Learn to play the best of Broadway with this special selection of themes from the world of music theatre, all arranged for the elementary Violin student. This fantastic album features ten blockbuster hits from Cabaret, The Phantom of The Opera, Showboat, South Pacific and more! Each song has been carefully adapted to be accessible to the early performer, giving you the chance to master your skills and techniques by playing the tunes you know and love. You will even find a section of helpful performance tips to guide your learning and inform your practicing. The accompanying CD has professional performances of every piece, plus backing tracks so you can play along. FREE internet downloads are also available with this publication, with piano accompaniments and practice demos downloadable to your computer along with 2 bonus tracks! / Violon

This book sets out to teach the reader how to play the fiddle by using inspiring music from some of the great musical traditions of the world especially arranged by the author for the instrument. Includes 2 CDs!Ideal for the complete beginner there is no need for any previous musical knowledge.Invaluable for the existing player/improver looking for fresh ideas and exciting new tunes.By working though this unique book the reader will gain a sound knowledge of the fiddle plus a large and varied repertoire of traditional music from all over the world.By drawing on the less commonly heard music of countries such as Venezuala Rwanda Holland Trinidad Japan and Australia as well as the more popular traditions of Ireland and North America this book will produce a well-rounded fiddle player - a musician who will be inspired to look further into the exciting musical traditions of the world.Rather than being an exhaustive guide to all traditional styles of the world this book is a fiddle method which uses tunes from around the world to demonstrate the various techniques required to produce a competant traditional musician. It is the sincere hope of the author that the student will be inspired by study of the music contained in this book and recording to look more deeply into the styles of particular interest. Contents 7/8 Time Signature A L'ouchaq Fnit Ana (Morocco) Al Mout Ba-ddra' (Morocco) Alborada de Pontecaldelas (Spain) Bahcevanci with Double-stops (Turkey) Beale Street Blues (U.S.A) Bert Jamison's (Australia) Bisdot Bet-lechem (Israel) Castillian (Trinidad) Castillian with Double-stops (Trinidad) Cornin's Hornpipe (Ireland) Daichovo Chara (Bulgaria) Dance (Egypt) Dance from Rajasthan (India) Double Stops Dwans y Pistyll (Wales) Extract from Shin-Kinuta (Japan) Flop-Eared Mule (U.S.A) Fraggossiriani (Greece) Frayleleh (Israel) Friend Since You Want to Marry

These fifteen well-known pieces have been imaginatively arranged by the ever-popular Chris Tambling for violinists of grade 1 to 2 standard. Features easy Violin solos with Piano accompaniment.ChristopherTambling (b.1964) studied the Organ with Malcolm McKelvey at Christ's Hospital Horsham Sussex. He went on to gain Organ scholarships to Cantebury Cathedral and St Peter's College Oxford where he studied with GeoffreyWebber and David Sanger and was Organist of Pusey House. He started his teaching career at Sedbergh School in Cumbria where he was Organist from 1986 to 1989: he then became Director of Music at Glenalmond College near Perth inScotland also taking on roles of Perth City Organist and Conductor of Perth City Orchestra.Tunes You Know - Violin Book Two includes Autumn from ‘The Four Seasons’ Ave Verum Corpus Daisy Daisy Give Me Joy In My Heart Greensleeves Land Of Hope And Glory Morning Has Broken Ode To Joy From ‘Choral Symphony’ Skye Boat Song Swing low Sweet Chariot To Sylvia Trumpet Minuet Panis Angelicus Pavan and Widdecombe Fair.