Ideal for the Early Intermediate (Grade 3-4) violinist, Mary Cohen's Nifty shifts! is specially designed to kick-start position changing. Featuring lots of well-known tunes and technical tips - including the use of a 'guide' finger, preparation strategies, melodic fragments to play in different keys and positions, and by ear - there are also handy technical exercises in the form of 'fingerobics' and 'glisserobics', helping the player to develop these new skills.

Through his intense devotion to the colt Flicka, a young boy, living on a Wyoming ranch, begins to learn about responsibility and gain a better understanding of his brusque father.

The full eBook version of Violin Technique in Practice in fixed-layout format, with downloadable audio. Violin Technique in Practice is an innovative approach to violin technique by Mary Cohen, developed from her unique 'weightless balance' methodology. Concise exercises are structured into sets that cover all aspects of technique alongside the author's expert advice guiding you through like a personal trainer. This book will develop a relaxed, secure technique and increase confidence in every part of the instrument - without the need to spend hours practising. It has been written with the needs of advanced students, teachers and professional players in mind, although the early sets are also ideal for use with students at late-intermediate level.

Take a (violin) bow and let your inner musician shine! You don’t have to be a genius to start fiddling around! Violin For Dummies helps budding violinists of all ages begin to play. If you’ve never read a note of music, this book will show you how to turn those little black dots into beautiful notes. Start slow as you learn how to hold the instrument, use the bow, finger notes, and play in tune. Watch yourself blossom into a musician with tips on technique and style. When you’re ready to go further, this book will help you find the people and resources that can help you get just a little closer to virtuoso! Your own private lessons are right inside this book, with the included online video and audio instruction, plus recordings that will help you develop your “ear.” This book takes the guesswork out of learning an instrument, so you’ll be ready to join the band when the time comes! Choose a violin and learn the basics of holding the instrument and playing notes Start reading music with this fast-and-easy introduction to musical notation Improve your musicianship and start to play in groups Explore different music styles and legendary violin composers The violin is a beautiful thing—adding melody everywhere from orchestras to folk and pop tunes. With Violin For Dummies, you can make the music your own, even if you’re a total music beginner.

Ahoy, mates! Everyone’s favorite pirates are back in full-color in the Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest: The Movie Storybook. Follow along as Jack Sparrow and his crew face a new threat on the high seas in this exciting adaptation of the movie, jam-packed with photographs from the film. No fan will want to be caught without a copy!

(Vocal Selections). 16 vocal selections from the wickedly funny Broadway musical with music by David Yazbek. Songs include: Give Them What They Want * Great Big Stuff * Love Is My Legs * Love Sneaks In * Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True * What Was a Woman to Do * and more. Includes bio and pages of photos!

Superstart is a breakthrough for beginner violinists, full of exciting music and fun activities from the very first lesson to inspire and stimulate pupils and teachers. Mary Cohen is one of Britain's leading string teachers and this new edition is a distillation of her many years of teaching and research - a core method now in one book. Complete violin technique is introduced from the start, providing a solid foundation and taking the player up to early elementary level. Carefully structured, each unit covers a clear technical point through expertly written pieces, providing the student with a true musical experience at each tiny step. Mary takes an imaginative child-orientated approach throughout, encouraging interaction and the exploration of new sound worlds through a superb variety of music. The accompanying CD provides all the piano accompaniments, with unique cue entries to help beginners get started. For extra flexibility, most of the pieces in the violin, viola and cello book are compatible, making this a great resource for individual or group teaching.

Technique Flies High! is an exciting book of new performance studies for the intermediate to advanced violinist. Using baroque, romantic, contemporary and folk styles, these studies are also ideal as unaccompanied concert repertoire. Practice and performance tips guide the student and outline the technical and musical goals. Techniques covered include: advanced position changing, fast passage work and string crossings, natural and artificial harmonics, slow bowing and playing many notes in one bow, working in unusual or changing time signatures, free improvisation within strict boundaries, double stopping, and rapid changes between arco and pizzicato.

Claude has an intuitive faith in something splendid and feels at odds with his contemporaries. The war offers him the opportunity to forget his farm and his marriage of compromise; he enlists and discovers that he has lacked. But while war demands altruism, its essence is destructive

The new teacher at Sunnydale seems to dislike Buffy, but when some of her teacher's pets turn up with familiar marks on their necks, the vampire slayer is out for blood trying to prove that the woman is in fact an ancient and powerful witch. Original.