Grade by Grade – Violin Grade 3

Description

Grade by Grade – Violin Grade 3 – part of The Grade by Grade series which draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others.

Carefully selected by Liz Partridge, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 violinist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.

Each volume contains:

• a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
• grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
• brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities
• newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
• a piano accompaniment booklet

Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online.

Grade by Grade – Violin Grade 3 contents:

• Serge Prokofieff: Troika (from ‘Lieutenant Kijé’)
• Charles Woodhouse: Clown’s Dance
• Béla Bartók: Sash Dance (from ‘Romanian Folk Dances’)
• Leonard Bernstein: America (from ‘West Side Story’)
• Frederick Delius: Serenade (from ‘Hassan’)
• Christopher Norton: Hush Little Baby
• Sheila Nelson: London Bridge Variations
• Rodgers & Hammerstein: Sixteen Going on Seventeen (from ‘The Sound of Music’)
• Joseph Haydn: Petit Menuet
• Henry Purcell: Slow Air (from ‘The Virtuous Wife’)
• Astor Piazzolla: Chiquilín de Bachín
• Franz von Suppe: Light Cavalry
• Traditional Peruvian tune: Stars, no Moon
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo á la Turque
• Traditional Swedish tune: Byss Kalle’s Polska