It Doesn't Get Any Easier!by Craig Duncan Lesson 1 - Open Strings Lesson 2 ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Lite Star Lesson 3 Mary Had a Little Lamb Jingle Bells Lesson 4 Russian Dance Tune Lightly Row Camptown Races Lesson 5 SSE) Hungarian Folk Song #1 The Old Gray Goose Lesson 6 - Ode to Joy Schereando Lesson 7- Gavotte Country Gardens Can-Can Lesson 8 - Dixie SS aoe i “Largo” from The New World Symphony a ee Gl (9) 30] 3) & @ AUDIO CONT) Lesson 9 Riguadon Lesson 10 - Lavender’s Blue Allegreta Lesson 11 - Gavotte Simple Gifts Lesson 12 - Fanfare Minuet King Williams March Lesson 13 London Symphony Lesson 14 - Jamaica Lesson 15 - British Grenadiers Symphony Theme Lesson 16- Minuet ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith Leston 17 ‘Trumpet Minuet Lesson 18 - French March Lesson 19 Gavotte in € larche" fom The Algerian Suite Lesson 0 “Bore from the Water Music Ende Lesson 21 “Gavote” fom Sonata #2, OpusS Mint {a} Lesson 22 2) German Dance (Ea) Lesson 23 - German Dance in A Andante Graziow (50) Lesson 24- Ride, Ride Bonapare's Retreat, Leson 25 Solder’ March (53) “Theme rom te Fourth Symphons Lesson 26 Glockensiel Lesson 27 - Surprise Symphony [58] Gavone in D Lesson 28 Sonatina Audio: www.melbay.com/99292BCDEB Video 0 dv.melbay.com/99292 You Tube www.melbay.com/99292V a soe tningeesents net wn ‘7 By soy mera, lane, mocha POS. [email protected] Visit us on the Web at www.melbay.com — E-mall us at € 1234567890 LICATIONS INC, PACING, MOEROED sg eae eeUneD BM MADE ANO PRI - Era Srsored eal yee, o vans nay seman aries a purContents Andante Grazioso .. Allegretto Bonaparte’s Retreat Bourée from The Water Music British Grenadier Can Can .. Camptown Races Country Gardens Dixie Wolfgang A. Mozart Page Ludwig van Beethove ; Theme from Rodeo Georg Frederic Handel Jacques Offenbach... Lesson 8... Etude Fanfare Minue Nikolai Paganini Lesson 20 French March... ~- Lesson 12 Gavotte Gavotte Gavotte from Sonata No. 2, Opus Gavotte in C Gavotte in D German Dance German Dance in A. Glockenspiel ... ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith .. Hungarian Folk Song Number 1 Jamaica King William’s March Largo from The New World Symphony. Lavender’s Blue. . Georg Frederic Handel .. Lesson 19 .. Lesson 27 .. Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 26 Lesson 16 Lesson 5 Lesson 14 Lesson 12 .. Lesson 8 Lesson 10 Lesson 4. Arcangelo Corelli udwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven Wolfgang A. Mozart. Georg Frederic Handel .. Bela Bartok .. Lightly Row... London Symphony Lesson 13 Marche from the Algerian Suite we ” Mary Had a Little Lamb . Menuet. Minuet Georg Philipp Telemann. Jingle Bells Ode to Joy... The Old Gray Goose. Ride, Ride Rigaudon. Russian Dance Tune ” Ludwig van Beethoven . | Dmitri Kabalevsky Henry Purcell Scherzando. lody -- at March Ludwig van Beethoven tina a wh Haydn. Surprise Symphony Peres Brabis Symphony Theme Franz Schubert -~ ‘Theme from the Fourth Symphony Trumpet Minuet .. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 3wo PYRE Tock #1 Playing the Open Strings ‘The names of the open strings from hi following spaces of the treble clef. ighest to lowest in pitch are E, A, D an ‘They are notated on the ite ‘ G. a Y are not G Place the bow on the E string midway ina downward motion toward the floor on emeiiaee 1m he Fingerbourd. Pull the bow across the wring Practice going down and up bow several times on each sting Ce etn a oe moving in a straight direction. It should stay at a ninety degree ae eieeeneneaars per as the bow moves across the string. The right shoulder should be relaxed ar athe ae ea with the bow as you move from string to string. a i Tce ed Quarter Notes and Half Notes ‘The quarter note gets one beat and the half note gets two beats. The whole note gets four beats. The Pow direction (down or up) is marked with the following symbols. J quarter note d halfnote whole note Pidown bow Vup bow Practice these exercises, concentrating on straight bow strokes and clear tone. fjLesson 2 finger Ww PiISe Track #2 ‘The notes in first position notes on the E string are open strings combine to make an A s\ on the A string are open A, first E. first finger Fé, second finger “ale, Memorize the names of t B, second finger C# and third finger p G# and third finger A. The notes on the he notes and where they are found on thesia if Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Sj 5oye tt Lesson 3 he fats or sharps used in the key of a piece of mu The flats Isic are shown at the beginning of the staff, This is called ignature. In the key of A, there are three sharps - Fé, CH