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Advanced Chamber Literature
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Advanced Viola Literature
Advanced Violin Literature
Chamber Music - Easier
Duets:
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Choral, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Violin
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Composers:
Amy Beach: Representative Works
John Cage: Representative Works
Nannerl, Fanny, Clara
Women Composers
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FIDDLE
See also: Fiddle and Alternative Styles - with Bibliography
Fiddle:
The Violinist's Guide to Fiddling
Aaron Copland: Ukelele Serenade Music download
The American Fiddle Method [Goes well with Suzuki materials]:
Book and CD: Vol. 1, Vol. 2.
Book, CD and DVD: Vol. 1, Vol. 2.
The Fiddler's Fakebook: Edited by David Brody. Fake book for fiddle. With lead melody, chord names, instructional text and performance notes. 302 pages. Published by Oak Publications.
Country Fiddle
Learn to Play Country Fiddle
You Can Teach Yourself Fiddling: 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 helps students to create their own arrangements. Includes a split- track CD. Forty-eight songs from the book are on the CD.
How To Play Fiddle by Larry McCabe
Fiddlers Philharmonic: (Traditional Fiddling in the String Orchestra) Written by Andrew H. Dabczynski, Bob Phillips. Violin solo songbook for violin. With standard notation, bowings, introductory text, chord names and glossary. 40 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
300 Fiddle Tunes: Solo fiddle songbook for fiddle. With performance notes, introductory text and standard notation. 96 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
Famous Fiddlin' Tunes: Arranged by Craig Duncan. Fiddle songbook and performance CD for fiddle. With standard notation and chord names. Series: Qwik Guide Series. 61 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Celtic Fiddle Tunes for Solo and Ensemble, Violin 1 and 2: Piano Accompaniment Included. By Craig Duncan. For Violin. Ensemble (mixed). Celtic/Irish. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book. Size 8.5x11. 64 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
The Craig Duncan Master Fiddle Solo Collection: Edited by Craig Duncan. Book for fiddle. Intermediate-Advanced level. 152 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications.
The Irish Fiddle (A Complete Guide to Learning): Written by Paul McNevin. Instructional book and examples CD for fiddle and violin. With introductory text, instructional text, standard notation, bowings and black & white photos. Series: Walton, method. 112 pages. Published by Walton's Mfg., Ltd.
Natalie MacMaster's Cape Breton Island Fiddle: 41 Fiddle Solos. By Natalie MacMaster transcribed by Stacy Phillips. For Fiddle. Solos. Fiddle Tunes. Level: Intermediate. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 64 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
The Cajun Fiddle: By Craig Duncan. For fiddle. Solos. Cajun-Zydeco. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 104 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Fiddle Tunes: (Irish Music For String Quartet) Arranged by George A. Speckert. Full score and set of performance parts for violin I, violin II, viola (or violin III - part included) and cello. 31 pages. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import).
English, Welsh, Scottish, & Irish Fiddle Tunes: Edited by Robin Williamson. Violin solo songbook and examples CD for violin. With standard notation, chord names, performance notes, introductory text and black & white illustrations. 96 pages. Published by Oak Publications.
Easy Fiddle Solos: y Dick Weissman and Mike Connolly. For fiddle. Solos. Value Line. Bluegrass & Country. Level: Beginning. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Complete Fiddling Book: By Craig Duncan. For Fiddle. Solos. Complete. All Styles. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book+DVD. Size 8.75x11.75. 208 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
SCALES
Format: Carl Flesch Scale Studies:
For all the major and minor scales you have the following (numbers coincide with the book):
1.- 4. One octave scale, arpeggios, broken thirds, chromatic scale, one in the key, on each string.
5. Three octave scale, arpeggios, broken thirds, chromatic.
[Doublestops start here:]
3.- 4. Thirds, chromatic thirds
7. Sixths, chromatic sixths
8. Octaves, octave arpeggios, octave thirds, octave chromatic
9. Fingered octaves, arpeggios, thirds, chromatic
10. Tenths
11. Artificial harmonics
Galamian has a scale study method covering much the same material, but includes more contemporary harmonies, more diverse choice of fingerings, and a separate book with bowing options. Notes are only note heads, which is different than the Carl Flesch.
An even more contemporary scale and arpeggio study book with a jazz/rock influence is Mark Wood's Electrify Your Strings. This may be studied with an acoustic instrument and is well worth examining.
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FINGER POSITIONS
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- Barrett, Henry: The Viola: Complete Guide for Teachers & Students
- Dalton, David: Playing the Viola
- Giorgetti, Ferdinando, Franco Sciannameo An Historical Introduction
- Hoffheimer, Michael: Fiddling for Viola
- Madden, Maxine: Sounds on Strings: Getting to Know Your Viola
- Maurice, Donald: Bartók's Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of His Swansong
- Menuhin, Yehudi and William Primrose: Violin & Viola
- Stowell, Robin: The Early Violin and Viola : A Practical Guide
- Tertis, Lionel: My viola and I: A complete autobiography
- Williams, Amedee Daryl: Lillian Fuchs: First Lady of the Viola
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