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47 progressive piecesfor beginner violinists

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Edward Huws [ones

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First plucking and bowing piecesBig Ben Edward Huws jones [EHJl (b.1948) 3Uttle Ben EHJ 3Musette j.S.Bach(1685-1750) 4Ready, Steady, Bow! EHJ 4Triek or Treat EHJ 5

Crotchets and minimsFiddle Faddle Welsh

Open- String Boogie EHJ

Snowflakes EHJ

The Hundred Pipers Scottish

Swanee River 5, C. Foster (1826-64)

3/4 and dotted minimsVilanova Spanish

Circles in the Air EHJ

Heading South Latin American

Silent Night F.X. Gruber (1787-1863)

Crotchets and quaversCroeodile EHJ

Uncle joe North American

Plus...Itolls, Ores and Goblins Grieg (1843-1907) 12

First finger on D and A stringsFirst Finger Rag EHJ 13Witehes' Cauldron EHJ 14Peeler's jiq Irish 14Tudor Pageant EHJ 15Saraswati South Indian 16Friday Evening Hungarian 16

First finger on G stringjitterbug EHJ

jewish Wedding Klezmer

1718

First finger on E stringGow's ReeI Scottish

On the River EHJ

1819

Plus...Paganini! Paganini (1782 -1840) 20

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Second finger on D and A stringsStrictly Tango EHJ 20London Eye EHJ 21Msiden Fair 17th-century English 22All Silk and Satin EHJ 22

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Second finger on G stringToo Much Rosin! EHJ 23Happy Hippo EHJ 24

Second finger on E stringNobody Else But Me Greek 25Woodpeeker Tap EHJ 26

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Plus...William TeU Rossini (1792-1868) 27

Third finger on D and A stringsOld- Timer North American 28Greek Night Out Greek 28Violin Star EHJ 29House of the Rising Sun North American 30Spanish Steps EHJ 30

Third finger on G stringTwinkle Toes EHJ 31Lady Meng jiang Chinese 32

Third finger on E stringHampton Court EHJ

The Colller's Waltz Welsh

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Plus...Autumn Vivaldi (1678-1741) 34

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ISBN 978 1 86096 902 7AB 3383V ~Jl

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Ready, Steady, Bow!r 3-,-,

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Fiddle FaddleWelsh

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The Hundred PipersScottish

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Swanee River

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VilanovaSpanish

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Silent Night

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HAVE YOU HAD YOUR TEA?23 pizz. arco V

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Uncle JoeNorth American

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Peeler' 5 JigIrish

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Friday EveningHungarian

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Jewish WeddingKlezmer

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Gow's ReeiScottish

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On the River

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Paganini!Paganini

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Strictly Tango

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London EyeSteadily turning J = c.100

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Maiden Fair17th-century English

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Ali Silk and Satin

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William Tell

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Old-TimerNorth American

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Greek Night OutGreek

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House of the Rising SunNorth American

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Spanish StepsBoldly J = c.92

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Hampton CourtWith a flourish J = c .96

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The Collier's WaltzLively J = c.116

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11. 112. (Ifyou like,just play the top note.)

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Violin Star offers beginner violinists a refreshing and inspirationalchoice of pieces to help build confidence and musical skiUs.Therepertoire is imaginatively tailored to develop specific techniquesthrough an exciting range of musical styles.

The Student's books contain the solo violin parts, along with colourfulustrations, activities and a play-along CD.The Accompaniment books

· dude separate piano and violin accompaniments for every piece.

ey features of the series:

• an approachable progression from beginner leveI to Grade 2• play-along CDs with each Student's book, which contain specially

created instrumental arrangements to convey style and mood• original compositions and arrangements by Edward Huws [ones.

Edward Huws Jones is a composer, arranger and music educationalist.e studied at the University of York and the Royal Academy of Music,

and went on to develop extensive experience as a string teacher. Hehas travelled widely to research fiddle-playing styles, and his originalcompositions are firmly established in educational repertoire.

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