and Ge a keys! ALesson 4 Ww, PHS Trck #7 Atthe end of Russian Dance Tune and Lightly Row there are two dots just before the final called a repeat sign and indicates that the music is to be played again. baring. Russian Dance Tune pag gp »set~e ~~, 56 = Say This Git sees prea? - oe at i When a dot is added fter an Minter Tae after a note, the length of the not eo is increased aieieesrones rrecomes three beat dotted half note, Likewi: ise. f or nme ee me beat quarter note becomes a one: | | = one beat j= at @. =one and a half beats J tw = two beats dd, = three beats Ww. PHEE Track 9 >> Camptown Races n Ny lA oonHungarian Folk Song Number | Bela Bartok SSE oa ( oose jabs t The Old Gray GTi een a RT “ Lesson 6 ; "rome ond finger F# and third finger G _ he D string are open D, first fin er, second ing’ ‘The notes in first position on tt strin; D. fs he sta Memorize the names of the notes and where they are found 0” 2 B Ode to Joy (Ninth Symphony Theme) 1 savig van Beethoven Vv ti SSS oe Rests A rest is a symbol which means to be silent. There is a rest equal to the value of each kind of note. Eighth rest'Y= one half beat Quarter rest = one beat Half rest w= two beats Whole rest = four beats A> Tock ie Scherzando V Bela Bartok rf 10S Pye tases Lesson 7 When two sharps, F# and C#, are found D Scale can be played using the notes in first Sie the beginning of the staff, the music is in the key of D. A D scale where they are played on your inst on the D and A strings. Memorize the names of the notes and SSS E e D E >. ©—)-©— G oe Track #16 Country Gardens a fn f \ > x oS At Can, Can Jacques Offenbach PHSB ack 017 f A ulw. PHBE Toe nis Lesson 8 Dynamics inging three things: is louder, less pressure is softer The violin can be played louder or softer by ¢ 1. The amount of bow pressure on the string; more pressure 2. The speed of the bow: faster bow is louder, slower bow is softer 3. Cloxeness of the bow tothe bridge: closer Is Kouder. away from the bridge is Somer led dynamic markings. The symbols for how loud or soft music is played are call forte mf'mezzo forte mp mezzo piano P piano Pp double piano di soft very soft SF souble forte fr nf loud” medium loud im soft very loud Dixie ' . a . (FE track 19 Largo from The New World Symphony Vv Anton Dvorak if 12Heh Tsk 0 Lesson 9 ‘The notes in the key of D on the E string are open E, first finger F#, low second finger G and third finger A. ‘The low second finger is placed on the string very close to the first finger creating a half step interval between the two fingers. The third finger stays in its same postion, leaving a whole step between second and third finger. E-—®-©—_®— A D G Ww PHISH Track #21 Rigaudon Henry Purcell > cit-bow a? »22 f 1BSe reac Lesson 10 eet: rack #2 yol called the tit ure. Everythi xy signature is a symbol © s lesson are in 3/4" At the beginning of the first staff just after the Key Bh are i nas 4/4 The UNS inthis lesson are in3/q found inthe book so far has been in "eommon” time WITT TT casyre and the bottom numb tells what ifm ene Some rare a ae note is equal to one beat. Lavender’s Blue _ Se A nl = r - : Le = | 1 Allegrett PHHEE track #23 egretto Ludwig van Beethovenwn tosh 128 Lesson 11 A slur is a marking that connects two or more notes. All notes connected by aslur are played without changing the direction of the bow. A slur that connects two notes on the same pitch is called a ti Gavotte RHEE track 125 Simple Gifts Shaker Melody 15PH Taxes Lesson 12 Accents Accents are found on notes that are to be emphasized or played oa done by applying more bow pressure at the beginning of the note. Once to the normal amount. mnger than notes around them. This is the note begins the pressure is lighteneg Fanfare Minuet y mn > oi Track #27 King William’s March Jeremiah Clarke >> > — 16Lesson 13 Key of G The key of G has only one sharp, FA. The second finger i placed low on the E string to play G natural and iow on the A sring fo Play C natural. The frst finger pattem is used on th © string t play G, A, B and C. Memorize the names of the notes inthe Key of G and where they sve onthe ince noen We et 8 ©) @ © eo ze w Symphon’ PASE Tack 29 London Symphony Joseph Haydn 7w. PHB track 130 Lesson 14 Crescendo and Decrescendo decrescendo means to play gradually softer. Sometimes th .d in the music, Other times the symbol < indicates cre- " Jecrescendo, getting softer. we eae means to play gradually louder and vordsor an abreviaton (crese and decres) ae use scendo, getting louder, and the symbol > indicates d Jamaica . English Dance Tung decrescendo SSS oe + nf creed 7 =e ua a crescendoWg too Lesson 15 The Upbeat c often