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Hey Presto! for Violin Book 1 -First book in this tutor series, with an exciting new look and fabulous new audio tracks! Featuring the characters Presto, Bravo and Poco, this takes the beginner violinist on an exciting journey of musical discovery. Starting with plucked open strings, by the end of the book the student will be playing simple bowed pieces using three fingers. Some of the pieces can be played with viola players using Hey Presto! for Viola, Book 1 Bronze (marked in the viola book) – so beginners can play with their viola-playing friends!
With imaginative and varied pieces to engage the emotions, amusing characters, illustrations, and clear, concise explanations these books are highly enjoyable and effective and give students all of the basic information they will need. Book 1 takes the complete beginner to approximately ABRSM Prep Test standard.
Hey Presto! for violin is a comprehensive step-by-step series for all young beginners. With attractive pieces, amusing characters and illustrations, and clear, concise explanations, this is a highly effective and enjoyable way to learn the violin. Book 1 and book 2 take the beginner to a high grade 1 standard and book 3 and book 4 on from there.
Hey Presto! for Violin Book 1 (Bronze) with Audio:
Topics covered:
• Plucked and bowed open strings
• 1st and 2nd finger pieces using conventional notation
• Three-finger pieces using simple, colour-coded notation
• Longer, ‘concert’ pieces – solo and two-part
• Note charts, quizzes and ‘be a composer’ sections
• Rhythm exercises
• ‘What it all means’ page
• Certificate
Hey Presto! for Violin Book 1 Contents:
- Bravo’s song
- Cat burglar
- Choc’late cheesecake
- Conjure the stars
- Cream…
- Creeping about
- Custard!
- Daydream
- Down up!
- Escalator
- Four by four
- Froggy beat
- G string stomp
- Hoe down (3 fingers)
- Hoe down (open strings)
- Hot topic
- I’m so blue
- I’ve got too much homework…
- In the lair of the hobgoblin
- Keep the beat
- Leaps and bounds
- Listen to me!
- Man in the moon
- Peel me if you can!
- Plain sailing
- Please..!
- Slow tango
- Step on it!
- Swimming in the river
- Take a rest!
- The gondolier
- The grumpy polar bear
- The kangaroo song
- The linden tree (3 fingers)
- The linden tree (open strings)
- The old man
- The penguin
- The sunset
- The swans
- Tick-tock!
- Toy soldiers
- Twinkle twinkle little stars
- Two by two
- Walk in the park (1st and 2nd fingers),
- Walk in the park (3 fingers)
- Walking fingers
- Waltz in G
- Willard the wizard
- Winter night
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