A cello teacher, amateur or professional pianist will enjoy playing these simple, yet beautiful accompaniments. The music in Book 2, which features the 2nd position, includes many familiar folk songs as well as classical selections by Beethoven, Lehar, Haydn and Mozart and delightful original pieces by Janice Rhoda herself.

The third position is introduced and the book incudes 7 scales and 7 arpeggios as well as a worksheet for learning new notes and standard fingerings---distributed over 12 lessons.

Includes 1st and 3rd positions; covers beginning, intermediate and advanced techniques.

This instruction book along with the accompanying DVD and CD is the perfect start for an Absolute Beginner of any age on the Violin! There are many familiar folk, fiddle, sacred and classical melodies with short warm-up exercises and study pieces to advance students technically in an easy and enjoyable way! Simple duets, scales, a note-reading worksheet, glossary and practice chart are also included along with many graphs to show left-hand finger placement. This ABCs of Violin Book 1 is the first in a series of five books. The method features melodies by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Dvorak, Mozart, Schubert and Tchaikovsky. Popular fiddle tunes like Arkansas Traveler, Irish Washer Woman and Turkey in the Straw, and some of the worldÂ's most loved melodies like Amazing Grace, Ave Maria and Home on the Range appear. Christmas Carols Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, O Come All Ye Faithful, The First Noel and Deck the Halls, and Hanukah favorites My Dreydl and Hanukah are all included. All five books will help prepare you to play duets, string quartets, and in your local community orchestraÂ's 2nd violin section! Add the ABCs of Duets for two violins and The ABCs of String Orchestra Violin Books 1 and 2 for additional reinforcement. Each book in the series has its own piano accompaniment book to help facilitate practice and recital performance. The ABCs of Duets book has harmonies to many of the melodies in ABCs of Violin Book 1.

This ABCs of Violin Book 2 is the perfect instruction book for the Intermediate student of any age on the Violin! As a direct continuation of the ABCs of Violin Book 1, you will enjoy learning more slurred bowing techniques and rhythms as well as many new key and time signatures. Lovely melodies abound like Turkey in the Straw, Amazing Grace, Cherry Blossoms, Joy to the World, Beautiful Dreamer, Row Your Boat, Deck the Halls, Auld Lang Syne, TchaikovskyÂ's Piano Concert Theme, HaydnÂ's Surprise Symphony, BeethovenÂ's Russian Folk Song and MozartÂ's Minuet. Fun Study Pieces and many warm-up exercises along with scales, a note-reading worksheet and practice chart are also included with graphs to show new left-hand finger placement.

This is the Easy Piano Accompaniment Book for The ABCs of Violin for the intermediate, Book 2! A Violin Teacher, Amateur or Professional Pianist will enjoy playing these simple yet beautiful accompaniments. Intermediate violinists learn to play better in tune while playing along with piano. Great for home practice and recital preparation. Enjoy the ensemble playing.

This ABCs of Violin Book 3 is the perfect instruction book for the Advanced student of any age on the Violin! You will enjoy learning 3rd position for the very first time! Spiccato bowing technique, trills and double stops are also introduced in an easy manner. Lovely melodies abound like MozartÂ's Symphony No. 40, Stephen FosterÂ's Old Folks at Home, ScotlandÂ's Annie Laurie, FranceÂ's Sur Le Pont DÂ'Avignon and GermanyÂ's Ach, Du Lieber Augustin to name a few. Beautiful original pieces by Janice Tucker Rhoda including Longing for the Russian Homeland, George Washington, Singing Strad and FiddlerÂ's Holiday are student recital favorites. Fun Study Pieces and many warm-up exercises along with scales and arpeggios, a note-reading worksheet and practice chart are also included with graphs to show new left-hand finger placement. This ABCs of Violin Book 3 is the third in a series of five violin books. All five books will help prepare you to play duets, string quartets, and in your local community orchestraÂ's violin section! Add The ABCs of String Orchestra Violin part for additional reinforcement! In addition, The ABCs of Violin Easy Piano Accompaniment for Book 3 will help facilitate practice and recital performance.

Features 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions.

Book 5 features the use of lst, 2nd and 3rd positions in familiar folk material, classical selections by composers such as Dvorak, Sibelius and Saint-Saens and original material by the author. A violin teacher, amateur or professional pianist will enjoy playing these simple, yet beautiful accompaniments.

This is the Easy Piano Accompaniment Book for The ABCs of Violin for the Advanced, Book 3! A Violin Teacher, Amateur or Professional Pianist will enjoy playing these simple yet beautiful accompaniments. Advanced violinists will continue to perfect their intonation while playing along with piano. Great for home practice and recital preparation. Enjoy the ensemble playing!

