Title: Scarborough Fair
Description: “Scarborough Fair” is a traditional English ballad about the Yorkshire town of Scarborough. We've written it out in four different keys for you to practise!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Transposition
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Title: Lament in D minor
Description: This lilting lament is a lovely duet for two violins … it’s also great for practising string crossings, producing syncopated rhythms, and playing in 3rd position!
Level: Level 5, Level 6, Level 7, Level 8
Topics: Accidentals, Syncopation, String Crossing, Shifting, 3rd Position, Portato
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Title: Pastime with Good Company
Description: Hmm … not sure Henry VIII would provide good company to pass the time with, but he certainly knew how to write a good tune! Great rhythms, too … enjoy!
Level: Level 4, Level 5, Level 6
Topics: Hooked Bowing
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Title: Paganini - 24th Caprice
Description: Paganini's 24th Caprice is the last of his epic set of caprices. This catchy theme has been the inspiration for a huge number of pieces ... an absolute classic!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Hooked Bowing
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Title: Bear Dance!
Description: Bear Dance is great for practising rapid string crossings and quick, short, energetic bow strokes! It's not so great for downstairs neighbours, as you'll see...!
Level: Level 1
Topics: String Crossing
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Title: Brahms - Lullaby
Description: ‘Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht’, Op. 49, is a bit of a mouthful, so let’s just call it ‘Brahms’ Lullaby’! Lull yourself to sleep with this beauty!
Level: Level 2
Topics: Grace Notes
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Title: In An English Country Garden
Description: In an English Country Garden is an old English folk song with a very memorable melody. It celebrates the many delights of the English countryside!
Level: Level 2
Topics: Dotted notes
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Title: Largo from New World
Description: Dvorak's stint living in America saw the creation of his most well-loved Symphony No.9 ("From the New World"). This is its most popular and memorable tune!
Level: Level 1
Topics: 1st to 4th Fingers
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Title: The Swan
Description: This beautiful melody by Camille Saint-Saëns is part of his famous 'Carnival of Animals' suite', written in 1886.
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This beautiful melody by Camille Saint-Saëns is part of his famous 'Carnival of Animals' suite', written in 1886. As the piano part pushes on furiously, like the Swan's feet paddling underwater, the violin melody glides smoothly and serenely above, like a Swan on the water.
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Title: Allegro Diabolico
Description: Allegro Diabolico is a highly virtuosic study by David Worswick, featuring some devilishly difficult double-stops and rapid string crossings. Not for the faint-hearted!
Level: Level 8
Topics:
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Title: Carnival of Venice - ViolinSchool Variations
Description: ViolinSchool’s Variations on the popular Carnival of Venice tune are full of devilish trickery and highly virtuosic violinistic hijinks. Enjoy!
Level: Level 8
Topics:
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Title: Double or Quits
Description: A delightful, but fiendishly tricky, piece with lots of double stops! Keep your cards close to your chest, or in this case, your fingers close to the fingerboard!
Level: Level 7
Topics:
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Title: Massenet - Meditation
Description: Massenet wrote this beautiful piece as a reflective musical interlude for an opera. Its memorable melody is now one of the world's most famous tunes for violin!
Level: Level 6
Topics:
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Title: El Choclo
Description: El Choclo (“The Corn Cob”) is one of the most popular tangos in Argentina. It was allegedly written in honour of a nightclub owner known by the same name!
Level: Level 6
Topics:
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Title: Andante - Piano Concerto No. 21
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Level: Level 5
Topics:
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Title: Schubert - Ave Maria
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Level: Level 5
Topics:
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Title: Bach - Invention No 13 in A minor BWV 784
Description: Bach's Inventions were originally written for keyboard. In this version, one violinist plays the part of the left hand, and the other plays the part of the right!
Level: Level 5
Topics: A Minor
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Title: Bach - Invention No 8 in F major BWV 779
Description: Bach's Inventions were originally written for keyboard. In this version, one violinist plays the part of the left hand, and the other plays the part of the right!
Level: Level 5
Topics: F Major
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Title: Bach - Invention No 4 in D minor BWV 775
Description: Bach's Inventions were originally written for keyboard. In this version, one violinist plays the part of the left hand, and the other plays the part of the right!
Level: Level 5
Topics: D Minor
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Title: Bach - Invention No 1 in C major BWV 772
Description: Bach's Inventions were originally written for keyboard. In this version, one violinist plays the part of the left hand, and the other plays the part of the right!
Level: Level 5
Topics: C Major
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Title: The Cuckoo (Le Coucou)
Description: Cuckoo! An exclusive arrangement for two violins, by David Worswick, of the fabulously filigree piano piece, ͚Le Coucou͛, by French composer, Louis-Claude Daquin.
Level: Level 5
Topics:
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Title: Ave Maria - Bach / Gounod
Description: This sublime melody by Charles Gounod is played simultaneously with Prelude No.1 in C major by J.S. Bach, to create an extraordinarily beautiful piece of music!
Level: Level 5
Topics:
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Title: Jupiter - The Bringer of Jollity
Description: The Planets' is an orchestral suite by Gustav Holst; each movement of the piece is inspired by a Planet. Here's the happy, jolly one... play it with plenty of energy!
Level: Level 5
Topics:
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Title: Swingin' Semitones
Description: This piece features lots of semitones, with a swinging feel to the music. Use the bow movement to give momentum to your phrasing, and watch out for the glissandi!
Level: Level 4
Topics:
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Title: Après un Rêve
Description: Après un Rêve by Gabriel Fauré is a song about a dream of running away with an imaginary lover, towards an ecstatic light... we've arranged it here for the violin!
Level: Level 4
Topics:
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