Frederick Harris Music Company

Author: Royal Conservatory Of Music
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Violin
Levels: Preparatory-2

Carefully selected and curated to support teachers and students in their artistic and technical development, the Violin Series, 2021 Edition includes pieces from a diverse range of eras and styles that represent stepping stones to major violin repertoire. Each level is constructed to link repertoire selections to necessary techniques and corresponding etudes, while illustrating step-by-step connections for developing core skills.

Violin Technique, Etudes, and Musicianship Preparatory-2 introduces progressive technical requirements that relate directly to the included etudes. Etudes are commissioned and arranged with balanced key signatures and time signatures, incremental hand-frame development, and a systematic step-by-step building of technique. Keys expand from one to two octaves, covering the fingerboard with scales from major to harmonic and melodic minor; basic double-stop exercises are introduced; and the foundations of shifting to third position are established. These resources explore rhythm and meter, expanding from simple time to compound time. Duets are included for teacher support and performance opportunities.

This book promotes the development of elementary musicianship skills through sight reading (rhythm and playing) and ear exercises (interval and chord identification, clapbacks, and playbacks).

Contents:

• Chi Miigwetch! (Thank You Very Much!) - Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk
• D Scale Waltz - Gerald E. Anderson and Robert Frost
• Pizzicato Puddle Stomp - Katharine Rapoport
• Leap Frog - Curtis J. Stewart
• Sunny Syncopations - Harold Birston
• Weaving Waltz - Christine Gale
• Spring Is Here! - Kelly Parkins-Lindstrom, arr. Harold Birston
• Beaver Mines - Christine Donkin
• Aren't You Glad? - Shirley Givens
• Cripple Creek - Traditional American, arr. Zav RT
• Finger Action - Anonymous
• The Sulky Sailor - Christine Gale
• Falling Asleep in the Rocking Chair - Mary Cohen
• The Denman Island Chocolate Stop - Zav RT
• Stop 'n' Swing - Curtis J. Stewart
• The Mountain Train - Shirley Givens
• Mussels in the Corner - Traditional Newfoundland song, arr. Christina Smith
• Raven Hop - Carmen Braden
• Nojack - Christine Donkin
• On the Open Road - Harold Birston
• March in C Major, op. 38, no. 40 - Franz Wohlfahrt
• Gym - Yaakov Geringas
• On the Double - Christine Gale
• That's the Spirit - Harold Birston
• Listen to the Mocking Bird! - Richard Milburn, arr. Shirley Givens
• Fiery Flourish - Paul Harris
• Waterfall - Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk
• Saturday Night Stomp - Mary Cohen
• Etude in A Minor, op. 45, book 1, no. 8 - Franz Wohlfahrt, arr. Harold Birston
• Pancake Peak - Christine Donkin
• Etude in C Major - Louis Spohr
• Melodious Double Stops No. 2 - Josephine Trott, arr. Kathleen Wood