instrument parts are not interchangeable) Includes: Waves of the Danube (Ivanovici) * Auld Lang Syne (Scottish Melody) * German Dance (Haydn) * The Red River Valley (Traditional Cowboy Song) * Turkey in the Straw (American Folk Song) * America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) * Pop Goes the Weasel * Hark! the Herald Angels Sing * Home on the Range (Daniel Kelley) * Deck the Hall * Minuet No. 1 (from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach ) * Lonesome Road (Spiritual) * Old French Song (Tchaikovsky, Op. 39 No. 16) * O Sole Mio (di Capua) * All Through the Night (Welsh Song) * Santa Lucia (Italian Melody) * Sweet and Low (Barnby) * Good King Wenceslas * Chorale from St. Matthew Passion (J.S. Bach) * Country Gardens (Traditional) * Hymn (J.S. Bach) * Poeme (Fibich)

This book contains 15 Irish airs arranged as fiddle (violin) duets and trios from melodies composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Carolan was a blind Irish poet, composer, and traveling harper who lived from 1670 - 1738. Each song has a melody and two melodic harmonies to choose from. The songs can be played as duets repeated using the different harmonies, or all parts can be played at the same time to form a violin trio. The tunes are airs, and are therefore played at a slower tempo than a lot of traditional Irish fiddle music. All of these arrangements can be played in 1st position, making it an approachable book for beginner and intermediate violin players. The difficulty level varies for the different pieces. This book is great for musicians performing with a friend or small group. The arrangements are appropriate for weddings and formal acoustic performances. The harmonies can even be used by a soloist with a looper pedal. It is also helpful for teachers who want to accompany their students. Those who study classical violin repertoire, and are interested in Irish folk music, may notice some of these songs have a "Baroque" spirit to them. This book promotes listening closely to other players while performing a part, and learning how melodic harmonies can fit with a melody line. Happy Fiddling! CONTENTS: Introduction: - A Summary of Irish History that Influenced Carolan and His Music - A Brief Biography of Turlough O'Carolan Sheet Music: - Captain O'Kane - Fanny Power - Carolan's Welcome - Carolan's Receipt (Dr. John Stafford) - Colonel John Irwin - Morgan Megan - Eleanor Plunkett - Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady - Sir Charles Coote - Si Bheag Si Mhor - George Brabazon's 2nd Air - Princess Royal (Miss MacDermott) - Planxty Hewlett - Denis O'Conor - Carolan's Concerto. If a song requires page turns using the book's primary note size, a second version is included using smaller notes so the song fits entirely on 2 pages. The lower harmony, "Harmony 2," was arranged keeping the common registers of the violin and viola in mind. All three parts are written in treble clef, but the second harmony only briefly goes onto the violin's "e-string" for two songs. The arrangements use familiar key signatures that have one or two sharps. Occasionally, a d-sharp is used as an accidental for e-harmonic minor songs. About the Arranger: Katy Adelson is an American fiddle player, composer, and arranger residing in Colorado. She has released digital music albums and singles, and has posted many free online fiddle tune sheet music arrangements on her website. She has created online fiddle lessons and music videos on YouTube. This book is published by Golden Aspen Music.