Recital Repertoire For Cellists is a lively collection of originals and arrangements for the student who has already acquired a sound grasp of basic technique. The pieces are arranged progressively and take the cellist from intermediate to advanced level. Pieces in book 2 include: Nicholls Bohemian Dance Skryabin Prelude Op.9 No1 Bruch Finnlandisch Op.70 No2…
Sight-reading is one of the most important yet neglected skills for any musician, and an important component of Associated Board and other music exams. Right@Sight for violin contains a carefully graded sequence of around 60 pieces, helping students master the art of sight-reading. The mnemonic TRaK (Time-signature, Rhythm and Key) system and student teacher duets encourage…
Right@Sight differs radically from other sight-reading courses Why? Each book contains a CD of accompaniments designed to encourage students to sight-read rhythmically and musically, even between lessons. duet parts enable teachers to play along with their students, encouraging confident and rhythmic playing guidance notes based on the mnemonic TRaK (Time signature, Rhythm and Key) which…
Right From The Start contains 20 very elementary pieces for young players in an easy-to-follow format, written by Sheila M. Nelson. Many of the pieces are particularly suited to bowing variations and suitable rhythm patterns are indicated at the end of each piece. This type of teaching is used throughout the book and will enable any…
Twenty very elementary pieces for young players written and arranged by the world s favourite string teacher Sheila Nelson. Note reading is introduced one finger at a time, building up finger pattern 0-1-23-4 (semitone space between 2nd and 3rd fingers) – the only finger pattern used in this book. A number of rhythmic bowing patterns,…
Right From The Start contains 20 very elementary pieces for young players in an easy-to-follow format, written by Sheila M. Nelson. Many of the pieces are particularly suited to bowing variations and suitable rhythm patterns are indicated at the end of each piece. This type of teaching is used throughout the book and will enable any…
The new RSL Classical Violin syllabus aims to reflect the widening tastes of young people, positioning itself at the forefront of the vast array of music available to pianists, encompassing the rich heritage of music from the Baroque right through to the modern day and emerging composers. The repertoire strikes a balance between a radical…
A monster guide to scale practice aimed at young violinists of grades 1-2 in standard. Each scale arpeggio is accompanied by a Dinosaur Footprint Map, which indicates finger pattern, with lots of handy tips including standard rhythmic variants. Each scale also has a special solo piece in the same key, using the scale and arpeggio…
New edition based on original sources by Klaus Burmeister. The circumstances that led Schubert to compose these three works are unknown, but it is safe to assume that they were all performed at the highly regarded private recitals later known as Schubertiades. Schubert himself was a player of the violin, viola and piano, was most…
Although Schumann had learnt the cello for a while in his youth, he only began to compose for this instrument in later life. Apart from the cello concerto, only his Five Pieces op. 102 have survived as original works for the cello. Clara was delighted with them: These are pieces in folk style with such…
Robert Schumann’s Sonata For Piano And Violin In A Minor Op. 105 (also known as Violin Sonata No. 1) was written in only a few days, in September 1851. It consists of three movements – 1. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (dotted quarter=68), 2. Allegretto (eighth note =96) and 3. Lebhaft (quarter note = 94), with the main theme present in all of them, linking…
Schumann’s Violin Sonatas were taken up with enthusiasm very soon after they were first performed. The Second Sonata was described at the time as Second only to Beethoven s Sonata in A . Sonatas Op. 105 and Op. 121 are now presented in the first volume of this Wiener Urtext edition. It is based on the score…