From the author of the popular ABCs of Strings method, Janice Tucker RhodaÂ's Complete Technique for Double Bass suits the advanced beginner to upper level student wishing to learn or improve their left hand and right arm bow skills. Starting in first position, and proceeding carefully through the higher positions, these method books use short studies to demonstrate specific technical ideas.

From the author of the popular ABCs of Strings method, Janice Tucker RhodaÂ's Complete Technique for Violin and Complete Technique for Viola suit the advanced beginner to upper level student wishing to learn or improve their left hand and right arm bow skills. Starting in first position, and proc

From the author of the popular ABCs of Strings method, Janice Tucker RhodaÂ's Complete Technique for Violin and Complete Technique for Viola suit the advanced beginner to upper level student wishing to learn or improve their left hand and right arm bow skills. Starting in first position, and proceeding carefully through the higher positions, these method books use short studies to demonstrate specific technical ideas.

The ABCs of Strings series books are available for violin, viola, cello, and bass

A bass method book that's fun for both children and adults, includes classical and popular melodies you know and love! Features 2st, 2nd, 3rd & half positions, contains 49 melodies.

This best-selling instruction book along with CD is the perfect start for an Absolute Beginner to Intermediate Student of any age on the Bass. The many melodies plus short warm-up exercises and study pieces advance students technically in an easy and enjoyable way. Simple duets, scales, a note-reading worksheet, glossary and practice chart are also included along with many graphs to show left-hand finger placement. The included CD consists of three components: 49 performance pieces of bass with piano accompaniments, piano accompaniment tracks by themselves for play-along, and a printable pdf file of the piano accompaniments. This book covers first, second, third, and half positions.

Features 1/2, I, II, II-1/2, III, III-1/2, IV, V, V-1/2 and VI positions. A bass method book that's fun for both children and adults, includes 57 melodies, many familiar classical and popular tunes.

The second volume of Janice Tucker RhodaÂ's ABCs of Cello method focuses on learning second position with melodies, warm-up exercises, study pieces, scales and arpeggios. It also includes graphs to show new left-hand finger placement, a note-reading worksheet and practice chart. As a direct continuation of the ABCs of Cello for the Absolute Beginner, Book 1, students will learn additional slurred bowing techniques and rhythms, as well as new key and time signatures. This edition also includes a CD containing MP3 performance tracks with piano accompaniment, piano accompaniment only, and printable PDFs file of all piano accompaniments.

The ABCs of Viola for the Absolute Beginner is designed to bring your student from first picking up the instrument to performing easy pieces. Step by step, Janice Rhoda Tucker introduces each string and each note, followed by musical examples and bowing techniques. A wealth of short, easy pieces in a variety of eras and styles keeps your student interested and engaged. And now Book One comes with a data CD which includes performances of all pieces, play-along piano tracks for practice, and printable piano parts for accompanists. All of this is now expanded with 13 new warm-up studies throughout. The ABCs of Viola is the perfect starting point and works seamlessly with your favorite instructional series. For beginners.

Learn the violin from the beginning through intermediate levels. A violin method book that's fun for both children and adults, includes classical and popular melodies you know and love! From the author's introduction to this book: "The ABCs of Violin Anthology Edition is designed for the beginning and intermediate student of any age. There are many familiar classical, folk and fiddle melodies as well as short warm-up exercises and study pieces advancing students technically in a gradual, logical and thorough manner. The melodies I composed fit in perfectly with the development of left-hand and right-arm bowing techniques. Simple duets, scales, note-reading worksheets, practice charts, and a glossary are included along with graphs showing left-hand finger placement of new notes. The ABCs of Violin for the Absolute Beginner DVD covers violin posture, bow hold, tuning and basic music reading. The ABCs of Violin for the Intermediate Player DVD includes all sixty-nine performance pieces in this new anthology edition, plus advanced tuning and bow hold, spiccato bowing technique, changing a string, and advice on practicing the pieces. Playing along with the perfomance pieces on the absolute beginner and intermediate DVDs wil help develop all aspects of your violin playing including intonation, timing and musical sensitivity."

The third volume of Janice Tucker RhodaÂ's ABCs of Violin method addresses third position playing with melodies, warm-up exercises, study pieces, scales and arpeggios. It also includes includes graphs to show new left-hand finger placement, a note-reading worksheet and practice chart. Spiccato bowing technique, trills and double stops are also introduced in this book. This edition also includes a CD containing MP3 performance tracks with piano accompaniment, piano accompaniment only, and printable PDFs file of all piano accompaniments.

The fourth volume of Janice Tucker Rhoda's ABCs of Violin method addresses second position playing with melodies, warm-up exercises, study pieces, scales and arpeggios. It also includes graphs to show new left-hand finger placement, a note-reading worksheet and practice chart. Learn to play harmonics and pizzicato a chord along with intensive work shifting through first, second and third positions. This edition also includes a CD containing MP3 performance tracks with piano accompaniment, piano accompaniment only, and printable PDF file of all piano accompaniments.