Incorporating skills taught in many popular violin methods, these tuneful solo pieces offer a fresh alternative for teachers who would like a stimulating supplement to their usual method. These entertaining and whimsical compositions reinforce and develop violin skills through repetition disguised as lyrical musical phrases. They strengthen the left hand, exercise the fourth finger, and use rests in musically compelling ways that keep the student attentive. They also present mixed meter and double-stops, and offer a practical introduction to musical form and phrase structure. Slurs and dynamics are incorporated immediately, along with right-hand pizzicato on stopped strings and left-hand pizzicato on all open strings. These pieces are written specifically to encourage interpretive creativity, even at the most elementary levels. As twenty-first-century pieces for solo violin, they are meant to be performed as well as studied.
Starry Night
Wait! What?
Breeze in the Trees
The Big Dipper
Solo Two-Step
Slurry Two-Step
String-Crossing Waltz
Leading-Tone Gallop
Slurry Leading-Tone Gallop
Farmer?s Crossing
Gotcha!
Goodnight Air
The Fourth Heroic Music
Rest Stop Gavotte
Non-Stop Gavotte
Lullaby for Castor and Pollux
Te Unim
Castor and Pollux Dance
Vocalise
Appogiare with Variations
Wait! What?
Breeze in the Trees
The Big Dipper
Solo Two-Step
Slurry Two-Step
String-Crossing Waltz
Leading-Tone Gallop
Slurry Leading-Tone Gallop
Farmer?s Crossing
Gotcha!
Goodnight Air
The Fourth Heroic Music
Rest Stop Gavotte
Non-Stop Gavotte
Lullaby for Castor and Pollux
Te Unim
Castor and Pollux Dance
Vocalise
Appogiare with Variations
| Arrangement | Violin |
| Genres | Tuition |
| Level | 2 |
| NumberOfPages | 28 |
| Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Fine, Elaine(Composer) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781513467047 |