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Schott Music Beginning Folk Fiddle

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English textbook for violinEasy level of difficulty for beginnersWith pieces for folk fiddleIncluding full versions for downloa...  All product info

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Schott Music Beginning Folk Fiddle

Textbook for violin with download

  • English textbook for violin
  • Easy level of difficulty for beginners
  • With pieces for folk fiddle
  • Including full versions for download

Schott Music Beginning Folk Fiddle at a glance

With Schott Music Beginning Folk Fiddle you get the ideal opportunity to discover the joy of folk music on the fiddleViolin:
The violin is a popular string instrument from the violin family. It has four strings that are bowed and produce a high-pitched sound. The violin is used in classical music as well as in jazz and many other musical genres.
on the violin. This attractively designed textbookTextbook:
textbook
in English is specially designed for beginners and introduces you step by step to the fascinating world of folk music from Ireland, Scotland, England, the rest of Europe, the USA and Canada. With numerous pieces of easy difficulty, this edition is perfect for beginners embarking on a musical journey with the violin.

The careful selection of well-known melodies not only promotes technical ability, but also increases musical understanding and the joy of making music. The songs are arranged in slightly increasing levels of difficulty, which provides a gentle method for achieving progress.

Another highlight of the book are the full versions of the pieces, which are available for download. These recordings are not only a valuable listening aid to better understand the sound and style of folk music, but they also offer the opportunity to play along with the recordings. This makes learning lively, interactive and motivating.

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • 1: Getting Started
  • The Instrument and Its Parts
  • Strings
  • Changing Strings
  • The Bow
  • Posture
  • General Bowing Technique
  • Reading Music
  • Notes, Scales and Fingering
  • 2: Polkas
  • Mussels in the Corner
  • Mussels in the Corner v2
  • Mussels in the Corner v3
  • Bakerswell Polka
  • Bakerswell Polka v2
  • Bakerswell Polka v3
  • Blackwater Polka
  • Britches full or Stitches
  • Patrick O'Connor's
  • Astley's Ride
  • Seven Step Polka
  • 3: Jigs
  • The Connaughtman's Rambles
  • Tenpenny Bit
  • The Kesh
  • The Lilting Banshee
  • Ornamentation - The Cut
  • The Lilting Banshee (with cuts)
  • The Strayaway Child
  • Ornamentation - The Roll
  • The Banks or Lough Gowna
  • Ornamentation - The Double Cut
  • Donnybrook Fair
  • Ladies' Pleasure
  • 1st Miss Bennet's Jig
  • 2. Balcomie House
  • Abbot's Bromley Horn Dance
  • 4: Waltzes
  • Rose Connolly (Down in the Willow Garden)
  • Orange in Bloom
  • Planxty Irwin
  • Skye Boat Song
  • Star or the County Down
  • Unst Bridal March
  • Michael Turner's Waltz
  • Hewlett
  • A Starry Night in Shetland
  • Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
  • Westphalia Waltz
  • 5: Reels
  • St Anne's Reel
  • Man or the House
  • Red Haired Boy
  • The Maid behind the Bar
  • String Crossing
  • Drowsy Maggie
  • The Mountain Road
  • Leather Britches
  • Cumberland Gap
  • Chilly Winds
  • Lonesome John
  • 6: Hornpipes
  • Jacob
  • Plains or Boyle
  • Harvest Home
  • Off to California
  • Liverpool Hornpipe
  • Derry Hornpipe
  • King or the Fairies
  • Fisher's Hornpipe (Original)
  • Fisher's Hornpipe (American)
  • 7: Miscellaneous Tunes
  • Coleman's Slip Jig
  • Kid or the Mountain
  • The Foggy Dew
  • Coleman's March
  • Scott Skinner's Compliments to Doctor MacDonald
  • John McAlpine's Strathspey
  • Devil in the Kitchen
  • Lahna-Villes Schottis
  • Lahna-Villes Schottis (with mordents)
  • Sherele
  • Arkan (Hutsul Dance)
  • A Barca Vira
  • Bonaparte's Retreat
  • 8: Versions and Variations
  • The Golden Eagle (standard version)
  • The Golden Eagle (simplified)
  • The Golden Eagle (Contest style)
  • Shepherd's Hey
  • Shepherd's Hey (Skeleton)
  • Shepherd's Hey (v3)
  • Shepherd's Hey (v4)
  • Shortnin' Bread
  • Shortnin' Bread (4)
  • Winster Gallop
  • Winster Gallop (v2)
  • Winster Gallop (v3)
  • Bee's Wing
  • Bee's Wing (simplified)
  • 9: What's next?
  • What style do you want to learn?
  • The Session
  • Expand your repertoire!
  • Learning sets
  • Playing for dancing
  • Folk clubs, open mics, and festivals
  • MP3 Tracks
Manufacturer information
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
Weihergarten 5
55116 Mainz
Germany
info@schott-music.com
www.schott-music.com
+49 6131 246 0

Features:

  • Manufacturer: Schott Music
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Medium: Textbook
  • Language: English
  • Difficulty: Light (2)
  • Arrangement: Violin
  • With Sheet Music: Yes
  • With Tabulature: No
  • CD: No
  • DVD: No
  • Download: Yes
  • Number of Pages: 120
  • Series: Schott Pop-Styles
  • Author: Chris Haigh
  • Qualities 1: Paperback
  • Publishing Number: ED 23742D
  • ISBN: 978-3-7957-3129-8
  • ISMN: 979-0-001-21853-5
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