Fiddle Time Starters: A Beginner's Book for the Young Violinist

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An ideal first book for beginners with lots of short easy tunes to get children playing straight away. David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. Exam Music ABRSM Exams Trinity College Exams ABRSM Jazz Exams Other Exam Publications Graded Piano Pieces Baroque Keyboard Pieces Series Best of Grade Series Classics to Moderns Series Core Classics Grade by Grade Series Keyboard Anthology Series Making the Grade Series More Romantic Pieces Series Romantic Sketchbook Series Short Romantic Pieces Series Upgrade Series What Else Can I Play? This will then enable you to use the tracks in digital format if your venue does not have a CD player available.

Fiddle Time From the very first lessons to Grade 8, the Fiddle Time books are packed with lively original material, duets, and traditional and concert pieces for all to enjoy.With his wife Kathy, he has written and published over 60 books for young string players: Fiddle Time, Viola Time, Cello Time and several ensemble collections, all published by Oxford University Press. We are one of the top suppliers of woodwind, brass and orchestral strings across Sussex and are main agents for most of the instruments we sell. S. Bach, Haydn and Verdi, a spiritual and folk tunes from Ghana and Poland, and ‘The Hippopotamus’ by Flanders and Swann. Fully compatible with Viola and Cello Time Starters, and suitable for individual and mixed group lessons. The book has been revised since my eldest son started to learn, and the first few pages concentrate on getting a feel for musicality and rhythm, learning the parts of the violin, etc before staves, crotchets, quavers etc are introduced, which can sometimes be hard for a younger child to grasp.

Covers the finger patterns used in Joggers and Runners and includes all the scales and arpeggios for ABRSM Grades 1 and 2. However the CD that comes with it, despite saying fiddle time starters on the cd, has the cello time starters tracks so we can not tune the violin to the tracks as described. Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary. The Starters books provide a thorough academic approach that supports the early years of learning up until the end of Joggers, and the Starters and Joggers books work well when used together. If your product comes complete with a CD or if you purchase a CD separately, then the tracks on the CD can easily be converted to MP3 files by using, for example, the “Rip CD” option in the Windows Media Player on a PC.Very appropriate for young violinists, even those not yet reading music as there's a colour coded guide to starting to identify the strings. A great beginner book for the young violinist – 60 tunes, quizzes, games, songs, and listening activities. The Starters books provide a thorough pedagogical approach that supports the early years of learning up until the end of Joggers, and the Starters and Joggers books work well when used in conjunction. This was recommended to me by the violin teacher - to be honest I don't have much experience with violin books but having a quick flick through it seems pretty good!

All deliveries within the UK are sent by Royal Mail First Class Post or 24-Hour Parcelforce dependent on weight. She has a special interest in teaching the violin and viola to young children, both individually and in groups. Print it onto some colourful card, fill in your student’s name and reward them for whatever their achievement is. In 2017 Kathy and David Blackwell received two awards: from ESTA UK in recognition of their exceptional services to string teaching, and from the Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership for significant contribution to music education in Oxfordshire and beyond. With plenty of entertaining illustrations and a CD to play along to, with Fiddle Time Starters it really is fun to play!Simple and very clear and concise explanations about time and notes, good illustrations and easy little songs to learn at the beginning, but get longer and slighter harder towards the end as you would expect when a child progresses with violin skills. A fun and imaginative activity book for all young violinists, covering all essential first symbols and concepts. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. Violin accompaniments for all the pieces in Fiddle Time Sprinters, suitable for a teacher or more advanced student.