Hey Presto! Music For Violin Book 1 (Bronze)
Product Specs
- Product Number: HEY1
- Publisher: Hey Presto
- Barcode: 9780956196705
- Author: Georgia Vale
- Arrangement: Violin Part & Audio
First book in this tutor series, featuring the characters Presto, Bravo and Poco, who take the beginning violinist on an exciting journey of musical discovery. Starting with plucked open strings, by the end of the book the student will be playing simple bowed pieces using three fingers.
With attractive pieces which engage the emotions, amusing characters, illustrations, and clear, concise explanations these books are highly engaging and give students all of the basic information they will need. Book 1 takes the complete beginner to approximately ABRSM Prep Test standard.
Hey Presto! is a comprehensive step-by-step series for all young beginners. With attractive pieces, amusing characters and illustrations, and clear, concise explanations, this is a highly effective and enjoyable way to learn the violin. Books 1 & 2 take the beginner to a high Grade 1 standard.
Book 1 (bronze)
- plucked and bowed open strings
- pieces using up to 3 fingers
- concert pieces suitable for performance - solo and two-part
- just enough text to help those with no musical background!
- 'be a composer' sections, and theory quizzes
- Parts of the violin and bow
- Taking care of your violin and bow
- The beginning
- Open strings – plucking
- Starting to play:
- Four by four
- Two by two
- Take a rest!
- Crotchets:
- Winter night
- Tick-tock!
- The penguin
- Creeping about
- Open strings – bowing:
- Holding the bow
- Minims
- Down up!
- Tick-tock!
- Daydream
- The kangaroo song
- Custard!
- Cream…
- Bravo’s song
- Choc’late cheesecake
- Peel me if you can!
- Keep the beat
- Dotted minims and semibreves
- Using 3 fingers
- Step on it!
- G string stomp
- Walking fingers
- Man in the moon
- Please..!
- The 1st finger – reading the music
- Waltz in G
- The grumpy polar bear
- In the lair of the hobgoblin
- I’ve got too much homework
- More 3-finger tunes
- Escalator
- Twinkle twinkle little stars
- More 1st finger pieces
- The swans
- I’m so blue
- The old man
- Toy soldiers
- Willard the wizard
- The gondolier
- Froggy beat
- Cat burglar
- Plain sailing
- Hot topic
- 1st and 2nd fingers – reading the music
- Conjure the stars
- Leaps and bounds
- The sunset
- Swimming in the river
- Listen to me!
- Concert pieces
- Slow tango
- The linden tree (open strings)
- The linden tree (3 fingers)
- Hoe down (open strings)
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