Method Books - Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass

Learn to Play Method Book with CD - Violin, Viola, Cello, or Bass

Play the Violin - HL44006695 $21 .95

Violin Method 1 - Method Book with CD - DeHaske - Play Along Book with CD

This contemporary method is ideal for use in individual or group teaching situations. With 24 structured lessons and two carefully composed CDs, this first volume gets every violin student off to a fine start. It includes clear instructions, intonation, and echo exercises (with the aid of the CDs), rhythm exercises, assignments, and games. The material is also incorporated in familiar as well as new tunes and duets. A crossword puzzle and interesting information about the instrument and its history make the book extra attractive for students. Volume 1 includes: pizzicato playing, the first two fingering patterns, learning to bow swiftly, legato playing, string shifts, basic scales, harmonics, easy double string playing, improvisation, motion exercises, and more.

Violin Fun - Method Book with CD - HL44003394 $17.95

Violin Fun contains several original pieces for beginning violinists. The book can be used as a supplement to lessons or as practice material, and the accompanying CD includes background accompaniment so that even beginners can sound great while practicing!

More Violin Fun - Method Book / CD - HL44004018 $17.95

Brush up your solo performance with this fun book/CD pack for second-year violinists. It features 15 easy pieces to practice, then play along - with a real orchestra! - on the accompanying CD.

Children's Fiddling Method DVD Volumes 1 and 2

 MB96607DVD $22 .95

Beginner Level: Carol Ann Wheeler, assisted by eleven-year-old fiddler Collin Bay and guitarist John Standefer, play through the 73 lessons from her fiddling book, Volume 1 and 63 lessons from Volume 2. In addition to learning great fiddling techniques in a step-by-step manner, you will learn 32 great fiddling solos in tunes such as Liberty; McNabe's Hornpipe; Boil the Cabbage; Red Fox Waltz, and others. A special feature of this video is the inclusion of numerous outstanding twin fiddling arrangements.

Techniques for the Contemporary String Player

HL320498 $29.95

[VIOLIN] Parts I and II on DVD

Whether you want to learn a new style, be ready for anything that comes up at a jam session, or meet the demands of new orchestral scores with ease, this DVD will help you develop the necessary right- and left-hand skills. Julie Lyonn Lieberman has examined the technical demands of all the alternative styles (such as blues, swing, rock, Celtic, Cajun, Flamenco and more), and organized the most essential right-hand skills into one DVD. Part I – The Bow Hand includes: four essential bow control techniques • ten approaches to rhythmizing the bow • contemporary techniques you can use to navigate the bow so that each note speaks • and much more! Part II – The Left Hand covers: basic set-up • thumb hinge • trampolene fingers • chromatic motion • vibrato • ornaments (trills, slides, grace notes, turns, jazz embellishments) • double stops (unisons, octaves and chords) • playing on chord changes • walking bass lines • slap technique • and more. Julie is assisted on cello by Martha Colby. 100 minutes. 

Rhythmizing the Bow - HL320461 $29.95

DVD - The World's First Rhythmic Primer for Violinists, Violists, and Cellists!

Put fire in your bow! Learn the secrets behind how to build new mental skills that will enable you to enliven your bow arm, dip into the primal rhythms of your soul, and make everyone within ear's distance frolic, cavort, and dance! This DVD offers: rhythmic warm-up games designed to surprise and illuminate you • over two dozen rhythmic ear-training exercises • rhythmic skills such as syncopation, two against three, and emphasis on the off-beat • phrasing techniques such as scoops, wows, pings, and the placement of slurs, inflections, and slices of silence – all designed to enable you to create your own groove. 60 minutes.

Disney Solos Series for Violin , Viola, Cello and Bass - $12.95

Violin HL841410 / Viola HL841411 / Cello and Bass HL841412

12 Disney favorites with a CD that lets you play along with a full band! Titles include: Be Our Guest • Can You Feel the Love Tonight • Colors of the Wind • Friend like Me • Let's Get Together • Under the Sea • You've Got a Friend in Me • Zero to Hero • and more.

Cello Method - MB96459BCD $22 .95

Book with CD - Beginning - by Christine Watts

This method for the beginning cello student offers a progressive series of lessons and practice pieces, including duets for student and teacher. The author, a Curtis Institute graduate, begins with the fundamentals of string technique with ample attention given to sitting position and left and right-hand positions. Note and rest values are introduced together with the playing of notes on open and stopped strings in first position. The author then uses nursery rhyme tunes, folk melodies, symphonic themes, and short original tunes and exercises to develop the student's sight reading ability and musicianship, gradually introducing more complex rhythmic concepts over a broader range. Many of the melodies in this book have been altered slightly to illustrate a point, or simplified to be easier and more fun for the beginner. With technical drawings by the author and charming illustrations by her children, the overall tone of this volume is ideal for pre-teen students.

Mastering the Bass Volume 1 - MB96878BCD $32 .95

Book with CD- A comprehensive method for upright and electric bass.

Mastering the Bass is a thorough method for both electric and upright bass designed to guide bassists to mastery. It begins with building strong time and rhythmic skills, a firm foundation upon which all bass playing must be rooted. Following this, students learn a wide range of grooves and practice reading all styles of music: Blues, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Fusion (including odd meters), Jazz, Latin, Baroque, Classical and more. Ear training incorporated into the method improves the students' listening skills, teaching students to hear chord progressions, melodies and rhythms. Theory lessons help students understand how the bass functions in music. Students also study improvisation of both bass parts and solos on chord changes, articulation (finger and bowing technique), performance goals, visualization, and more. Each volume moves logically to the next level Even seasoned players can fill holes in their technique by going through the method from Book I and moving on to greater technique as well as a deeper understanding in later volumes.

Mastering the Bass Volume 2 - MB99567 $27.95

Book with CD

Book 2 continues to build strong technique, ear skills, and musicality with obtainable goals relative to those accomplished in Book 1. A large number of shifting and position studies are presented to help players learn to navigate the fingerboard. For upright bassists, there are bowing exercises and variations as well as an explanation of bow articulations. In addition, you will find a further explanation of theory, which includes: triads, inversions, basic, diatonic harmony, minor scales, modes and simple chord progression analysis. You will also find discussions of musical expression markings, such as dynamics, and various articulations. A thorough knowledge of all of these musical elements contributes to your instrumental mastery.