begins with les than the fll number of ee The first beat of a full measure is ¢ ree ithe fi pickups alled the d st measure. These notes are called led the dow eat. Upbeats are usually played up bow. upbeat. ‘nbeat and the last beat of a measure is called the British Grenadiers Vv “SF oe Theme PHBE cian Symphony Them: Johannes Brahms Vv mf 19— Lesson 16 we PHBE Track #33, Accidentals ‘ote in the music is not in the key measure the notes in the key ral 1s that are used when the nc ed In the following Accidentals are sharps, flats or signature, They change the notes for only one measure at a time: signature are used unless there is another accidental marking. Minuet Georg Philipp Telemany a _— crescendo A “Wes a P fee i @ -_. ’ = fata ee = : + eo = a +f foe te * —=F PHBE Track 035 The Harmonious Blacksmith 5 te > > fat a fh Georg Frederic Handel =: _—* Eee — a == = = Pp 20MBer pattern is used on the G string. The D string and A string second fingers. The first finger on the E ing is also played low. This neve finger pattern places the an half step from the teen Sting with a hole Step between first and second and second and third fine Te they are played on the vioun “Memorize the names of these notes and win emo gers. ov w, HB toss 2Track 87 Lesson 18 “There are two lines to this tune, Te tp Tine isthe melody or frst violin PAF and the bottom line is the hay. mony or second violin part. Learn to play each part, then play a duet by putting the parts together with another scones, ‘The word ritard found at the end of the piece means to slow down. Vv French March =Sometimes it iS NECESSAFY to Play Wo notes with . y the seca changed. This s done by sopping the bow same bow direction but make them sound as if the bow a ind then st a 0“ tomake the notes sound as if each were a seperate bow stroke tarting again, continuing the same direction, Try wo eee Gavotte in C Marche from the Algerian Suite Camille Saint-Saens =) vVV_ 23PH ro Lesson 20 ‘The fourth finger of the left hand is very important in playing the the A string should sound the same pitch as open E, fourth finger on finger on the G the same as open D. Fourth finger on the E string is B. viotin, In first position, fourth finger on the D the same as open A, and fourth e wa 4 _ 4 44 4 4 4 RHEE trock a2 Bourrée from The Water Music 7 V Georg Frederic Handel ‘Nikolai PaganiniMeasure of this piece is played on the A. the E —— 4 ritard J.S. Bach crescendo | 4 25Lesson 22 Key of A wo octave scale can B layed a whole step higher that e GH. Ww PHI Track 46 an be played beginning with first finge, The key of A has a aH A 1e key of A has three sharps, F#, C# and Gt. At in the second finger to nee A on the G string. The third finger on the G string is pI C#. The third finger on the D string is also played higher to not ®) @-©) ©) © © QA @) ® ©) a0 > m 4 wv ‘ PHSB Track 447 German Dance a Ve Ludwig van Beethoven 26we rack 8 Lesson 23 German Dance in A Ludwig van Beethoven on 44 4 4 ritard Oo . PHEE Track #49 Andante Grazioso Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart crescendo See + t crescendo 27Lesson 24 ww PHS track 450 as eighth notes. In 4/4, 3/4 and 2 Sixteenth notes have two flags and are half as long sixteenth notes in each beat. 9/4 time there are four Ride, Ride Dmitri Kabalevsky Bonaparte’s Retreat Track #51 7 Theme used by Aaron Copland for Rodeo gs, Lesson 25 2 xh Sd .d eighth gets three fourths of a bea Tet three times longer than the sixtec em HT is equal to the length of three sixteenth notes. Make certain ‘nth note in thes« © melodies, Soldier’s March Robert Schumann EF ; pies pee ee + 29PHBE races Lesson 26 Staccato markings are dots found over or under the note head. They indicate that the note is to be played with a shorter bow stroke. stopping the bow before the full value of the note sounds. This leaves space between the notes giving them a "short" sound. Glockenspi . enspiel Wolfgang A. Mozart crescendo 30crescendo P 4 crescendo mf sitar Gavotte in D Vv Arcangelo Corelli 4 4 4 31PME trate Lesson 28 Grace notes are small notes written just before a regular size note. They do not last the normal length, but are played quickly. In some pieces they are played on the beat and in other pieces they are played before the beat, Sonatina Ludwig van Beethoven 5 4 crescendo —_ mf A decrescendo 4 — of a tempo Pp mf decrescendo crescendo 32AL OSSons Violin by Craig Duncan AUDIO CONTENTS i a GD) bemon 6-08 1 Jey Gia) Semerranto 1) teen 8 -e EB) “Laas tom The New Wort Symptony ‘ror melbay.comv982028CDEB 4 get i raat coenO292 hk aes ae hsv You Tube any o www.melbay.com/99282V 1234567890 Neen eee ceriainnd